Sihung Lung
Sihung Lung | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1 January 1930 |
| Died | 2 May 2002 (aged 72) |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1970–2002 |
| Awards | Order of St. Sylvester, 1993 Golden Horse Awards – Best Actor1991 Pushing Hands Best Supporting Actor 1976 The Venturer 1993 The Wedding Banquet Life Achievement Award 2002 Lifetime Achievement Golden Bell Awards – Best Actor 1997 |
Sihung Lung (Chinese: 郞雄; pinyin: Láng Xíong; Wade–Giles: Lang Hsiung; c. 1930 – May 2, 2002), also known as Paul Lung,[1] was a Taiwanese movie and TV actor of Manchu descent. He appeared in over 100 films and TV series throughout his career and was best known for playing paternal roles in Ang Lee's films Pushing Hands, The Wedding Banquet and Eat Drink Man Woman.
Life and career[edit]
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.[2]
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.[3] 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.[4]
Lung was Roman Catholic.[5]
Death[edit]
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.[6]
Filmography[edit]
| 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[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ Snyder, Deb. "I learned so much from Ang Lee and this lovely actor Siung Lung. Or Paul Lung as I recall he liked being called". Archived from the original on 2021-12-24.
- ^ Thurber, John (14 May 2002). "Sihung Lung, 72; Starred in Ang Lee Films". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 27 February 2017.
- ^ "Sihung Lung". The Independent. 15 May 2002. Retrieved 27 February 2017.
- ^ "Sihung Lung, 72, Film Actor Who Starred for Ang Lee". New York Times. 25 May 2002. Retrieved 27 February 2017.
- ^ xiao xiao ling (2010). cong bao jun dao ci fu. tai bei. ISBN 978-957-546-688-6.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ^ Yu, Sen-lun (3 May 2002). "Movie fans' favorite father figure dies". Taipei Times. p. 2. Retrieved 27 February 2017.
External links[edit]
- Sihung Lung at IMDb
- Sihung Lung at the Hong Kong Movie Database
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- 20th-century Taiwanese male actors
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- Chinese anti-communists
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- Deaths from diabetes
- Deaths from liver failure
- Male actors from Jiangsu
- Military personnel of the Republic of China
- People from Suqian
- Male soap opera actors
- Manchu male actors
- Taiwanese male film actors
- Taiwanese people of Manchu descent
- Taiwanese male television actors
- Taiwanese Roman Catholics
- Taiwanese people from Jiangsu
- Chinese male film actors
- Chinese male television actors
- 20th-century Chinese male actors
- 21st-century Chinese male actors