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14th Asian Film Awards
The 14th Asian Film Awards was the 2020 edition of the Asian Film Awards. Given the COVID-19 pandemic, the ceremony was held online. Winners and Nominees Winners: Presenters *Anthony Chen – presented Best New Director and Best Cinematography * Nawapol Thamrongrattanarit – presented Best Production Design and Best Visual Effects * Johnny Huang Jingyu – presented Best Costume Design and Best Newcomer *Yang Ik-june – presented Best Original Music and Best Supporting Actor *Samal Yeslyamova – presented Best Sound and Best Actress * Koreeda Hirokazu – presented Best Editing and Best Film * Lee Chang-dong – presented Best Screenplay and Best Director *Kara Wai – presented Best Supporting Actress * Yakusho Koji – presented Best Actor References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Asian Film Awards Asian Film Awards ceremonies 2020 film awards Film A film also called a movie, motion picture, moving picture, picture, photoplay or (slang) flick is a wor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Parasite (2019 Film)
''Parasite'' () is a 2019 South Korean black comedy thriller film directed by Bong Joon-ho, who co-wrote the screenplay with Han Jin-won and co-produced the film. The film, starring Song Kang-ho, Lee Sun-kyun, Cho Yeo-jeong, Choi Woo-shik, Park So-dam, Jang Hye-jin, Park Myung-hoon, and Lee Jung-eun, follows a poor family who scheme to become employed by a wealthy family and infiltrate their household by posing as unrelated, highly qualified individuals. The script is based on Bong's source material from a play written in 2013. He later adapted it into a fifteen-page film draft, and it was split into three different drafts by Jin-won. Bong stated that he took inspiration from the 1960 Korean film '' The Housemaid'', and also from the Christine and Léa Papin incident in the 1930s to write the film's screenplay. Filming began in May 2018 and completed that September. The technical crew comprised cinematographer Hong Kyung-pyo, film editor Yang Jin-mo, and composer Jung Jae ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chung Mong-hong
Chung Mong-hong (; born 1965), also known by his pseudonym, Nagao Nakashima ( ja, 中島 長雄, Nakashima Nagao; or in zh, p=Zhōngdǎo Zhǎngxióng), is a Taiwanese film director, screenwriter and cinematographer. Career Chung received Golden Horse Award for Best Director for his film '' The Fourth Portrait'' in 2010 at the 47th Golden Horse Awards. His film ''Soul'' was selected as the Taiwanese entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 86th Academy Awards, but was not nominated. He won the Golden Horse Award for Best Director and Best Feature at the 56th Golden Horse Awards for his film ''A Sun'' in 2019. Chung originally used the pseudonym "Nagao Nakashima" in ''Parking'' after he took over the role of cinematographer following the previous one "abruptly quitting". He continued to use the name to credit himself separately as the director or photography in all the films he directed up to ''The Falls'', where he credited himself in the role using his actual name. F ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wang Jingchun
Wang Jingchun (; born 12 February 1973) is a Chinese actor. Awards He won the Best Actor Award at the Tokyo International Film Festival in 2013 for his performance in Ning Ying's film ''To Live and Die in Ordos''. In 2019, he won the Silver Bear for Best Actor at the 69th Berlin International Film Festival for his role in Wang Xiaoshuai's film '' So Long, My Son'', while his co-star Yong Mei won the Silver Bear for Best Actress The Silver Bear for Best Actress (german: Silberner Bär/Beste Darstellerin) was an award presented at the Berlin International Film Festival from 1956 to 2020. It was given to an actress who has delivered an outstanding performance and was chos .... References 21st-century Chinese male actors 20th-century Chinese male actors Chinese male film actors 1973 births Living people People from Altay Prefecture Male actors from Xinjiang Shanghai Theatre Academy alumni Chinese male television actors Silver Bear for Best Actor winners ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Suk Suk
''Suk Suk'' () (the title means "Uncle" in Cantonese) is a 2019 award-winning and critically acclaimed Hong Kong drama film written and directed by Ray Yeung. It presents the story of two secretly homosexual married men in their twilight years. The film was selected to compete in the ''Panorama'' section at the 70th Berlin International Film Festival. Plot Pak, a 70-year-old taxi driver who refuses to retire, meets Hoi, a retired 65-year-old single father at a park. Despite the families that they had built, the encounter sparks a desire that they had both suppressed and leads to a contemplation of a life together. Cast * Tai Bo as Pak * Ben Yuen as Hoi * Patra Au as Ching * Lo Chun-Yip as Wan * To Kong as Chiu * Lam Yiu-Sing as Edmond * Wong Hiu-Yee as Fong * Hu Yixin as Zheng * Kwan Lau-Ting as Joyce * Chu Wai-Keung as Dior Release * ''Suk Suk'' had its world premiere at the 24th Busan International Film Festival on 4 October 2019. * ''Suk Suk'' was released in Taiwan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tai Bo (actor)
Taibo () (circa 1150 BCE), or Wu Taibo, was the eldest son of King Tai of Zhou and the legendary founder of the State of Wu. His exact birth and death dates are unknown. Biography According to Sima Qian, Taibo was the founder of the State of Wu. Born into the Jī clan () of predynastic Zhou, Taibo was the eldest son of King Tai of Zhou. He had two younger brothers, Zhongyong and Jili. The King of Zhou wished to make his youngest son Jili to inherit the reins of power, so Taibo and Zhongyong traveled southeast and settled in Meili in present-day Jiangsu province. There, Taibo and his followers set up the State of Wu, and made Meili its capital. Taibo's grand-nephew, King Wu of Zhou, overthrew the Shang dynasty and started the Zhou dynasty. However, the tale of Taibo being the founder of the State of Wu is disputed. During his reign, Taibo developed irrigation, encouraged agriculture, and dug Taibo River (泰伯瀆) which is called Bodu River (伯瀆河) today. When Taibo died ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
First Love (2019 Film)
is a 2019 crime thriller film directed by Takashi Miike. It tells the story of a boxer and a call girl who become unwittingly involved in a drug-smuggling scheme. The film premiered on 17 May 2019 in Directors' Fortnight, before being released in theaters in the United Kingdom and Japan in February 2020. Plot Leo, an up-and-coming boxer, works at a Chinese restaurant in Kabukichō, Tokyo as his day job. After taking a surprise punch and collapsing during a match, he is told by a doctor that he has an inoperable brain tumor and does not have long to live. Meanwhile, drug-addicted call girl Yuri is trying to pay off her father's debts. She is trapped by yakuza member Yasu and his girlfriend Julie in an apartment, which is used as one of the yakuza's drug-dealing hubs. In the same district of Tokyo, yakuza member Kase and corrupt cop Ōtomo plan a drug-smuggling scheme: they plan to steal drugs from Yasu and Julie, then blame it on Yuri, hoping her drug habit will be enough to con ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Masataka Kubota
is a Japanese actor. Filmography Films * ''Boku no Hatsukoi o Kimi ni Sasagu'' (2009) * ''Kyōretsu! Mōretsu!! Kodai Shōjo Doguchan Matsuri Special Movie Edition'' (2010), Makoto Sugihara * ''Gachiban Series'' (2010–2014), Yūto Kuronaga * '' 13 Assassins'' (2010), Shōjirō Kokura * '' We Can't Change the World. But, We Wanna Build a School in Cambodia.'' (2011), Masayuki Yano * ''Hasami'' (2012), Yōhei Hayama * ''Rurouni Kenshin'' (2012), Akira Kiyosato * ''The Cowards Who Looked to the Sky'' (2012), Ryōta Fukuda * '' Suzuki Sensei'' (2013), Yoshio Shirai * ''Jellyfish Eyes'' (2013), Yoninshū Seiryū * '' Goddotan Kiss Gaman Senshuken The Movie'' (2013), Michael * ''Tobe Dakota'' (2013), Kenichi Kimura * '' The Liar and His Lover'' (2013), Shinya Shinohara * '' Dakishimetai: Shinjitsu no Monogatari'' (2014), Junpei * ''Yamikin Ushijima-kun Part 2'' (2014), Rei Kanzaki * ''Naniwa Sendō'' (2014) * ''Eiga ST Aka to Shiro no Sōsa File'' (2015), Yūji Kurosaki * ''April F ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chen Yi-wen
Chen Yi-wen (; born 1966) is a Taiwanese filmmaker and actor. Career While Taiwanese directors are often associated with slower-paced, personal art films, Chen decided early on when he entered the film industry that he wanted to produce high quality, entertainment-oriented movies. "The performing arts shouldn’t be inhibited by theory." Chen has established a solid foundation with a career that includes screenwriting, directing, as well as theatre, instilling his films with a unique and distinguished style. Chen's first short film, '' Scenes of Violence'', cost NT$3,000 to produce and earned NT$600,000 in returns from television sales in Taiwan and Japan. This success gave him the confidence to devote himself to the film industry. Chen was even interviewed by Wealth Magazine for an in-depth report on the success of his short film for its high ROI (return on investment). In 1998, a Japanese corporation invested in Chen's first feature film ''JAM''. The film set a record o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Castle Of Dreams (2019 Film)
''Castle of Dreams'' (Persian: ''قصر شیرین'') is a 2019 Iranian drama film directed by Reza Mirkarimi and written by Mohammad Davoudi and Mohsen Gharaie. The film screened for the first time at the 37th Fajr Film Festival The 37th Fajr Film Festival ( fa, سی و هفتمین جشنواره فیلم فجر) held from 1 to 11 February 2019 in Tehran, Iran. The nominees for the 37th Fajr Film Festival were announced on February 10, 2019, at a press conference. Ju ... and was released on July 24, 2019, in Iran theatrically. Cast * Hamed Behdad as Jalal * Zhila Shahi as Najmeh * Niousha Alipour as Sara * Yuna Tadayyon as Ali * Azadeh Nobahari as Nasrin * Akbar Aein as Behrouz * Mohammad Ashkanfar as Flower Seller * Zoheyr Yari as Shirin's brother * Mohammad Asgari as Car Buyer * Babak Lotfi Khajepasha as Police Officer * Mohammad Asgari as Fotoohi * Emre Tetikel as Mohammed Reception Awards and nominations References External links * {{IMDb title, 975 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hamed Behdad
Hamed Behdad ( fa, حامد بهداد; born November 17, 1973) is an Iranian actor and singer. He has received various accolades, including a Crystal Simorgh, a Hafez Award, an Iran Cinema Celebration Award and two Iran's Film Critics and Writers Association Awards. He has won the Golden Goblet Award for Best Actor at the 2019 Shanghai International Film Festival for his role in '' Castle of Dreams'' (2019). Early life Hamed Behdad was born on 17 November 1973 in Mashhad, Iran. He has lived his childhood and youth in Mashhad, Tehran, and Nishabur in a row. Behdad has returned to his hometown, Mashhad, again with his family when he was a high school freshman. He holds a bachelor's degree in Fine Arts Acting from Islamic Azad University of Tehran, Iran. Career Behdad was first introduced to Iran's Cinema with the movie, '' End of Game''. He was then, nominated for Crystal Simorgh in the Fajr Film Festival for the Best First Actor for this movie. In continue, he has been p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Man Standing Next
''The Man Standing Next'' () is a 2020 South Korean political drama film directed by Woo Min-ho. Based on an original novel of the same title, the film stars Lee Byung-hun, Lee Sung-min, Kwak Do-won, and Lee Hee-joon as the high ranking officials of the Korean government and the Korean Central Intelligence Agency (KCIA) during the presidency of Park Chung-hee 40 days before his assassination in 1979. The film premiered in South Korea on 22 January 2020, where it topped the box office until 4 February 2020. It was released in the United States on 24 January 2020. It was selected as the South Korean entry for the Best International Feature Film at the 93rd Academy Awards, but it was not nominated. The film was released in Japan on 22 January 2021, under the name ''KCIA''. Synopsis In the 1970s, Korea is under the absolute control of President Park who controls the KCIA, the organization with an edge over any branch of government. The director of the KCIA, Kim Gyu-pyeong, is near ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lee Byung-hun
Lee Byung-hun (; born July 12, 1970) is a South Korean actor. He has received critical acclaim for his work in a wide range of genres, most notably ''Joint Security Area'' (2000); ''A Bittersweet Life'' (2005); ''The Good, the Bad, the Weird'' (2008); the television series ''Iris'' (2009); ''I Saw the Devil'' (2010); '' Masquerade'' (2012); and '' Mr. Sunshine'' (2018). His critically acclaimed film ''Inside Men'' (2015) won him the Best Actor prize in three prestigious award ceremonies: 52nd Baeksang Art Awards, 37th Blue Dragon Awards and 53rd Grand Bell Awards. Lee has five films—''Joint Security Area'', ''The Good, the Bad, the Weird'', ''Masquerade'', ''Inside Men'' and ''Master''—on the list of highest-grossing films in South Korea. Lee was Gallup Korea's Actor of the Year in the Film division in 2012 and in the Television division in 2018. In 2021, he appeared in a recurring role as the Front Man in the Netflix survival drama series ''Squid Game''. In the United Stat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
