South Korean film ‘Mother’ named best picture at Asian Film Awards in Hong Kong

‘Mother’ named best picture at Asian Film Awards

HONG KONG — A South Korean drama about a mother’s quest to exonerate her mentally handicapped son from murder allegations won best picture at the Asian Film Awards.

Bong Joon-ho’s “Mother” also picked up the best actress prize for Kim Hye-ja at Monday’s awards.

Chinese filmmaker Lu Chuan clinched directing honors for “City of Life and Death,” which tackles Japanese atrocities during World War II.

China’s Wang Xueqi was named best actor for portraying a businessman in imperial China sympathetic to the revolutionary cause in “Bodyguards and Assassins.” The movie earned best supporting actor honors for Hong Kong pop star Nicholas Tse.

Best supporting actress was Hong Kong’s Wai Ying-hung, who played a single mother in “At the End of Daybreak.”