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Oct 29, 2020 · From the mid-60s to the end of the ’70s, the Hong Kong director King Hu (who died in 1997) made some of the most distinctive, daring and enjoyable wuxia (literally, “martial heroes”) films ...
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Mar 9, 2020 · A beginner’s path through the breathtaking wuxia epics of of legendary Chinese director King Hu.
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.
May 23, 2021 · How two of King Hu’s best martial arts movies, Raining in the Mountain and Legend of the Mountain, have hardly any fight scenes. Although King Hu helped launch the new wave of wuxia films...
Mar 6, 2024 · Eureka Entertainment announces the May 28 release of The Valiant Ones, King Hu’s last great masterpiece from the golden age of wuxia cinema. Presented from a brand new 4K restoration on...
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. Thanks to a pristine new restoration, this sprawling portrait of Ming Dynasty intrigue can now be rediscovered as both a work of breathtaking visual ingenuity and a uniquely ...
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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.
