{"id":5515,"date":"2005-12-07T21:07:18","date_gmt":"2005-12-08T04:07:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2005\/12\/07\/chinese-actresses-in-japanese-geisha-movie-may-stir-backlash\/"},"modified":"2005-12-07T21:07:18","modified_gmt":"2005-12-08T04:07:18","slug":"chinese-actresses-in-japanese-geisha-movie-may-stir-backlash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2005\/12\/chinese-actresses-in-japanese-geisha-movie-may-stir-backlash\/","title":{"rendered":"Chinese actresses in Japanese geisha movie may stir backlash"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cknw.com\/news\/news.cfm?dir=entertainment&#038;file=e120713A&#038;n=1\">From CKNW:<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/mt-old\/e120713A.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"e120713A.jpg\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/mt-old\/e120713A-thumb.jpg\" width=\"150\" height=\"120\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon star <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Zhang_Ziyi\">Zhang Ziyi<\/a> 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&#8217;s rise from poverty to top geisha.<\/p>\n<p>Critics have posted online comments recalling Japan&#8217;s brutal invasion of China and denouncing Zhang as an embarrassment to China.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;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,&#8221; said one recent posting on the news site of Chinese web portal <a href=\"http:\/\/www.163.com\/\">Netease.com<\/a>, referring to Chinese women recruited as prostitutes during the Japanese invasion. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From CKNW: 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&#8217;s rise from poverty to top geisha. 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