Personal Info
Chuan King
Hu Jingquan
Hu Chin-chuan
Chin Chuan
King Chuan
King Hu
Directing
Biography
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.
Filmography
Movies
The King of Wuxia Part 2
as Self
The King of Wuxia Part 1
as Self
Time and Tide Wait for No Man: A Touch of King Hu
as Self (archive footage)
The Yin and the Yang of Mr. Go
as Ito Suzuki
The Blue and the Black
as Rascal
Sons of the Good Earth
as Captain Ting
Between Tears and Smiles
as Captain Teasing Chu in Street
The Dancing Millionairess
as Xiao Li
Empress Wu
as Chao Tao Sheng
Love Parade
as Dr Fu Li Fu
