was a Japanese film to be directed by

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and starring Tony Leung Chiu Wai,

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, and Atsuko Maeda. Originally scheduled to be released in late 2013, on 25 February 2013, it was announced that production of the film had been cancelled before filming could start due to difficulties with Tony Leung's involvement exacerbated by the

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and the bankruptcy of Prenom H on 20 February 2013.

Plot

In 1905, during the waning years of the

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, at a time when numerous Chinese revolutionaries traveled to Japan as students to study modernization, Yan Yunlong ( Tony Leung Chiu Wai), a loan shark, travels to Japan to collect overdue debts from five men. Meanwhile, Tamotsu Kato (

) is a member of Houkokukai, an ultra-nationalist group, who is also searching for the same five men.

Cast

* Tony Leung Chiu Wai as Yan Yunlong *

as Tamotsu Kato * Atsuko Maeda

Production

Plans for the film were made in 2009. Although the film was a Japanese production, approximately 90% of dialogue was to be in Chinese. Filming was scheduled to start in November 2012, in various locations in Japan and Taiwan. The film was scheduled to be released in Fall 2013. During the filming process, the set in Taiwan was to recreate

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as it appeared in 1905. The film was backed by Hong Kong-based film studio Sil-Metropole, and was to be co-distributed by Shochiku and Prenom H. The project was estimated to cost $10 million, and was Kurosawa's largest film to date.

References

External links

* (Shochiku) Cancelled films Japanese drama films Chinese-language films Films set in 1905 Films directed by Kiyoshi Kurosawa 2010s unfinished films 2010s Japanese films {{2010s-Japan-film-stub