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
- 大侠胡金铨 as self
- The King of Wuxia Part 1 as Self
- 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
- Swordsman ... (Director)
- Song of the Exile ... (Producer)
1983
- All the King's Men ... (Director)
- The Wheel of Life ... (Director)
1981
- The Juvenizer ... (Presenter)
1979
- Raining in the Mountain ... (Director)
- Legend of the Mountain ... (Director)
1976
- Heroes of the Underground ... (Writer)
1975
- Dragon Gate ... (Writer)
1974
- The Yin and the Yang of Mr. Go as Ito Suzuki
- The Valiant Ones ... (Producer)
1973
- The Fate of Lee Khan ... (Director)
1970
- A Touch of Zen ... (Director)
- 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
- The Story of Sue San ... (Director)
- The Dancing Millionairess as Xiao Li
- Between Tears and Smiles as Captain Teasing Chu in Street
1963
- Empress Wu as Chao Tao Sheng
- My Lucky Star as Zhou Sansi
- Love Parade as Dr Fu Li Fu
- Revenge of a Swordswoman
- Stranger Than Fiction
1962
- Golden Horse Awards as Self
- The Bride Napping ... (Writer)
- The Dream of the Red Chamber as Bei Ming
1961
- Les Belles as Customer Leaving Japanese Restaurant
- Kiss for Sale as Chang Hsiao
- The Swallow
- The Pistol as Little Li
- The Fair Sex as Qian
1960
- The Deformed as Long Yusheng
- Back Door as Exterminator
- How to Marry a Millionaire
- When the Peach Blossoms Bloom as Shen's Son
1959
- The Kingdom and the Beauty as Ta Niu
1958
- The Magic Touch as Hu Tu
- The Angel as Ching
- Laughter and Tears
1957
- Little Angels of the Streets as Er Yuan
- Springtime in Paradise
- Lady in Distress as Zhu-Tse
- The Frosty Night
1956
- Blood in Snow
- The Long Lane as ang Shu-Chang