Wang Jiangyong's Debut 'The Night That Binds Us' Premieres at Tokyo
The Hong Kong-France co-production, adapted from a Zhang Chu short story, shot in 28 days but spent three years in the edit.
Wang Jiangyong's feature debut, The Night That Binds Us, had its world premiere in competition at the Tokyo International Film Festival, according to Variety.
The film adapts a short story of the same name by Zhang Chu. Hu Ling plays the dorm manager An and Tan Zuhong plays the student Sun Guofeng.
Producer Zheng Ruoxing described the film as a Hong Kong-France co-production. The shoot lasted 28 days, while editing took three years and dozens of versions.
Zheng and Hu watched Wang's final cut for the first time together at the Tokyo world premiere.
Quick answers
What is The Night That Binds Us about?
It adapts a short story of the same name by Zhang Chu, with Hu Ling as the dorm manager An and Tan Zuhong as the student Sun Guofeng.
Who directed The Night That Binds Us?
It is the feature debut of Chinese director Wang Jiangyong.
Where did The Night That Binds Us premiere?
It had its world premiere in competition at the Tokyo International Film Festival.