Personal Info
Known For
Directing
Known Credits
85
Gender
Male
Birthday
1932-04-29
Day of Death
1997-01-14 (65 years old)
Place of Birth
Beijing, China
Also Known As
Chuan King
Hu Jingquan
Hu Chin-chuan
Chin Chuan
King Chuan
King Ho
Jinquan Hu
Cheun King
胡金铨
金銓
金铨
King Hu Jinquan
King Hu
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.
