Zhang Yimou's new film Thirteen Girls in Jinling City, which has been in production for 4 years, features Leonardo DiCaprio as the star, the West China City Daily reported. It's reported that Zhang Yimou and the producer Zhang Weiping choose DiCaprio because he is very popular in China now. The film is adapted from the celebrated writer Yan Geling's novel of the same name, about the experiences of a group of prostitutes during the 1937 Nanjing Massacre.