Zhou Xun poses with the best actress award at the 3rd Asian Film Awards in Hong Kong on March 23, 2009. (Xinhuanet)

Chinese mainland actress Zhou Xun was named best actress at the Asian Film Awards on Monday in Hong Kong.

Zhou was honored for her performance in The Equation of Love and Death, in which she plays a plucky cab driver who deals with obsessions following the disappearance of her lover.

The best actor award went to Masahiro Motoki from the Japanese film Departures. The film won the best foreign-language Oscar at this year's Academy Awards.

Tokyo Sonata, another film from Japan, took home the best film award.

Also adding to the Japanese-dominated winners list is Hirokazu Koreeda, who garnered the best director honor for the family drama Still Walking.

The 3rd Asian Film Awards were held as part of the ongoing Hong Kong International Film Festival.

List of Winners

Best Film

Tokyo Sonata

Best Director

Hirokazu Koreeda (Still Walking)

Best Actor

Masahiro Motoki (Departures)

Best Actress

Zhou Xun (The Equation of Love and Death)

Best Newcomer

Yu Shaoqun (Forever Enthralled)

Best Supporting Actor

Jung Woo-sung (The Good, the Bad, the Weird)

Best Supporting Actress

Gina Pareno (Service)

Best Screenplay

Kiyoshi Kurosawa (Tokyo Sonata)

(CRIENGLISH.com March 24, 2009)