Sihung Lung

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 awardwinning director Ang Lee notably cast in films such as Pushing Hands and Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon Lung enlisted in Chiang Kaisheks 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 armysponsored 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 Chineselanguage 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 fulllength film 1992s Pushing Hands and the director who recalled watching Mr Lung as a child asked him to play a father in the film Lungs 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 Lungs 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 CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia