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FILM DIRECTOR

King Hu

1932 - 1997

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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. 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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of King Hu has received more than 241,070 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). King Hu is the 561st most popular film director (down from 513th in 2019), the 663rd most popular biography from China (down from 586th in 2019) and the 9th most popular Chinese Film Director.

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  • 240k

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  • 52.13

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  • 20

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  • 3.69

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  • 2.40

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, King Hu ranks 561 out of 1,581Before him are James Wong, František Čáp, John Milius, Amos Gitai, Ján Kadár, and Roger Spottiswoode. After him are James Gunn, Paul Greengrass, Jaco Van Dormael, Mika Kaurismäki, László Benedek, and Hal Roach.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1932, King Hu ranks 186Before him are Eleanor F. Helin, Michihiro Ozawa, Yukio Shimomura, Jean-Paul Rappeneau, Vladimir Voinovich, and Tommy Taylor. After him are Sven Lindqvist, Mika Antić, Majel Barrett, John Glen, Eileen Brennan, and Qahhor Mahkamov. Among people deceased in 1997, King Hu ranks 126Before him are Colonel Tom Parker, Lam Ching-ying, Maria Prymachenko, Juzo Itami, Béla Barényi, and James A. Michener. After him are Giorgio Strehler, Ella Maillart, Brian Keith, Anatoliy Banishevskiy, Francisco Aramburu, and William Martínez.

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In China

Among people born in China, King Hu ranks 663 out of 1,392Before him are François Cheng (1929), Wang Bo (650), Ma Huateng (1971), Zhang Zhidong (1837), Zhang Daqian (1899), and Liu Yuxi (772). After him are Wang Can (177), Zhang Guotao (1897), Shi Pei Pu (1938), Kenneth Tsang (1935), Nie Er (1912), and Huang Gongwang (1269).

Among FILM DIRECTORS In China

Among film directors born in China, King Hu ranks 9Before him are Wong Kar-wai (1958), Terence Young (1915), Yuen Woo-ping (1945), Chen Kaige (1952), Lo Wei (1918), and Edward Yang (1947). After him are Ann Hui (1947), Chang Cheh (1923), Chloé Zhao (1982), Xie Jin (1923), Tian Zhuangzhuang (1952), and Jia Zhangke (1970).

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