King Hu

Rejissor

1932-04-29 – 1997-01-14 · 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.

• 俠女 (1970) — Director, Editor, Screenplay
• 大醉俠 (1966) — Director, Writer
• 龍門客棧 (1967) — Director, Writer
• 笑傲江湖 (1990) — Art Direction, Director
• 空山靈雨 (1979) — Director, Writer, Editor, Executive Producer, Art Direction, Presenter
• 山中傳奇 (1979) — Director, Writer, Art Direction, Presenter, Costume Design, Editor, Producer
• 迎春閣之風波 (1973) — Director, Writer, Producer
• 忠烈圖 (1974) — Producer, Writer, Director, Art Direction
• 畫皮之陰陽法王 (1993) — Director, Writer
• 客途秋恨 (1990) — Producer
• 天下第一 (1983) — Director, Writer, Costume Design
• 喜怒哀樂 (1970) — Screenplay, Director
• 大地兒女 (1965) — Captain Ting, Director, Screenplay
• 江山美人 (1959) — Ta Niu
• The Yin and the Yang of Mr. Go (1974) — Ito Suzuki
• 藍與黑 (1966) — Rascal
• 玉堂春 (1964) — Writer, Director
• 大輪迴 (1983) — Director
• 武則天 (1963) — Chao Tao Sheng
• 故都春夢 (1964) — Captain Teasing Chu in Street
• 紅樓夢 (1962) — Bei Ming
• 千嬌百媚 (1961) — Customer Leaving Japanese Restaurant
• 花田錯 (1962) — Writer
• 萬花迎春 (1964) — Xiao Li