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Kyaw Thu ((ビルマ語:ကျော်သူ), ; born 2 November 1959) is a two-time Myanmar Academy Award winning film actor and film director. One of the top leading men of Burmese cinema in the 1980s and 1990s, Kyaw Thu has starred in over 200 in films and has directed several successful films. Since the early 2000s, Kyaw Thu has devoted much time to do social work for the poor, and in the process has gradually emerged as a vocal critic of the Burmese military government. == Early life == Kyaw Thu was born Kyaw Win (ကျော်ဝင်း, (wɪ́ɴ )) in November 2, 1959 to father U Sein Tin and mother Daw Mya Than. He studied Physics major (correspondence) at University of Yangon up to final year. He met his future wife Myint Myint Khin Pe (also known as Shwe Zee Kwet) when they were both attending university at Hlaing Campus. They got married in 1978 during his final year at the university. They have a son Pyi Thein Kyaw and a daughter Myint Mo Oo. Kyaw Thu made his film debut in 1984 in the film ''Chit Kyoe Lay Net Myin''. He has starred in over 200 films and directed six films in a career spanning over two decades. In the 1980s and 1990s, Kyaw Thu was one of the most successful leading men in Burmese cinema. Kyaw Thu won the 1994 Myanmar Academy Award for Best Actor in ''Da-Byi-Thu Ma Shwe Hta'' (တပြည်သူမရွှေထား; lit. Miss Shwe Hta, the Foreigner). Many believe that Kyaw Thu would have won more awards had he been more pliant with the propaganda demands of Myanmar Motion Picture Organization (MMPO), which gives out the annual awards. Until 1994, he refused to do a propaganda film. In 1993, one of his films received popular and critical acclaim but failed to win a single award. In 1994, he finally agreed to do a pro-government film, and came his win with ''Da-Byi-Thu'', which he feels is inferior to his previous work.() He won his second Academy Award in 2003 for the Best Director in the film ''Amay No Bo'' (အမေ့နို့ဖိုး). His latest scuffle with the authorities—he was arrested in October 2007 for supporting the anti-government protests led by the monks—surely will not win him more awards. In October 2007, his latest HIV/AIDS awareness film, ''A-Kywin-Mè Longyon-Ya'' (အကြွင်းမဲ့ လုံခြုံရာ), has been blocked by the government censorship board. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Kyaw Thu」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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