10 Facts About Hsu Feng

Hsu Feng's father was originally from Fujian and her mother from Manchuria.

Hsu Feng's father died when she was 6 and her mother remarried.

Hsu Feng got her start in film as a means of financially supporting her poor family.

Hsu Feng answered a casting ad at age 15, which led to a minor role in King Hu's film Dragon Gate Inn.

Hsu Feng played the daughter of general Yang, who had to flee the capital after her father was murdered by assassins of the imperial eunuch Wei.

Hsu Feng's performance was later described by the film critic Richard Corliss as the screen's gravest, most ravishing woman warrior.

Hsu Feng won the Golden Horse Award as best actress twice for her performances in Assassin and The Pioneers.

Hsu Feng set up her own production company Tomson Films in 1983 and specialized primarily on the production of artistic films.

Hsu Feng served as a member of the jury at the 44th Berlin International Film Festival in 1994 and at the 61st Venice International Film Festival in 2004.

In 1976, Hsu Feng married Chinese businessman Tong Cun-lin, with whom she has two sons.