Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon star Zhang Ziyi has come under attack in China for her starring role in the Steven Spielberg-produced Memoirs of a Geisha, the story of a young Japanese girl’s rise from poverty to top geisha.
Critics have posted online comments recalling Japan’s brutal invasion of China and denouncing Zhang as an embarrassment to China.
“She went out of her way to portray an outlet for Japanese desires. This is a loss of face for the Chinese. The Chinese were comfort women during World War II, and they continue to serve Japanese in modern times,” said one recent posting on the news site of Chinese web portal Netease.com, referring to Chinese women recruited as prostitutes during the Japanese invasion.
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