King Hu
- Directing
- April 29, 1932 · Beijing, China
- January 14, 1997
Biography
Hu Jinquan (29 April 1932 – 14 January 1997), better known as King Hu, was a Chinese film director and actor based in Hong Kong and Taiwan. He is best known for directing various wuxia films in the 1960s and 1970s, which brought Hong Kong and Taiwanese cinema to new technical and artistic heights. His films Come Drink with Me (1966), Dragon Inn (1967), and A Touch of Zen (1970–1971) inaugurated a new generation of wuxia films in the late 1960s. Apart from being a film director, Hu was also a screenwriter and set designer.
Known for
Filmography
- The King of Wuxia Part 2 · Self
- The King of Wuxia Part 1 · Self
- 大侠胡金铨 · Self
- Time and Tide Wait for No Man: A Touch of King Hu · Self
- Painted Skin · Director, Writer
- Song of the Exile · Producer
- Swordsman · Director, Art Direction
- All the King's Men · Director, Writer
- The Wheel of Life · Director
- The Juvenizer · Presenter, Director
- Legend of the Mountain · Director, Writer
- Raining in the Mountain · Director, Writer
- Heroes of the Underground · Writer
- Dragon Gate · Writer
- The Yin and the Yang of Mr. Go · Ito Suzuki
- The Valiant Ones · Producer, Director
- The Fate of Lee Khan · Director, Writer
- Four Moods · Screenplay, Director
- A Touch of Zen · Director, Screenplay
- Dragon Inn · Director, Writer
- The Blue and the Black · Rascal
- Come Drink with Me · Director, Writer
- Downhill They Ride · Writer
- Sons of the Good Earth · Captain Ting, Director
- The Story of Sue San · Director, Writer
- The Dancing Millionairess · Xiao Li
- Between Tears and Smiles · Captain Teasing Chu in Street
- Empress Wu · Chao Tao Sheng
- My Lucky Star · Zhou Sansi
- Revenge of a Swordswoman
- Stranger Than Fiction
- Love Parade · Dr Fu Li Fu
- Golden Horse Awards · Self
- The Dream of the Red Chamber · Bei Ming
- The Bride Napping · Writer
- The Pistol · Little Li
- The Fair Sex · Qian
- Kiss for Sale · Chang Hsiao
- The Swallow
- Les Belles · Customer Leaving Japanese Restaurant
- When the Peach Blossoms Bloom · Shen's Son
- How to Marry a Millionaire
- Back Door · Exterminator
- The Deformed · Long Yusheng
- The Kingdom and the Beauty · Ta Niu
- The Magic Touch · Hu Tu
- The Angel · Ching
- Laughter and Tears · Props
- The Frosty Night
- Little Angels of the Streets · Er Yuan
- Springtime in Paradise
- Lady in Distress · Zhu-Tse
- The Long Lane · ang Shu-Chang
- Blood in Snow