Lung Sihung

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Lung Sihung (born 1930 – May 2, 2002), also romanized Lang Sihung, was an actor in the cinema of Taiwan who appeared in over 100 films and was best known for playing paternal roles in films including The Wedding Banquet and Eat Drink Man Woman. He frequently collaborated in the later years of his career with award-winning director Ang Lee, notably cast in films such as Pushing Hands and Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon. Lung enlisted in Chiang Kai-shek's army as a teenager to fight the Chinese Communist Party. After they seized control of mainland China, he escaped to Taiwan, where he was selected to join an army-sponsored acting troupe. Acting later became his career. His experience playing an array of roles for the army troupe later led his being cast in over 100 Chinese-language films and in Taiwanese soap operas, typically playing criminals or tough guys. 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 a father in the film. Lung's sensitive portrayal of an elderly man faced with change turned him into an international star and he became famous for playing fathers struggling with modernity and adult children in the movies known to some fans as the Father Knows Best trilogy. By the time he appeared as "Sir Te," guardian of a mystical sword in Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, Lung's health had deteriorated due to diabetes. He died of liver failure in 2002 at the age of 72. Description above from the Wikipedia article Sihung Lung, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Filmografi

Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon2000 · Sir TeEat Drink Man Woman1994 · Mr. ChuThe Wedding Banquet1993 · Mr. GaoDouble Vision2002 · Taoist ExpertStory of a Repentant Juvenile1979 · A Man of Immortality1981 · The Opium War1997 · 何敬容Lantern Festival Adventure1979 · Lover's Lover1994 · Sleepless Town1998 · Yang WeiminPushing Hands1991 · Mr. ChuThe Touch2002 · The Monk-Dun Huang7 Lucky Ninja Kids1987 · Requital1992 · Uncle TuanFour Chefs and a Feast1999 · Last Eunuch In China1987 · A Home Too Far1990 · Tonight Nobody Goes Home1996 · Dr. Chen PinyanWoman Who Lives On Nights1985 · Chu Lien1979 · The Coldest Winter in Peking1981 · An Unforgettable Day1979 · Chin Lao-TaGood Morning, Taipei1979 · Tein-lin's FatherMaster Hui Neng1987 ·