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| | ASIAN POP: Farewell, Anita Mui; Satyajit Ray restored; and Japanese punkers shove rock back at America |
 | | Mui's swagger was also evident on film, where she lit up the screen opposite Hong Kong's biggest actors, including Chow Yun-Fat, Jackie Chan and Jet Li. |
 | | Mui could also deliver the goods in comedy, starring in a string of Stephen Chow films, as well as in drama, winning Hong Kong's Best Actress award in 1987 for her role as a ghost who falls in love with Chan (Leslie Cheung) in art-house director Stanley Kwan's "Rouge." |
 | | Mui, who announced in September that she had cervical cancer, vowed to beat the disease, even performing a series of sold-out concerts in Hong Kong shortly afterward, but she died at the age of 40 on Dec. 30. |
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