Hu Jinquan 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 19701971 inaugurated a new generation of wuxia films in the late 1960s Apart from being a film director Hu was also a screenwriter and set designer
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