King Hu
Chinese film director and screenwriter (1932-1997)
1.08body-of-work score · ranked #808 of 2631 directors · 2 films in our library
A director's score is the sum of their films' composite canon scores — methodology.
- Born
- April 29, 1932 · Beijing
- Died
- January 14, 1997 · Taipei Veterans General Hospital
- Nationality
- Taiwan
- Work
- film director, screenwriter, actor, film actor
Films in our library, ranked
Ranked by composite canon score across 20+ authoritative lists, awards and polls — our ordering, with every placement citing its evidence on the film's page.
- 1
1971 · Taiwan, China / Hong Kong, China · fantasy, action
Sight & Sound 2022 critics' poll #225 · TIME All-TIME 100 · Criterion Collection spine #825
0.924 citations - 20.161 citation
Complete filmography
All 13 directorial credits recorded on Wikidata, in chronological order; films in our library link to their canon-score page.
- 1964The Story of Sue San
- 1965Sons of Good Earth
- 1966Come Drink with Me
- 1967Dragon Gate Inn
- 1970Four Moods
- 1971A Touch of Zen
- 1973The Fate of Lee Khan
- 1975The Valiant Ones
- 1979Legend of the Mountain
- 1979Raining in the Mountain
- 1982All the King's Men
- 1990The Swordsman
- 1993Painted Skin