Film | Taiwanese crime thriller claims three top Golden Horse awards

Taiwanese actress Vicky Chen (from left) director Yang Ya Che and Hong Kong actress Kara Wai hold their awards for Best Supporting Actress, Best Feature Film and Best Leading Actress at the 54th Golden Horse Awards in Taipei

Taiwanese crime thriller “The Bold, The Corrupt, The Beautiful” claimed three top Golden Horse movie awards, including best feature film.

Veteran Hong Kong actress Kara Wei said on stage that her best actress win for the film fulfilled a wish. Her co-star, 14-year-old Vicky Chen, became the youngest best supporting actress winner for her role in the film by Taiwanese director Yang Ya-che.

China’s Vivian Qu won the best director award for the dark drama “Angels Wear White,” which addressed the theme of child sexual assault.

“I am really happy, because this movie talks about social problems. And I think nothing is more important than [that] this movie reaches its audiences,” she said in accepting the award at Saturday’s ceremony.

China’s Tu Men credited luck for being named best leading actor for his role as a bankrupt businessman in the film “Old Beast.”

Five Golden Horse awards, the Chinese-language equivalent of the Oscars, went to the black comedy, “The Great Buddha.” Taiwanese director Huang Hsin-yao was named best new director and the film was also honored for best adapted screenplay, best cinematography, best original film score and best original film song.

The black-and-white film about two people who discover their boss’s dark secret from a car dashboard camera’s footage shows the struggles of the underclass and exposes political corruption.