Name
King Hu
Known For
Directing
Birthday
1932-04-29
Deathday
1997-01-14 (65 years old)
Place of Birth
Beijing, China
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
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Yang Hui-zhen, a mysterious princess on the run from corrupt government officials, is join...
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Golden Sparrow is a fighter-for-hire who has been contracted by the local government to re...
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Lee Khan, a high official under Mongolian Emperor Yuan of the Yuan dynasty procures the ba...
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China, year 1457. The Minister of Defense is executed, and his children are sentenced to e...
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A righteous husband-and-wife swordfighting duo struggle to protect China from the machinat...
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A traveling scholar is intent on translating a Buddhist sutra that is said to have power o...
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In Ming Dynasty China, the retiring abbot of a Buddhist monastery invites two dignitaries ...
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A roving ghost spirit controlled by Ying Yang the Evil paints her face in the guise of a c...
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Set in the early 1970s, it tells the story of a Chinese-Japanese student who returns to he...
- 1958 The Magic Touch as Hu Tu
- 2012 Time and Tide Wait for No Man: A Touch of King Hu as Self (archive footage)
- 1963 Love Parade as Dr Fu Li Fu
- 1961 The Pistol as Little Li
- 1957 The Frosty Night
- 2022 The King of Wuxia Part 2 as Self
- 1959 The Kingdom and the Beauty as Ta Niu
- 1965 Sons of the Good Earth as Captain Ting
- 1957 Little Angels of the Streets as Er Yuan
- 1957 Lady in Distress as Zhu-Tse
- 1957 Springtime in Paradise
- 1958 The Angel as Ching
- 1963 Stranger Than Fiction
- 1961 Kiss for Sale as Chang Hsiao
- 1961 The Fair Sex as Qian
- 1960 How to Marry a Millionaire
- 1958 Laughter and Tears
- 1961 The Swallow
- 1964 The Dancing Millionairess as Xiao Li
- 1956 Blood in Snow
- 1960 The Deformed as Long Yusheng
- 1974 The Yin and the Yang of Mr. Go as Ito Suzuki
- 1964 Between Tears and Smiles as Captain Teasing Chu in Street
- 1962 The Dream of the Red Chamber as Bei Ming
- 1960 Back Door as Exterminator
- 1961 Les Belles as Customer Leaving Japanese Restaurant
- 1963 Empress Wu as Chao Tao Sheng
- 1966 The Blue and the Black as Rascal
- 1960 When the Peach Blossoms Bloom as Shen's Son
- 1956 The Long Lane as ang Shu-Chang
- 1963 My Lucky Star as Zhou Sansi
- 1963 Revenge of a Swordswoman
- 2022 The King of Wuxia Part 1 as Self
- 1962 Golden Horse Awards ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 2022 大侠胡金铨 ( 2 episodes ) as self
