Hong Kong movie superstar Tony Leung Chiu Wai took home the top acting honour at the Hong Kong Film Directors’ Guild Awards on March 15, cementing his status as the frontrunner at the upcoming Hong Kong Film Awards .
Leung received the statuette from Hong Kong film-maker Johnnie To on March 15, who said on stage: “I have known Tony Leung for 40 years and knew he was good, but I didn’t know he was so good.” Leung has won the Best Actor award at HKFA a record five times, and this time, he is up against Dayo Wong , Bowie Lam , Lo Chun Yip and Da Peng .