You know, the Asian Beauty Appreciation Blog started about 4 months ago. We’ve had a series of great contributions from a number of people that included photo books, favorite gravure idols, Japanese television dramatic series, movies, gorgeous Asian actresses and models, reviews of AV and IV DVD’s, as well as just some nice articles from folks who just wanted to bring someone or something in the news to your attention.
I think the blog has gotten off to a terrific start and I wanted to thank every one who has contributed as well as to scanlover for deciding to have a community blog. Read more…
“Robotrix” is a 1991 Hong Kong film, directed by Jamie Luk, and starring Amy Yip. Billy Chow, Chikako Aoyama , and David Wu. It is a combination of genres: sci-fi, HK action, soft-core porn, and has even achieved “cult film” status.
What makes it so much fun is that it does not take itself seriously by trying to pretend it is more than it is: a Class III film, meaning grade B, but with sex, nudity, and soft-core elements.
I confess that the main reason I bought it was to see the beautiful Chikako Aoyama and her spectacular breasts in motion, and she does not disappoint. But it is such a quirky and action packed movie, that I found myself watching every scene, even the ones that did not include the charms of Chikako.
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Lost in Beijing (Ping guo) is a 2007 film directed by Yu Li about two financially opposite couples entwined in a greedy and selfish dispute over a yet-to-be-born child.
The film has been steeped in controversy due to the realistic tone and with its roots in a censor-heavy China.
Trouble started even before its premiere with Chinese censors demanding multiple cuts of the sex and gambling portrayed as well as scenes in slum-like settings. And despite the film acquiring international distribution, it still had problems being released in its own country. Read more…
Lust, Caution (Se, jie) is a 2007 film directed by Ang Lee based off a story by Eileen Chang. The setting is 1930-40s China during the Second Sino-Japanese War.
It stars Wei Tang as the foolhardy young student Wong Chia Chi who poses undercover as Mak Tai Tai in a resistance effort to assassinate Mr. Yee (Tony Leung Chiu Wai), a high-ranking official of the Wang Jinwei Regime. Read more…
I thought that it would be a great idea to have a regular column here on the blog that encompasses the latest news, updates, and recommendations on what to check out. With so much going on within the forum, it’s hard to keep track of it all. My goal is to post this column on a weekly basis, but depending on updates, it could be on a bi-weekly schedule. So here is What’s New in ScanLover for the week of October 18-24.
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Chinese actress and singer, Fan Bingbing’s star has been glowing brightly ever since she starred as Jin Suo in the ever popular TV drama series “Huan Zhu Ge Ge”.
And she became popularly known in the international film scenes after starring in the controversial Chinese film by director Li Yu, “Lost in Beijing” (苹果). The film was banned by Chinese authorities in January 2008, even though it was successfully released internationally by French company Films Distribution.
Bingbing has a very busy schedule this year filming several high budget movies. After “Shinjuku Incident”, in which she starred alongside Jackie Chan was released in April, she starred in director He Ping’s US$6 million historical drama film “Wheat” (麦田).
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From Hong Kong director and co-writer Hark Tsui comes All About Women (Nu ren bu huai), a romantic comedy about the modern love of three very different women.The setting is Beijing, China.
The first of the three we meet is Ou Fanfan (Xun Zhou), an introvert scientist who has trouble attracting men. Besides that, whenever she’s touched by a man, her body stiffens comically.
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Bing Yi (冰漪) is a busty Chinese model who I found out about a while ago from checking the LiTU 100 thread in Softcore Sanctuary, but did not who she was until I saw the thread that was created a couple of days ago by testingplox. Now that I know who she is, I can write a little bit about her and spread the word.
Back in August, I was browsing through the pics that tedi had posted which is how I found out about her. What really caught my eye was when I saw the below photo of her lying topless on her back because of how amazing a photo it was to go along with how rare it is to see a busty Chinese beauty such as herself. But since I did not have a name, I couldn’t find anymore pictures of her until today.
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