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King Hu
🎂 Apr 29, 1932 — 🕯️ Jan 14, 1997 (64 years)
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.
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Swordsman
1990
A Touch of Zen
1970
Come Drink with Me
1966
The Fate of Lee Khan
1973
Dragon Inn
1967
The Valiant Ones
1975
Raining in the Mountain
1979
The Story of Sue San
1964
Legend of the Mountain
1979
Sons of the Good Earth
1965
Painted Skin
1993
Four Moods
1970
All the King's Men
1983
The Wheel of Life
1983
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King Hu
1932-04-29 · 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.