Hong-Kong director John Woo announced at the 2015 Cannes Film Festival that he was directing a remake of '' Kimi yo Fundo no Kawa o Watare . '' In March 2016 , it was confirmed that Zhang Hanyu , Masaharu Fukuyama , and Qi Wei would be starring in the film . Ha Ji-won was additionally confirmed as being attached to the project . Lee Byung-hun was slated to join , but had to drop out due to scheduling conflicts . Taking place and being shot in Japan , the film will have Chinese , Korean , and English dialogue
2015 Cannes Film Festival
2015 Cannes Film Festival
Kimi yo Fundo no Kawa o Watare