Lin Chi-ling (R) from Taiwan and Japanese actors Hiroyuki Ikeuchi (L) and Yusuke Fukuchi (M) attend the premiere of "Sweetheart Chocolate" held in Beijing on November 7th, 2013. [Photo: CRIENGLISH.COM/Zhao Pingping]
Chinese film "Sweetheart Chocolate" has premiered in Beijing on Thursday.
The love story stars Lin Chi-ling from Taiwan and Japanese actors Hiroyuki Ikeuchi and Yusuke Fukuchi. Lin plays a girl from Shanghai studying in Japan where she meets two local men and falls in in love with them.
The Chinese actress shows she has a talent for speaking Japanese in the film and her co-star Hiroyuki Ikeuchi speaks broken Chinese when needed.
The film's screen writer Mi Zi, said a trip to Japan inspired her to make this movie: "I once visited Hokkaido. It was so beautiful there that I decided create a love story and shoot a film. "
Directed by Tetsuo Shinohara, the film will reach theaters on November the 8th.