King Hu

Director

Born: April 29, 1932
Died: January 14, 1997 (age 64)
From: Beijing, China

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…

Filmography (47)

The King of Wuxia Part 2 (2022)
Self
The King of Wuxia Part 1 (2022)
Self
Time and Tide Wait for No Man: A Touch of King Hu (2012)
Self (archive footage)
Painted Skin (1993)
Director
Swordsman (1990)
Director
All the King's Men (1983)
Director
The Wheel of Life (1983)
Director
The Juvenizer (1981)
Director
Legend of the Mountain (1979)
Director
Raining in the Mountain (1979)
Director
The Valiant Ones (1975)
Director
The Yin and the Yang of Mr. Go (1974)
Ito Suzuki
The Fate of Lee Khan (1973)
Director
Four Moods (1970)
Director
A Touch of Zen (1970)
Director
Dragon Inn (1967)
Director
The Blue and the Black (1966)
Rascal
Come Drink with Me (1966)
Director
Sons of the Good Earth (1965)
Director
The Story of Sue San (1964)
Director
The Dancing Millionairess (1964)
Xiao Li
Between Tears and Smiles (1964)
Captain Teasing Chu in Street
Empress Wu (1963)
Chao Tao Sheng
My Lucky Star (1963)
Zhou Sansi
Revenge of a Swordswoman (1963)
Stranger Than Fiction (1963)
Love Parade (1963)
Dr Fu Li Fu
The Dream of the Red Chamber (1962)
Bei Ming
The Pistol (1961)
Little Li
The Fair Sex (1961)
Qian