Lung Sihung
Known For
Acting
Born
1930-12-23 in Suqian, Jiangsu, China
Died
2002-05-02
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.
Most Known For
Golden Horse Awards
as Self
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
as Sir Te
天山英雄传
as 孟神通
Eat Drink Man Woman
as Chu
末代儿女情
as 赫天禄
Sleepless Town
as Yang Weimin
The Wedding Banquet
as Mr. Gao
Pushing Hands
as Mr. Chu
Double Vision
as Taoist Expert
The Opium War
as He Jingrong
The Touch
as The Monk-Dun Huang
Last Eunuch In China
A Home Too Far
Requital
as Uncle Tuan
The Coldest Winter in Peking
Four Chefs and a Feast
7 Lucky Ninja Kids
The Diary of Di-Di
as Lin chou-kang
Good Morning, Taipei
as Tein-lin's Father
