Hong Kong actor Tony Leung reacts online after winning the Best Actor award for the film ‘The Goldfinger’ while his wife and actress Carina Lau addresses the audience at the 42nd Hong Kong Film Awards in Hong Kong on Sunday, April . 14, 2024 | Photo Credit: Louis Delmotte

Hong Kong acting icon Tony Leung will serve as Chairman of the International Competition Jury at the 37th Tokyo International Film Festival.

Leung is known internationally for his collaborations with Wong Kar-wai on films such as “In the Mood for Love”, “Chungking Express”, “Happy Together” and “2046”, and for films such as “Lust, Caution”. Let’s go. “Infernal Affairs” series and Marvel’s “Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings,” returning to the festival after giving a masterclass at last year’s edition.

One of Asia’s most influential actors, the actor has won numerous awards during his career, including the Best Actor trophy at the Cannes Film Festival for “In the Mood for Love” and the Golden Lion Lifetime Achievement Award at the Venice Film Festival. Are.

Leung, 61, said he was “extremely honored” to join the jury at TIFF because he grew up watching classic Japanese films in Hong Kong and he “has a great love affair between Japanese film, people and its culture.” It was the beginning.”

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“I’m already expecting that the Festival will be full of surprises and it will be a lot of fun to chair it, I’m sure. I hope it will be a little adventurous with a bold range of quality films. I just ‘feel’ , When it comes to decision-making, relying on the feelings of fellow jurors as well as my own will contribute positively to the selection process,” the actor said in a statement, which the festival posted on its official website. Have shared.

Leung first attended the 13th TIFF in 2000, when “In the Mood for Love” was shown in the special screening section. He participated in the festival in 2008 and again in 2023.

TIFF President Ando Hiroyasu said he was honored that Leung would be serving as jury head at a time when the festival is “increasing its presence as a leading film festival in Asia”.

“Mr. Leung, who has an illustrious career as one of the world’s most critically acclaimed and internationally acclaimed Asian actors, has attended TIFF a few times in the past and has many fans in Japan. He is this year’s Will be a great addition to the festival,” said Hiroyasu.