Focus Taiwan
Date: 2017/08/01
By: Christie Chen
Taipei, Aug. 1 (CNA) Taiwanese actress and producer Hsu Feng (徐楓), whose
Photo courtesy of the Golden Horse festival’s executive committee
cinematic career has spanned almost four decades, will receive the Lifetime Achievement Award at the Golden Horse Awards this year, the festival’s executive committee announced on Tuesday.
“I would like to thank the Golden Horse Awards’ judges for their affirmation. This encourages me to return to film production soon as the best way to repay the Golden Horse Awards,” the 66-year-old actress said after learning about the honor.
Hsu’s first screen appearance was a bit part in King Hu’s martial arts film “Dragon Gate Inn.”
In 1970, she played the daughter of a Ming Dynasty politician in another of Hu’s martial arts film, “A Touch of Zen,” a role for which she gained international fame. The film won the Technical Grand Prize at the 1975 Cannes Film Festival.
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