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Tsui Hark to Receive Lifetime Achievement Award at Udine’s Far East Festival
Iconic director Tsui Hark will receive a lifetime achievement award at Udine's Far East Festival from fellow Hong Kong legend Tony Leung.
Tsui will receive Udine’s Golden Mulberry Award from fellow Hong Kong legend Tony Leung, who is best known for roles in movies such as Wong Kar Wai’s “In the Mood for Love” and Zhang Yimou’s “Hero.” Tsui, who is considered the leading figure of Hong Kong’s New Wave of the 1980s and has been dubbed Asia’s Spielberg, is best known for his “Once Upon a Time in China” saga and “Detective Dee” film series, among other titles. His more recent blockbuster action movies — prior to “”Legends of the Condor Heroes” — include “Journey to the West: The Demons Strike Back” and “The Battle at Lake Changjin.”
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