International movie star Zhang Ziyi will play the lead in a musical film by Japanese director Seijun Suzuki.
The 25-year-old Zhang Ziyi is not afraid of putting on a song and dance show, having learned dancing from childhood.
However, language problems are expected to be a challenge for her.
She has just finished shooting Chinese director Zhang Yimo's Kungfu movie House of Flying Daggers, or Shimian-Maifu in Chinese.
Seijun Suzuki is a famous director in Japan. His Tasogare Seibei has a nomination for this year's Best Foreign Language Film at the Oscars.
(CRI February 25, 2004)
