Director
King Hu
April 29, 1932 · 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 new generation of wuxia films in the late 1960s. Apart from being a film director, Hu was also a screenwriter and set designer.
Often works with
Tien Feng
8 titles together
Raining in the Mountain, Legend of the Mountain, The Fate of Lee Khan
Hsu Feng
6 titles together
A Touch of Zen, Dragon Inn, Raining in the Mountain
Han Ying-Chieh
6 titles together
A Touch of Zen, Come Drink with Me, Dragon Inn
Shih Chun
5 titles together
A Touch of Zen, Dragon Inn, Raining in the Mountain
Tsao Chien
5 titles together
A Touch of Zen, Dragon Inn, Four Moods
Lee Man-Tai
5 titles together
Raining in the Mountain, The Fate of Lee Khan, The Valiant Ones
Full filmography · 46
Painted Skin
Director and Writer
19935.9
Swordsman
Director
19907
All the King's Men
Director and Writer
1983
The Wheel of Life
Director
1983
The Juvenizer
Director and Writer
1981
Legend of the Mountain
Director and Writer
19797.4
Raining in the Mountain
Director and Writer
19797.3
Heroes of the Underground
Writer
1976
Dragon Gate
Writer
1975
The Yin and the Yang of Mr. Go
as Ito Suzuki
1974
The Valiant Ones
Director and Writer
19746.9
The Fate of Lee Khan
Director and Writer
19736.8