King Hu

Hu Jinquan, known as King Hu, was born in Beijing on 29 April 1932 and reached Hong Kong in 1949. There he gave English lessons, was a set designer then an actor, and in 1958 joined the Shaw Brothers, where he was assistant to Li Han-hsiang before moving on to directing. After the success of his 1966 swordplay film, he left the studio for Taiwan, where he made his next two films. He spent his last years in the United States, where he had long been preparing a film that he was unable to shoot, and died in Taipei on 14 January 1997, following a heart operation.

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• CinemaA Touch of Zen俠女King Hu · 1971Cinema