The cast and crew of “Slam Dunk” attended a function in Shanghai to announce the start of filming the movie.
Adapted from popular Japanese manga, Slam Dunk stars Taiwanese pop star Jay Chou, Hong Kong idol Charlene Choi, and others like Jacky Wu, Eric Tsang and Berlin Chen etc.
Slam Dunk the manga (manga = Japanese comic) is one of the all time best selling manga in Japan, and arguably the most popular manga ever in Asia region as well.
This is the first ever live action movie adaptation of the manga, so it’s highly anticipated by the manga fans.
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