Lung Sihung

Overview

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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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Known for

Acting
2002	Double Vision	Actor	Taoist Expert	59 Average
2002	The Touch	Actor	The Monk-Dun Huang	58 Average
2000	Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon	Actor	Sir Te	71 Good
1999	春风得意梅龙镇	Actor	李浪	N/A N/A
1999	Four Chefs and a Feast	Actor		N/A N/A
1998	Sleepless Town	Actor	Yang Weimin	59 Average
1996	Tonight Nobody Goes Home	Actor	Dr. Chen Pinyan	59 Average
1995	Grandpa's Love	Actor	Grandpa	N/A N/A
1994	Lover's Lover	Actor		N/A N/A
1994	Eat Drink Man Woman	Actor	Chu	65 Fair
1993	The Wedding Banquet	Actor	Mr. Gao	63 Fair
1992	Requital	Actor	Uncle Tuan	59 Average
1991	Pushing Hands	Actor	Mr. Chu	60 Fair
1990	A Home Too Far	Actor		59 Average
1987	Last Eunuch In China	Actor		59 Average
1987	7 Lucky Ninja Kids	Actor		59 Average
1987	Master Hui Neng	Actor		59 Average
1985	Woman Who Lives On Nights	Actor		N/A N/A
1981	A Man of Immortality	Actor		N/A N/A
1981	The Coldest Winter in Peking	Actor		59 Average
1979	An Unforgettable Day	Actor	Chin Lao-Ta	N/A N/A
1979	Chu Lien	Actor		59 Average
1979	Good Morning, Taipei	Actor	Tein-lin's Father	59 Average
1978	The Diary of Di-Di	Actor	Lin chou-kang	N/A N/A
1976	Spy Ring Kokuryukai	Actor		59 Average
1976	The Venturer	Actor		N/A N/A