- Sihung Lung
Infobox Chinese-language singer and actor
name = Sihung Lung
birthdate = birth date|1930|1|1
location =China
deathdate = death date and age|2002|5|2|1930|1|1
deathplace =Taipei ,Taiwan
yearsactive = 1978 - 2002
goldenhorseawards = Best Actor
1993 "The Wedding Banquet "
Life Achievement Award
2002 Lifetime AchievementSihung Lung (born Hsiung Lang, c.1930 –
May 2 ,2002 ) was a Chinese-born Taiwanese actor who appeared in over 100 films and was best known for playing paternal roles in films including "Eat Drink Man Woman " and "The Wedding Banquet ". He frequently collaborated with award-winning directorAng Lee , notably cast in films such as "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon " and "Pushing Hands".Lung enlisted in Chiang Kai-shek's army as a teenager to fight the Communists. After they seized control of the mainland, he escaped to Taiwan, where he was chosen to join an army-sponsored acting troupe. Acting became his permanent career. His experience playing an array of roles for the troupe later led his being cast in over 100 Chinese-language films and in Taiwanese soap operas, typically playing criminals or toughs.
He had already retired from films when Ang Lee began casting for his first full-length film, 1992's "Pushing Hands," and the director, who recalled watching Mr. Lung as a child, asked him to play the father. Lung's sensitive portrayal of an elderly man faced with change turned him into an international star and he became known for playing traditional fathers struggling with modernity and adult children in the movies known to some fans as the "Father Knows Best" trilogy. [ [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9402E7DF143BF936A15756C0A9649C8B63 Biographical information in New York Times article] ]
By the time he appeared as "Sir Te," guardian of a mystical sword in "
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon ", Lung's health had deterriorated due todiabetes . He died ofliver failure in 2002 at the age of 72. [ [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9402E7DF143BF936A15756C0A9649C8B63 Obituary in The New York Times] ]elect Filmography
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