King Hu
Born: 1932-04-29 in Beijing, China
Died: 1997-01-14
Known For: Directing
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.
Filmography
2022
- The King of Wuxia Part 2 as Self
2012
- Time and Tide Wait for No Man: A Touch of King Hu as Self (archive footage)
1993
- Painted Skin ... (Director)
1990
- Song of the Exile ... (Producer)
- Swordsman ... (Director)
1983
- All the King's Men ... (Director)
- The Wheel of Life ... (Director)
1981
- The Juvenizer ... (Presenter)
1979
- Raining in the Mountain ... (Editor)
- Legend of the Mountain ... (Director)
1976
- Heroes of the Underground ... (Writer)
1975
- The Valiant Ones ... (Producer)
- Dragon Gate ... (Writer)
1973
- The Fate of Lee Khan ... (Director)
1970
- A Touch of Zen ... (Director)
- The Yin and the Yang of Mr. Go as Ito Suzuki
- Four Moods ... (Screenplay)
1967
- Dragon Inn ... (Director)
1966
- Come Drink with Me ... (Director)
- The Blue and the Black as Rascal
- Downhill They Ride ... (Writer)
1965
- Sons of the Good Earth as Captain Ting
1964
- Between Tears and Smiles as Captain Teasing Chu in Street
- The Story of Sue San ... (Director)
- The Dancing Millionairess as Xiao Li
1963
- Empress Wu as Chao Tao Sheng
- Love Parade as Dr Fu Li Fu
- Stranger Than Fiction
- My Lucky Star as Zhou Sansi
- Revenge of a Swordswoman
1962
- Golden Horse Awards as Self
- The Dream of the Red Chamber as Bei Ming
- The Bride Napping ... (Writer)
1961
- The Swallow
- Les Belles as Customer Leaving Japanese Restaurant
- The Fair Sex as Qian
- The Pistol as Little Li
- Kiss for Sale as Chang Hsiao
1960
- The Deformed as Long Yusheng
- How to Marry a Millionaire
- When the Peach Blossoms Bloom as Shen's Son
- Back Door as Exterminator
1959
- The Kingdom and the Beauty as Ta Niu
1958
- Laughter and Tears
- The Magic Touch as Hu Tu
- The Angel as Ching
1957
- Little Angels of the Streets as Er Yuan
- The Frosty Night
- Springtime in Paradise
- Lady in Distress as Zhu-Tse
1956
- Blood in Snow
- The Long Lane as ang Shu-Chang