King Hu

Birthday: 1931-04-29
Deathday: 1997-01-14
Birthplace: Beijing, China
Gender: Male

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.

Credits

Year Title
1993-09-18 Painted Skin
1990-04-05 Swordsman
1983-10-19 All the King's Men
1983-01-01 The Wheel of Life
1981-08-27 The Juvenizer
1979-10-04 Legend of the Mountain
1979-07-11 Raining in the Mountain
1975-02-19 The Valiant Ones
1973-12-06 The Fate of Lee Khan
1971-11-18 A Touch of Zen
1970-10-08 Four Moods
1967-10-21 Dragon Inn
1966-04-07 Come Drink with Me
1965-03-19 Sons of the Good Earth
1964-09-30 The Story of Sue San