Lung Sihung

Known for ActingBorn 1930-12-23Died 2002-05-02Suqian, Jiangsu, China

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.Read more

Movies & web series

Grandpa's Love

Golden Horse Awards

Master Hui Neng

Lantern Festival Adventure

A Home Too Far

Last Eunuch In China

Eat Drink Man Woman

Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon

Sleepless Town

The Coldest Winter in Peking

Chu Lien

Pushing Hands

The Wedding Banquet

Tonight Nobody Goes Home

Good Morning, Taipei

Spy Ring Kokuryukai

Double Vision

Spring in Autumn

The Opium War

7 Lucky Ninja Kids

Requital

The Touch

Four Chefs and a Feast

Lover's Lover

末代儿女情

天山英雄传

绛雪玄霜

家和萬事興

Woman Who Lives On Nights

A Man of Immortality

An Unforgettable Day

Story of a Repentant Juvenile

The Diary of Di-Di

The Venturer