Rising Star
Relegated as I am to the periphery of cinematic enjoyment by my refusal to watch anything made in Hollywood since 1980, I go a bit further afield. Arguably the finest Chinese actress to appear in a recent Icelandic movie, Stephanie Che Yuen Yuen has also been a mainstay of the legendary Virtues of Harmony Hong Kong television series. In the original VOH, set in medieval China she played the evil concubine - in the second series, set in modern Hong Kong, she plays...the evil office manager. Them VOH guys are geniuses.
I think one reason I like her is that she has a very rare quality in a beautiful Asian woman - most of the time, without really trying, she exudes menace.
posted by Anonymous at 11:37 PM
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Alas, today she exudes 404.
re: Beautiful Asian women exuding menace -- if you'd seen a movie that came out a couple of years ago called "Kill Bill vol. 1", you'd know about Chiaki Kuriyama.
*Sigh*. Ms. Yuen Yuen's menace has been "Eisengeisted" again.
This picture is a little menacing, but only subtly: http://www.dighkmovies.com/v2/70/Bake1.jpg
Seeing her like this on the street might make me walk the other way:
http://www.hkentreview.com/2000/june/0619/0619enew11p3.gif
I guess I'll have to wait for definitive SCYY menance, though.
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