FILM DIRECTOR

Tsui Hark

1950 - Today

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Tsui Hark (Chinese: 徐克, Vietnamese: Từ Khắc, born 15 February 1950), born Tsui Man-kong (Vietnamese: Từ Văn Quang), is a Hong Kong filmmaker. A major director in the Golden Age of Hong Kong cinema, Tsui gained critical and commercial success with films such as Zu Warriors from the Magic Mountain (1983), the Once Upon a Time in China film series (1991–1997), Green Snake (1993), The Lovers (1994), and The Blade (1995). His credits as a writer and producer include A Better Tomorrow (1986), A Better Tomorrow II (1987), A Chinese Ghost Story (1987), The Killer (1989), The Legend of the Swordsman (1992), The Wicked City (1992), Iron Monkey (1993) and Black Mask (1996). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Tsui Hark has received more than 795,041 page views. His biography is available in 32 different languages on Wikipedia (down from 33 in 2019). Tsui Hark is the 250th most popular film director (up from 299th in 2019), the 25th most popular biography from Vietnam (up from 29th in 2019) and the most popular Vietnamese Film Director.

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  • 800k

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  • 64.98

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 32

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.10

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.68

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Tsui Hark ranks 250 out of 2,041. Before him are Víctor Erice, John Sturges, Lucio Fulci, Karel Zeman, G. W. Pabst, and Hirokazu Kore-eda. After him are Edward Dmytryk, Patrice Chéreau, Frank Darabont, Assi Dayan, Julien Duvivier, and Peter Bogdanovich.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1950, Tsui Hark ranks 74. Before him are Helen Clark, Grigory Sokolov, Brad Dourif, Miki Manojlović, Robert B. Laughlin, and Sônia Braga. After him are Corinne Cléry, Miou-Miou, Neda Ukraden, Marcheline Bertrand, Eric Carr, and Nora Roberts.

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In Vietnam

Among people born in Vietnam, Tsui Hark ranks 25 out of 136. Before him are Charles Sobhraj (1944), Minh Mạng (1791), Son Sen (1930), Lê Lợi (1384), Tôn Đức Thắng (1888), and Riccardo Cocciante (1946). After him are Nguyễn Xuân Phúc (1954), Trường Chinh (1907), Phạm Văn Đồng (1906), Lady Triệu (225), Nguyễn Hữu Thọ (1910), and Nguyễn Cao Kỳ (1930).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In Vietnam

Among film directors born in Vietnam, Tsui Hark ranks 1. After him are Tran Anh Hung (1962).

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