The beautiful villain in a popular super-hero series "Kamen Rider" ("Masked Rider"), Sei Ashina was chosen to play the mysterious village girl in Italy/Canada/Japan joint project film "SILK", among 800 audition participants.
"SILK", directed by Francois Girard and starring Michael Pitt and Keira Knightley, as well as Koji Yakusho and Miki Nakatani from Japan, is the story of a French man Herve who travels to Japan, seeking the best silk worms. Ashina's village girl、the "ultimate beauty", strongly attracts Herve at the first glance and makes him decide to come back to Japan, despite of his beautiful wife Helene (Knightley).
Director Girard selected Ashina not only for her appearance but also her Kimono movements and inner depths, reports SANSPO. Ashina says, "I am spending the best time I ever had in my life with this filming. Director tells me to stay natural, so I am trying not to get too excited and stay calm, to be like myself."
The filming is currently done in Nagano, Japan, and will also take place in Italy, France, Egypt, Canada and Russia until the end of the year, and is aiming to enter Cannes Film Festival next year.
Source: SANSPO
For more information about SILK, especially in relation to Koji Yakusho, see Pymmik's English website for Koji Yakusho.
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