King Hu
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.

Top 10 collaborators

Roles

Match
The King of Wuxia Part 2 (2022)
Self
The Yin and the Yang of Mr. Go (1970)
Ito Suzuki
The Blue and the Black (1966)
Rascal
Sons of the Good Earth (1965)
Captain Ting
The Dancing Millionairess (1964)
Xiao Li
Between Tears and Smiles (1964)
Captain Teasing Chu in Street
Empress Wu (1963)
Chao Tao Sheng
Stranger Than Fiction (1963)
Love Parade (1963)
Dr Fu Li Fu
The Dream of the Red Chamber (1962)
Bei Ming
The Pistol (1961)
Little Li
The Fair Sex (1961)
Qian
Kiss for Sale (1961)
Chang Hsiao
The Swallow (1961)
Les Belles (1961)
Customer Leaving Japanese Restaurant
When the Peach Blossoms Bloom (1960)
Shen's Son
How to Marry a Millionaire (1960)
Back Door (1960)
Exterminator
The Deformed (1960)
Long Yusheng
The Kingdom and the Beauty (1959)
Ta Niu
The Magic Touch (1958)
Hu Tu
The Angel (1958)
Ching
Laughter and Tears (1958)
The Frosty Night (1957)
Little Angels of the Streets (1957)
Er Yuan
Springtime in Paradise (1957)
Lady in Distress (1957)
Zhu-Tse
Blood in Snow (1956)

Crew

Painted Skin (1993)
Director | Writer
Song of the Exile (1990)
Producer
Swordsman (1990)
Director | Art Direction
All the King's Men (1983)
Director | Writer | Costume Design
The Wheel of Life (1983)
Director
The Juvenizer (1981)
Director | Writer | Editor | Presenter
Legend of the Mountain (1979)
Director | Writer | Producer | Editor | Art Direction | Costume Design | Presenter
Raining in the Mountain (1979)
Director | Writer | Editor | Executive Producer | Art Direction | Presenter
Heroes of the Underground (1976)
Writer
The Valiant Ones (1975)
Director | Writer | Producer | Art Direction
Dragon Gate (1975)
Writer
The Fate of Lee Khan (1973)
Director | Writer | Producer
Four Moods (1970)
Director | Screenplay
A Touch of Zen (1970)
Director | Screenplay | Editor
Dragon Inn (1967)
Director | Writer
Come Drink with Me (1966)
Director | Writer
Downhill They Ride (1966)
Writer
Sons of the Good Earth (1965)
Director | Screenplay
The Story of Sue San (1964)
Director | Writer
The Bride Napping (1962)
Writer
Laughter and Tears (1958)
Props