Jay Chou's "Kung Fu Dunk" releasing in Japan on a high

Jay Chou's "Kung Fu Dunk" will be showing today in 150 cinemas in Japan, due to the fact the movie has over TW$7 billion box office sales over Mainland China, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Singapore, Malaysia and Korea, the Japanese publishers "Kadokawa" have spent 3 billion yen on promotions, setting a new record for a Taiwanese movie in Japan.

"Kung Fu Dunk" cost 10 million US dollars to film, it's come out in Mainland China, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Singapore, Malaysia and Korea canvassing a total of TW$7 billion, this made the Japanese publishers spend 3 billion yen on promotions, it's on par with an A class Hollywood movie, it's also broken the record set by "Kung Fu Kids" that released in over 100 cinemas, it's become the biggest Taiwanese movie in Japan.

Jay Chou's popularity in Japan is high, "Kung Fu Dunk" is coming out this week in Japan, his own movie "Secret" that he directed and starred in will come out next week (23rd) in the whole of Japan, this month is simply Jay Chou's movie month in Japan, being able to have two movies coming out in a row in Japan, Jay Chou is probably the first young Asia heavenly king to do so.

At the moment Jay Chou is busy with his new album, which is estimated to come out in September, he still has a few concerts to perform in Mainland China, so he still hasn't set out his plans to accept new movies for the latter half of the year.

Before there were reports from a Mainland China website that said Jay Chou had a chance to work with Andy Lau in a new magic related movie which was to be directed by Jay Chou, Jay Chou's "JVR" company yesterday expressed: "Jay and Andy Lau have both publicly expressed their admiration for one another and their hope to work together, but right now we don't have any solid plans."