Author's comment on the book:
It took almost 8 years to publish this book because it is written in English, a foreign language to me, and required endless proofreading. I also discovered that writing a book is one thing, but publishing it is other. I had to find a suitable publisher as well as clear the copyrights for photos and images used in the book. I was exhausted with the whole business process so I put the book aside for a year or so until my enthusiasm returned. I had many dreams about how my book on my idol would turn out. It would be large and hardcover, with all the photos in color and English-Chinese bilingual text. But over the years my dream shrank, mainly for financial reasons. It's now a pocket book soft cover with 25 black/white and 30 color pictures, English text only, and self-published. Although it's a miniature version of my dream, this is how I envisioned the book. Please enjoy it.

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Contents
Author's note
Preface
Acknowledgements
Look into the Window:
A Brief Profile of Brigitte Ling Ching Hsia

PART ONE: Her Work
1.  Everything is in Wong Kar Wai's Mind 
2.  Unhappy Taiwan Period (1972 - 1984)
3   Searching for roles in Hong Kong Period (1984 -1990)
4   Special Collaboration With Tsui Hark
5   Other Films in the 90s

PART TWO: Her Life
1   Up Close and Personal
2   Her Circle of Friends 
3   A Balance of Life

PART THREE:
Interview with Her Friends and Colleagues
1   Angela Lu Yu Ching and Tina Chang Li Jen
2   Sung Tsai Shou and Yu Chen Chun
3   Chiung Yao
4   Peggy Chiao
5   Yang Chia Yun
6   Elaine Jin Yen Ling
7   Shi Nan Sun
8   Yon Fan
9   William Cheung Suk Ping
10  Stan Lai
11  Ronny Yu Yan Tai
12  Christopher Doyle
13  Lo Kar  　
14  Ann Hui On Wah
15  Yim Ho
16  Wong Jing
17  Shu Kei

PART FOUR: Tsui Hark Interview

Film List
Miscellaneous
Index

For domestic: 1 for $23, 2 for $37, 3 for $50 (including Media mail postage)

For internaitonal: 1 for $30, 2 for $55 (including Airmail postage)

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Residents in Hong Kong and Japan may also pay in local currency.
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Richard Corliss (Time) chose Brigitte Lin as "Asia the Invincible"in Swordsman II for one of the great performances of all the time. here 

Reader's reviews:        

I've just finished reading Akiko's new book on Brigitte Lin. It is simply amazing, and I highly recommend it to all fans of HK cinema. By structuring the book as interviews with Brigitte, with her friends and colleagues, and with Brigitte and her friends together, Akiko succeeds in painting a well-rounded and intimate portrait. With her fact-checking skills as a journalist and committed passion as a fan, she has created a truly unique publication. I really felt like I was sitting in the presence of Brigitte when I was reading this book. There are also many wonderful black-and-white and color photographs and movie stills, including candid shots of Brigitte taken during the interviews. (by David Wells)

I haven't actually been able to finish it because I don't want to! Its so enjoyable reading the interviews with Brigitte that I don't want to get to the end - so I read a page or two a day - and have skipped ahead to read the other non-Brigitte interviews. Its just great. (by Brian Naas)

I've only read about 50 pages of The Last Star of the East and like Brian Naas I don't want to finish it. The book contains an amazing amount of information on Brigitte Lin herself plus the people she worked with, the films she starred in, and the film industry in Hong Kong. Akiko Tetsuya has done an amazing job of putting it all together into an informative highly entertaining book. In the last two days I've rewatched Swordsman II, Dream Lovers, parts of Chungking Express, parts of The Dream of the Red Chamber & parts of Peking Opera Blues (only parts as I rewatched them recently). If I continue like this it will take me forever to finish the book... (by Sarah Knight)