File:The Ghost Bride author Yangsze Choo talks about Netflix

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The Ghost Bride, a six-episode Netflix Mandarin drama series in production at the time of writing (mid-March 2019), stars Wu Kang Jen, Huang Peijia, Ludi Lin and Kuang Tian. This Netflix series is directed by Malaysian directors Quek Shio-Chuan and Ho Yu-Huan and the screenwriters are led by Kai Yu Wu, an American-Taiwanese.

The Ghost Bride is adapted from a New York Times bestseller of the same name that was authored by Malaysian Yangsze Choo, a Harvard graduate who now resides in California with her husband and children. She is the daughter of Malaysian diplomat Dato’ SK Choo.

Set during the 1890s in Malacca during Colonial rule, The Ghost Bride is about a young Chinese lady named Li Lan who is asked to be a “ghost bride” to the deceased son of a wealthy family.

Ghost weddings have been practised for 3,000 years, according to an article written by Grace Tsoi and published on BBC, adding that it ensures “the unmarried dead are not alone in the afterlife”.

Yangsze was in Singapore in mid-March 2019 to visit Netflix during the filming and production of The Ghost Bride. The drama series is being filmed in Malaysia and locations include Johor Bahru, Ipoh and Penang. This is the first original Mandarin series filmed in Malaysia by Netflix.

While in Singapore, Yangsze also made time to meet her fans at Kinokuniya in Ngee Ann City on 16 March 2019 where she spoke about her latest novel, Night Tiger. Her talk was moderated by artist and illustrator Sonny Liew, best-known for his graphic novel, “The Art of Charlie Chan Hock Chye”.

Here's the link to the video where Yangsze introduced Chapter 1 of The Night Tiger: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sQ9P6Vr9Dco


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