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
all 53
Movies 51
Director 12
Producer 5
self 4
Writer 4
TV Shows 2
Self (archive footage)
The King of Wuxia Part 1 (2022)
Movie
Self (archive footage)
Time and Tide Wait for No Man: A Touch of King Hu (2012)
Movie
Director / Writer
Painted Skin (1993)
Movie
Producer
Song of the Exile (1990)
Movie
Director
The Swordsman (1990)
TV
Art Direction / Director
Swordsman (1990)
Movie
5.57
Director / Writer / Costume Design
All the King's Men (1983)
Movie
Director
The Wheel of Life (1983)
Movie
Presenter / Writer / Editor / Director
The Juvenizer (1981)
Movie
Director / Writer / Art Direction / Costume Design / Presenter / Producer / Editor
Legend of the Mountain (1979)
Movie
Director / Writer / Editor / Executive Producer / Art Direction / Presenter
Raining in the Mountain (1979)
Movie
4
Producer / Director / Writer / Art Direction
The Valiant Ones (1975)
Movie
Writer
Dragon Gate (1975)
Movie
Director / Writer / Producer
The Fate of Lee Khan (1973)
Movie
Director / Screenplay / Editor
A Touch of Zen (1971)
Movie
Screenplay / Director
Four Moods (1970)
Movie
Director / Writer
Dragon Inn (1967)
Movie
6
Director / Writer
Come Drink with Me (1966)
Movie
6
Captain Ting / Director / Screenplay
Sons of the Good Earth (1965)
Movie
Director / Writer
The Story of Sue San (1964)
Movie
Captain Teasing Chu in Street
Between Tears and Smiles (1964)
Movie
Chao Tao Sheng
Empress Wu (1963)
Movie
Zhou Sansi
My Lucky Star (1963)
Movie
Dr Fu Li Fu
Love Parade (1963)
Movie
Little Li
The Pistol (1961)
Movie
Chang Hsiao
Kiss for Sale (1961)
Movie
Customer Leaving Japanese Restaurant
Les Belles (1961)
Movie
Exterminator
Back Door (1960)
Movie
Long Yusheng
The Deformed (1960)
Movie
Zhu-Tse
Lady in Distress (1957)
Movie
ang Shu-Chang
The Long Lane (1956)
Movie
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Information
Known ForDirecting
GenderMale
Birthday1932-04-29
Deathday1997-01-14 (64 years old)
Birth PlacePeking, China
RelationshipsZhong Ling
RelativesHu Jinggui
CitizenshipsTaiwan
Also Known AsChuan King, Hu Jingquan, Hu Chin-chuan, Chin Chuan, King Chuan, King Ho, Jinquan Hu, Cheun King, 胡金铨, 金銓, 金铨
AwardsGolden Horse Award for Lifetime Achievement, Golden Horse Award for Best Director, Golden Horse Award for Best Costume and Makeup Design, Golden Horse Award for Best Art Direction
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