Challenges keep Xu Jinglei Alive

A movie director and a top blogger, elegant Chinese actress Xu Jinglei is a known female talent in China's movie industry. In her latest movie Shinjuku Incident, Xu plays the role of a China woman, wife to a Yakuza (Japanese mafia) boss. As the movie requires her to speak a fair bit of Japanese, Xu employed two Japanese language teachers for a two-week intensive lesson before the shoot. Tough as ...