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 52
Movies 50
Director 13
self 4
Producer 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
Director / Art Direction
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
Editor / Director / Writer / Executive Producer / Presenter / Art Direction
Raining in the Mountain (1979)
Movie
4
Producer / Writer / Director / Art Direction
The Valiant Ones (1975)
Movie
Writer
Dragon Gate (1975)
Movie
Director / Writer / Producer
The Fate of Lee Khan (1973)
Movie
Screenplay / Director
Four Moods (1970)
Movie
Director / Screenplay / Editor
A Touch of Zen (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
Writer / Director
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
Dr Fu Li Fu
Love Parade (1963)
Movie
Little Li
The Pistol (1961)
Movie
Hsiao Chien
The Fair Sex (1961)
Movie
Hsiao Chang
Kiss for Sale (1961)
Movie
Customer Leaving Japanese Restaurant
Les Belles (1961)
Movie
Exterminator
Back Door (1960)
Movie
Long Yusheng
The Deformed (1960)
Movie
Hsiao Ching
The Angel (1958)
Movie
Xiao Liusan
The Frosty Night (1957)
Movie
(Guest star)
Lady in Distress (1957)
Movie
ang Shu-Chang
The Long Lane (1956)
Movie
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Information
Known ForDirecting
GenderMale
Birthday1931-04-29
Deathday1997-01-14 (65 years old)
Birth PlacePeking, China
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 Best Director
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