1930-12-23 ( 94 years old ) in Suqian, Jiangsu, China
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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.
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Movies
Double Vision
2002-10-17
The Touch
2002-08-01
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
2000-07-06
Four Chefs and a Feast
1999-05-01
Sleepless Town
1998-06-27
The Opium War
1997-06-09
Tonight Nobody Goes Home
1996-07-04
Grandpa's Love
1995-06-24
Lover's Lover
1994-10-26
Eat Drink Man Woman
1994-08-03
The Wedding Banquet
1993-03-01
Requital
1992-11-19
Pushing Hands
1991-12-07
A Home Too Far
1990-08-28
Last Eunuch In China
1987-10-24
7 Lucky Ninja Kids
1987-08-15
Master Hui Neng
1987-01-01
Woman Who Lives On Nights
1985-09-07
A Man of Immortality
1981-08-28
The Coldest Winter in Peking
1981-02-05
An Unforgettable Day
1979-11-29
Chu Lien
1979-11-22
Good Morning, Taipei
1979-01-01
The Diary of Di-Di
1978-02-21
Spy Ring Kokuryukai
1976-11-25
The Venturer
1976-02-21
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