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5′ 9″ (1.75 m) Mini Bio. Tsui Hark recently became the fourth Chinese film director to join the board of judges for the 57th Cannes Film Festival in the feature films category this year. An internationally acclaimed visionary director, Tsui started making experimental movies with 8mm film when he was only 13.
Tsui Hark (Chinese: 徐克, Vietnamese: Từ Khắc, born 15 February 1950), born Tsui Man-kong, is a New Wave film director in Hong Kong and an influential film producer. He is viewed as a major figure in the Golden Age of Hong Kong cinema (typically early 1980s to mid 1990s).
Jun 11, 2023 · Innovative, energetic, and incredibly hard-working, Tsui Hark was a powerhouse behind the Hong Kong cinema boom of the early 1990s. As producer, director and screenwriter, he helped John Woo...
Feb 15, 2021 · The best place to start – Peking Opera Blues. There’s no better introduction to the cinema of Tsui Hark than his 1986 masterpiece Peking Opera Blues, a film that seems to draw from all manner of Chinese cultural touchstones to create a wholly unique, breathtakingly constructed confection.
6 days ago · In this film, Tsui Hark weaves an irresistible boulevard comedy that does not shy away from the good feelings typical of Hong Kong cinema. The film begins in 1937, during an air raid by Japanese forces in Shanghai, when a soldier called Tung (Kenny Bee) and a young woman, Shu ( Sylvia Chang) meet under a dark bridge. The two vow to meet again ...
Aug 11, 2017 · Tsui Hark. Once Upon a Time in Hong Kong: The Cinema of Tsui Hark. Sean Gilman. Aug 11, 2017 • 9 min read. Tsui Hark has been the central figure in Hong Kong and Chinese language cinema for the past 40 years, responsible for at least a dozen different masterpieces as director and/or producer.
Tsui Hark is best known for his martial arts films. From his very first feature, The Butterfly Murders (1979), he has been making films regularly in the wuxia genre and many of them are important re-definitions of the genre.
