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King Hu

King Hu

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.

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Known For

  • Come Drink with Me
  • A Touch of Zen
  • Swordsman
  • Raining in the Mountain
  • The Valiant Ones
  • Dragon Inn
  • Painted Skin
  • The Story of Sue San
  • Legend of the Mountain
  • The Fate of Lee Khan
  • All the King's Men
  • Sons of the Good Earth
  • Four Moods
  • The Wheel of Life
  • The Juvenizer