HONG KONG – Continuing its remarkable kudos collection, South Korea's "Secret Sunshine" Monday grabbed top honors at the second running of the Asian Film Awards show.

Pic, a heart-wrenching tale of a single mother's search for new love in an unfamiliar town, was named best Asian film. It also earned Lee Chang-dong the helming crown and Jeon Do-yeon the best actress accolade. Jeon began picking up prizes for her performance in the film as far back as the Cannes festival last May.

"The Sun Also Rises," the big budget Mainland Chinese art-house pic that baffled some auds but pleased critics, was the only other film to earn multiple honors. It picked up best production design and the least surprising award of the night, best supporting actress kudos for veteran Joan Chen.

Other awards were sprinkled liberally among movies and talent from Greater China with only Om Shanti Om's music composers Vishal Dadlani and Shekhar Ravjiani earning any silverware for India, Asia's biggest movie producing nation.

That meant relative disappointment for "Lust, Caution" whose actress revelation Tang Wei was recently censured by China, and an empty handed departure for "The Assembly"

2^nd Asian Film Awards 2007-08

Best film
"Secret Sunshine"

Best director
Lee Chang-dong "Secret Sunshine"

Best actor
Tony Leung Chiu-wai "Lust, Caution"

Best actress
Jeon Do-yeon "Secret Sunshine"

Best supporting actor
Sun Honglei "Mongol"

Best supporting actress
Joan Chen "The sun Also Rises"

Best screenwriter
Au Kin-yee and Wai Ka-fai "Mad Detective"

Best cinematographer
Liao Pen-jung "Help me Eros"

Best production designer
Cao Jiu-ping and Zhang Jian-qun "The sun Also Rises"

Best composer
Vishal Dadlani and Shekhar Ravjiani

Best editor
David Richardson "Eye in the sky"

Best visual effects
Ng Yuen-fai "The Warlords"

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