Fan Bingbing	Wang Qianyuan

Fan Bingbing took the Best Actress Award for her role in Buddha Mountain at the 23rd Tokyo International Film Festival, which concluded on October 31. Wang Qianyuan won the Best Actor Award for The Piano in a Factory.

Fan, 29, is one of the most recognized actresses on the Chinese mainland. She started her performing career in 1996 and won the Hundred Flowers Best Actress Award, the top honor in China's movie world, in 2004 for her role in Cellphone. In 2006, she was nominated in several international film festivals for her performance in Apple, winning international fame and influence. Fan ranks 10th on Forbes' 2010 China Celebrities list.

Wang, 38, is known to Chinese audience for his performance in many TV series. The Piano in a Factory is Wang's first movie as leading actor. His persistence in the movie as well as in his own performing career moved people. "This reward is a lollipop for adults. This is the first time I have been in movie festivals and the first time I have been nominated. I felt lucky," Wang said at the awards ceremony.