Sihung Lung

Sihung Lung (Chinese: 郞雄; pinyin: Láng Xíong; Wade–Giles: Lang Hsiung; c. 1930 May 2, 2002) was a Taiwanese movie and TV actor. He appeared in over 100 films and TV series throughout his career and was best known for playing paternal roles in films such as Eat Drink Man Woman and The Wedding Banquet. He frequently collaborated with award-winning director Ang Lee.

Sihung Lung
Born(1930-01-01)1 January 1930
Died2 May 2002(2002-05-02) (aged 72)
OccupationActor
Years active1970–2002
AwardsOrder of St. Sylvester, 1993
Golden Horse AwardsBest Actor
1991 Pushing Hands
Best Supporting Actor
1976 The Venturer
1993 The Wedding Banquet
Life Achievement Award
2002 Lifetime Achievement

Golden Bell AwardsBest Actor
1997

Life and career

Lung enlisted in Chiang Kai-shek's army as a teenager to fight the Chinese Communist Party. After the Communists 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.[1]

Lung 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.[2] 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.[3]

Death

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.[4]

Filmography

Year Title Role Notes
1974 Chi qing yu nu Japanese colonel
1974 Da mo tian ling
1975 Meng hu
1976 Lang ya kou
1976 Eight Hundred Heroes
1976 Hei long hui
1976 Lao hu ya
1978 Di Di ri ji Lin chou-kang
1978 Wu qing huang di you qing tian
1979 Xiang ye qi tan
1979 Zao an tai bei Tein-lin's Father
1979 Wang yang zhong de yi tiao chuan
1980 Xiang ye ren Commander Hsu
1980 Tian liang hao ge qiu
1981 Huang tian hou tu
1981 Long de chuan ren
1982 Xue zhan da er dan
1986 Hao xiao zi
1986 Tangshan guo Taiwan
1987 Bao gao ban zhang
1987 Kua yue shi kong de xiao zi
1987 Chung Gwok jui hau yat goh tai gam
1991 Pushing Hands Mr. Chu
1991 Da tou bing shang zhan chang: Za pai jun
1992 Wu hu si hai Uncle Tuan
1993 The Wedding Banquet Mr. Gao
1994 Eat Drink Man Woman Chu
1994 Qing ren de qing ren
1994 Zu sun qing
1995 Formosa Sisters Captain
1996 Tonight Nobody Goes Home Dr. Chen Pinyan
1997 The Opium War He Jingrong
1997 Hei jin
1998 Fuyajo Yang Weimin
2000 Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon Sir Te
2002 Double Vision Taoist Expert
2002 The Touch The Monk-Dun Huang (final film role)

See also

References

  1. Thurber, John (14 May 2002). "Sihung Lung, 72; Starred in Ang Lee Films". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 27 February 2017.
  2. "Sihung Lung". The Independent. 15 May 2002. Retrieved 27 February 2017.
  3. "Sihung Lung, 72, Film Actor Who Starred for Ang Lee". New York Times. 25 May 2002. Retrieved 27 February 2017.
  4. Yu, Sen-lun (3 May 2002). "Movie fans' favorite father figure dies". Taipei Times. p. 2. Retrieved 27 February 2017.
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