King Hu (simplified Chinese: 胡金铨; traditional Chinese: 胡金銓; pinyin: Hú Jīnquán) (April 29, 1932–January 14, 1997) was a Hong Kong- and Taiwan-based Chinese film director whose Wuxia films brought Chinese cinema to new technical and artistic heights. His films Come Drink with Me (1966), Dragon Gate Inn (1967) and A Touch of Zen (1969-71) inaugurated a new generation of wuxia films in the late 1960s. He was also a scriptwriter and set designer.
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