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From the film's description: The Geisha ladies of Japanese culture have long been revered for their beauty and entertaining skills of singing, dancing and conversation. Some are known to possess special love-making abilities that can drive men crazy. Crystal J. Huang shoots a film based on the concept, while adding some “Kill Bill” notions and the concept of dancing in order to come up with a rather unusual film.

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As the movie begins, we are introduced to Kate, an Asian-Japanese woman, who meets her boyfriend on a terrace, just before he commits suicide. It turns out though, that this is not the first of her romantic interests to do so, with the photographer and ballroom dancer Kate starting to gain a femme fatale hypostasis, which soon ticks detective Remy Gilles interest. Remy is actually married to Kate's dance instructor,...

Written by Lisa Pellegrene

Dark Feathers is a feature thriller produced and co-directed by Crystal J. Huang. It is inspired from real life events in her life. Huang stars in the film as the leading lady, Kate. Dancer Gilles Marini portrays the male leading role of Remy in Dark Feathers and his wife Amelia in the film is portrayed by world class dancer Karina Smirnoff. As summarized on the production's IMDb page, depicting the storyline of the film's protagonist, Kate must choose loyalty to a historical Asian clan, and her non-traditional love, amidst the deaths of her dance partners being investigated by her new lover. Michael Madsen portrays Kensei, the operator of an underground society.

Director and actress, Crystal J. Huang states, “The preparation for this project started two years ago. I have always loved acting and storytelling, and have been involved in many performance based projects from childhood.The...

"I want to know how I'll die." An official trailer is out for an indie film titled Dark Feathers, described as a psychological thriller involving samurai set in California. It's co-directed, produced by, and stars a Chinese actress named Crystal J. Huang, playing a woman named Kate. Michael Madsen also dons a Japanese Kimono as a "white samurai" operating a traditional clan in modern San Francisco. "With an elegant plot about dancing and martial arts, and a gorgeous cast including multiple world class Dancing with the Stars, the film raises the question about if the mystery of a murder can possibly be solved by logical reasoning." Also with Gilles Marini, Karina Smirnoff, Lan Kay, Scott Lea, and Kyosuke Mukai. A woman must choose loyalty to a historical Asian clan, or her non-traditional love, amidst the deaths of her dance partners being investigated by her new lover. This looks rather strange,...