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Chinese actress Fan Bingbing has signed on to play the female lead in the World War II epic "My Way", starring alongside South Korean actor Jang Dong-Gun and Japanese actor Odagiri Joe.

Directed by South Korean director Kang Je-Gyu, the film is expected to emulate the success of Kang's 2004 film "Tae Guk Gi: The Brotherhood of War", the 3rd highest grossing film in South Korean box office history.

The film will tell a story of a Korean solider who was recruited by the Japanese army to fight for the Germans during World War II. Fan stars as a Chinese woman who falls in love with the Korean solider after meeting him in China.

The film will be shot in South Korea, China, Russia and France. Filming is slated to begin in October.