Hakone Day 2, Datong School, and Sun Yat-Sen

Day two of filming last weekend took us again to Hakone Gardens in Saratoga. We filmed scenes of Qiu Jin discussing political ideas with a group of Chinese female students. The actresses’ kimonos were prepared expertly by Yuki, who is a master at tying the obi! Hakone Gardens was also used as a fill-in for China, where Connie and Li Jing discusses their plans for the Chinese Women’s Journal.

Our garage set once again was transformed into the Datong School. Finally, we had Richard return to reprise his role as Sun Yat-Sen for a quick portrait.

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*Connie as Qiu Jin’s friend in China.

*Qipao

*Connie

*Yuki helps Angela with her kimono and obi.

*Angela as a Chinese student in Japan

*Kimono

*Winnie and Angela are Chinese students in Japan

*An obi.

*Yuki is an expert at tying the obi.

*Qiu Jin discusses political ideas with her Chinese friends in Japan.

*Yuki poses with her kimono posse.

*Chinese female students in Japan discussing political ideas with Qiu Jin.

*Winnie as a Chinese student in Japan

*Marilyn as a Chinese student in Japan

*Wei as a Chinese student in Japan

*Clair as a Chinese student in Japan

*Angela as a Chinese student in Japan

*Chinese women in Japan with Qiu Jin.

*That’s a wrap!

*Chinese women studying in Japan with Qiu Jin.

*Qiu Jin in Japan

*Qiu Jin in Japan.

*Qiu Jin went to Japan to study modern political ideas.

*Marilyn as a Chinese student in Japan

*Qiu Jin and her friend discuss the Chinese Women’s Journal.

*Li Jing and Connie after their filming

*Donald does a last minute trim to prepare for his role.

*Contemplating their next move.

*You must leave or you’ll be capture!

*Qing Dynasty soldiers search Qiu Jin’s Datong School for evidence.

*These aren’t the documents we’re looking for.

*It’s just a bunch of poetry!

*Search the premises!

*The Chinese House set in our garage.

*Sun Yat-Sen Portrait