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
Reference
Wikipedia · Wikidata

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. 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
  2. 2
    Dragon Gate Inn龍門客棧

    1967 · Taiwan, China · action

    Criterion Collection spine #937

    0.161 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