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Lung Sihung
Acting

Lung Sihung
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1930-12-23,Suqian, Jiangsu, China
Gender
Male
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.

Filmography

Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon

7.4

Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
2000-07-06

Eat Drink Man Woman

7.6

Eat Drink Man Woman
1994-08-03

5

The Touch
2002-08-01

7.3

Pushing Hands
1991-12-07

The Wedding Banquet

7.213

The Wedding Banquet
1993-03-01

7.1

Sleepless Town
1998-06-27

6.7

Double Vision
2002-10-17

The Diary of Di-Di

0

The Diary of Di-Di
1978-02-21

Good Morning, Taipei

6

Good Morning, Taipei
1979-01-01

8

A Home Too Far
1990-08-28

Last Eunuch In China

7.8

Last Eunuch In China
1987-10-24

Tonight Nobody Goes Home

6.4

Tonight Nobody Goes Home
1996-07-04

A Man of Immortality

0

A Man of Immortality
1981-08-28

7 Lucky Ninja Kids

5

7 Lucky Ninja Kids
1987-08-15

Master Hui Neng

8

Master Hui Neng
1987-01-01

7.5

Chu Lien
1979-11-22

Spy Ring Kokuryukai

6

Spy Ring Kokuryukai
1976-11-25

0

The Venturer
1976-02-21

An Unforgettable Day

0

An Unforgettable Day
1979-11-29

Woman Who Lives On Nights

0

Woman Who Lives On Nights
1985-09-07

5.5

Requital
1992-11-19

0

Lover's Lover
1994-10-26

The Coldest Winter in Peking

7.2

The Coldest Winter in Peking
1981-02-05

Four Chefs and a Feast

0

Four Chefs and a Feast
1999-05-01

0

Grandpa's Love
1995-06-24

Golden Horse Awards

0

Golden Horse Awards
1962-10-31