Known For
Directing
Birthday
April 29, 1932
Place of Birth
Beijing, China
Also Known As
- Chuan King
- Hu Jingquan
- Hu Chin-chuan
- Chin Chuan
- King Chuan
King Hu
Biography
Hu Jinquan (29 April 1932 β 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 (1970β1971) 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.
Known For - Movies
Love Parade
as Dr Fu Li Fu
Between Tears and Smiles
as Captain Teasing Chu in Street
Empress Wu
as Chao Tao Sheng
The Blue and the Black
as Rascal
Stranger Than Fiction
The Dream of the Red Chamber
as Bei Ming
Sons of the Good Earth
as Captain Ting
The King of Wuxia Part 1
as Self
The King of Wuxia Part 2
as Self
The Kingdom and the Beauty
as Ta Niu
