Thursday February 16, 2012

Jackie Chan attends Tokyo charity premiere for Sichuan quake victims

Jackie Chan attends Tokyo charity premiere for Sichuan quake victims
Director Rob Minkoff, left, Jackie Chan, center, and Misako Yasuda, right. PHOTO BY ERIKA ARAGON

TOKYO —

Hong Kong action star Jackie Chan, 54, on Wednesday night attended the charity Japan premiere of his latest film “Forbidden Kingdom” (Japanese title “Dragon Kingdom”) in Tokyo. Chan said, “We received a lot of donations from Japan. I really thank you from the bottom of my heart. It’s not about how much you donated. Every donation is helpful.”

About 1,378,000 yen was raised from the 2,000 yen admission fee paid by each member of the audience to attend the premiere. The money will be donated to survivors of the Sichuan earthquake in China through the Jackie Chan Charitable Foundation.

Chan will also hold a charity auction for earthquake relief aid in Miyagi and Iwate Prefectures. His original jacket and calabash used in the film, which symbolize his kung-fu action style, will be auctioned by Rakuten from July 20.

Director Rob Minkoff, 45, and Japanese celebrity Misako Yasuda, 26, also attended the premiere. The film will be released from July 26 nationwide.

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    OssanULTRA

    Jackie Chan is very cool. I can't believe he's still doing his own stunts at this age though.

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    rjd_jr

    Yea he's the best, also Jet Li's cool too.

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    nimbus

    Jackie Chan personally has donated 10,000,000 yuan to the earthquake relief, which is approximately 155,800,000 yen. Generous guy.

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    JeromeInJapan

    He is the king! If Obama looses send in Jackie!

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    flammenwerfer

    Jackie Chan = top bloke.

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    Crucades

    jackie chan is the man!

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    jponlyjpfuls

    ohh jackie

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    akirachua

    Congratulation, Jackie very good kind for donation to Sichuan quake victims.

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    Noripinhead

    Good on you, Jackie, as the Aussies would say. What are those are wooden things they are holding?

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    Zen_Builder

    Those wooden things look like traditional drinking gourds made from hollowed fruits.

    Watch any Chinese MA movie and you will see them, like "Drunken master", etc.

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    niku

    10,000,000 yuan = 155,800.000 yen? On what planet?

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    thepro

    Jackie Chan is the actor I most respect.

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    diegameL

    ** niku at 04:16 PM JST - 10th July

    10,000,000 yuan = 155,800.000 yen? On what planet? **

    10 000 000 Chinese yuan = 156,524,906 Japanese yen

    get your commas right

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    ALAGAPPAN

    HATS-OFF JACKIE WE SALUTE YOU

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    rajakumar

    Way to go jackie chan. Jackie very charitable in consciousness.

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    Ivespoken

    I LOVE JACKIE CHAN!!

    *hats off to his organization (sigh) I love him soooo much, lol

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    8iamhappy8

    Chan's da man.

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