Asian Film Awards 2008: Secret Sunshine, Tony Leung
2008 Asian Film Award nominations: Jan. 17; winners: March 17 at the Grand Hall, Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Center.
Best Film
Buddha Collapsed Out of Shame (Iran)
I Just Didn’t Do It (Japan)
Lust, Caution (Taiwan | China | USA)
* Secret Sunshine (South Korea)
The Sun Also Rises (China | Hong Kong)
The Warlords (China | Hong Kong)Best Director
Peter Chan – The Warlords
Jiang Wen – The Sun Also Rises
Ang Lee – Lust, Caution
* Lee Chang-Dong – Secret Sunshine
Masayuki Suo – I Just Didn’t Do It
Zhang Lu – Desert Dream (South Korea | France)Best Actor
Jack Kao – God Man Dog (Taiwan)
Ryo Kase – I Just Didn’t Do It
* Tony Leung – Lust, Caution
Jet Li – The Warlords
Joe Odagiri – Tokyo Tower: Mom and Me, and Sometimes Dad (Japan)
Song Kang-ho – Secret SunshineBest Actress
Joan Chen – The Home Song Stories (Singapore | Australia)
* Jeon Do-Yeon – Secret Sunshine
Kirin Kiki – Tokyo Tower: Mom and Me, and Sometimes Dad
Kim Yunjin – Seven Days (South Korea)
Deepika Padukone – Om Shanti Om (India)
Tang Wei – Lust, CautionBest Supporting Actor
Chun Ho-jin – Skeletons in the Closet (South Korea)
Kaoru Kobayashi – Tokyo Tower: Mom and Me, and Sometimes Dad
Mario Maurer – Love of Siam (Thailand)
* Sun Honglei – Mongol (Mongolia | Kazakhstan | Germany | Russia)
Shin’ichi Tsutsumi – Always: Sunset on Third Street 2 (Japan)Best Supporting Actress
* Joan Chen – The Sun Also Rises
Kim Hye-soo – Skeletons in the Closet
Kong Hyo-jin – Happiness (South Korea)
Apinya Sakujaroensuk – Ploy (Thailand)
Hiroko Yakushimaru – Always: Sunset on Third Street 2Best Screenplay
I Just Didn’t Do It – Masayuki Suo
Little Moth – Peng Tao (China)
Lust, Caution – James Schamus & Wang Hui-Ling
* The Mad Detective – Au Kin Yee & Wai Ka-Fai (Hong Kong)
The Old Garden – Im Sang-soo (South Korea)Best Cinematography
Frozen – Shanker Raman (India)
* Help Me Eros – Liao Pen-jung (Taiwan)
Ploy – Chankit Chamnivikaipong (Thailand)
Those Three – Hooman Behmanesh (Iran)
The Warlords – Arthur WongBest Film Editing
* Eye In the Sky – David Richardson (Hong Kong)
Maiko haaaan!!! – Shogo Hirasawa (Japan)
The Old Garden – Lee Eun-soo
Slingshot – Charliebebs Gohetia (The Philippines)
The Warlords – Wenders LiBest Score
Love of Siam – August, Flure, Witwisit Hirunwongkul, Chukiate Sakveerakul & Passakorn Wiroonsup
Lust, Caution – Alexandre Desplat
Mid-Afternoon Barks – Xiao He (China)
* Om Shanti Om – Vishal Dadlani, Shekhar Ravjiani & Pyarelal Ramprasad Sharma
Sakuran – Ringo Shiina (Japan)Best Production Design
Epitaph – Kim Yu-Jeong & Lee Min-Bok (South Korea)
Help Me Eros – Tsai Ming-liang
Opaptika – Pisut Pariwattanakit & Thanakorn Pongsuwan (Thailand)
Sakuran – Namiko Iwaki
* The Sun Also Rises – Cao Jiuping & Zhang Jian QunBest Visual Effects
Always: Sunset on Third Street 2 – Takashi Yamazaki
D-War – Hyung Rae Shim (South Korea)
Dainipponjin – Hiroyuki Seshita (Japan)
The Sun Also Rises – Thomas Duval
* The Warlords – Ng Yuen FaiLifetime Achievement Award
Yoji YamadaEdward Yang New Talent Award
Yuya Ishii
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*last modified in January 2026.