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Hu Jinquan (胡金銓, 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.
Dec 1, 2020 · Universally recognized as one of the most influential and important Chinese directors in the history of cinema, King Hu (1932-97) came to fame making wuxia movies – the swordplay subgenre of martial arts cinema.
King Hu. Director: A Touch of Zen. He was educated in art school in Beijing, left China for Hong Kong in 1949 and entered the film industry in 1951 in the art department. In the 1950s he began acting and in 1958 joined Shaw Brothers as an actor and writer, and later a director.
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.
Jul 19, 2002 · In his youth, King Hu (Mandarin name: Hu Jinquan) was captivated by Beijing Opera: in interviews, Hu reminisced about watching the martial arts segments of operas featuring Sun Wukong (the Monkey King – the hero of the classic fantasy novel Journey to the West) and reading comic books adapted from operas and martial arts novels.
Feb 9, 2020 · King Hu’s epic 1971 martial arts film A Touch of Zen transcends genres to stand on a par with cinematic classics such as John Ford’s The Searchers and Akira Kurosawa’s Seven...
King Hu’s A Touch of Zen. A Touch of Zen is one of the first Chinese-language films to gain recognition in an international film festival (the Grand Prix at the 1975 Cannes Film Festival), creating the generic mould for the “crossover” success of Ang Lee’s Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon in 2000.
Jul 19, 2016 · A cornerstone of the martial arts film genre, King Hu’s magisterial A Touch of Zen was the first Chinese movie to receive a prize at the Cannes Film Festival.
Director King Hu (1932–1997) was a major figure in wuxia filmmaking. Produced twenty-five years after his passing, The King of Wuxia celebrates the work of this epoch-making master and explores his passion for and pursuit of cinematic art in two parts. Part I—The Prophet was Once Here.
A prime mover in the development of the modern Chinese kung fu movie, King Hu helped open up the West to the blazing passions of Hong Kong action filmmaking with the 1975 Cannes screening of...
King HU (1931–1997, China) was an actor, graphic artist, set builder, screenwriter, and filmmaker. He was educated at an art school in Beijing and left for Hong Kong in 1949, where he entered the film industry in the art department in 1951.
Feb 21, 2024 · However, the on-screen history of wuxia, meaning martial chivalry, traces back to the 1960s, with one of its most influential figures being King Hu. As a Chinese director, Hu significantly impacted the future of action and martial arts cinema, shaping it into the beloved form we know today.
Sep 10, 2012 · King Hu's remarkable Ming Dynasty epic deliberately makes itself impossible to define, beginning as a ghost story, then turning into a political thriller, and finally becoming a...
Jul 19, 2020 · In an artful confrontation between a team of killers and the iconic Golden Swallow, played with a graceful and utterly deadly combination by Cheng Pei-Pei, King Hu combines a grounded realism (including more realistic sound design to the swords and hits) with the light footed nature of the balletic Golden Swallow to create a dynamic tone that se...
Jul 19, 2024 · KUALA LUMPUR, July 19 — Legendary Chinese action film icon, Cheng Pei-pei, who starred in Ang Lee’s Oscar-nominated Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon and King Hu’s groundbreaking wuxia classic Come Drink With Me, has passed away at the age of 78.
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A Touch of Zen: Directed by King Hu. With Feng Hsu, Chun Shih, Ying Bai, Peng Tien. A lady fugitive on the run from corrupt government officials is joined in her endeavors by an unambitious painter and skilled Buddhist monks.
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Tay Ping Hui (born 10 November 1970) is a Singaporean actor and director, known for starring in many Chinese-language television dramas in Singapore and mainland China. In 2014, Tay made his directorial debut with the basketball film Meeting the Giant.
