Screenplay: King Hu
Top movies, series, and documentaries with a screenplay by King Hu. Explore the titles that showcase an exceptional writing.
The Fate of Lee Khan
1973 · Movie · 105 min. · Taiwan
Direction King Hu
Cast Li Li-Hua · Roy Chiao · Hsu Feng · Pai Ying
Plot During the Yuan Dynasty, a band of Han rebels in disguise converge at an inn out in a desolate Western province to await the arrival of Mongol warlord Lee Khan...
7.3
23 votes
7.3
23 votes
Raining in the Mountain
1979 · Movie · 114 min. · Taiwan
Direction King Hu
Cast Hsu Feng · Tung Lin · Paul Chun · Ng Ming-Choi
Plot An esquire brings a female thief and his bailiff to search out a priceless handwritten scroll by Tripitaka, in a temple at the mountains. Meanwhile, a General and his lieutenant...
7.2
38 votes
7.2
38 votes
A Touch of Zen
1971 · Movie · 180 min. · Taiwan
Direction King Hu
Cast Hsu Feng · Chun Shih · Pai Ying · Roy Chiao
Plot A poor scholar in a small community is drawn into a conflict with ruthless government officials after assisting several political dissidents in making their escape. A Touch of Zen is...
6.9
391 votes
6.9
391 votes
Dragon Inn (Dragon Gate Inn)
1967 · Movie · 110 min. · Taiwan
Direction King Hu
Cast Polly Shang-Kuan · Chun Shih · Pai Ying · Han Ying-Chieh
Plot The Eunuch of the Emperor has ordered the commander of his army condemned to death for betrayal and insurrection. The commander's family was was murdered to cut off his bloodline,...
6.7
196 votes
6.7
196 votes
Legend of the Mountain
1979 · Movie · 191 min. · Taiwan
Direction King Hu
Cast Chun Shih · Sylvia Chang · Hsu Feng · Tien Feng
Plot Scholar He is charged with the task of transcribing some ancient Buddhist sutras, and travels to an old fort to perform the task in peace and quiet, since the army...
6.7
24 votes
6.7
24 votes
Come Drink with Me
1966 · Movie · 90 min. · Hong Kong
Direction King Hu
Cast Cheng Pei-Pei · Yueh Hua · Erh Chun · Chen Hung-Lieh
Plot A group of bandits kidnaps the governor's son and demands their imprisoned leader to be set free in exchange.
6.4
352 votes
6.4
352 votes
Sons of the Good Earth
1965 · Movie · 107 min. · Hong Kong
Direction King Hu
Cast Peter Chen Ho · Betty Loh · Kao Pao-Shu · Chiang Kuang-Chao
Plot The film begins as He Hua (Le Di, also in "The Love Eterne"), a young girl who has been sold to a brothel, tries to escape and is helped by...
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Four Moods
1970 · Movie · 140 min. · Taiwan
Direction King Hu · Lee Hsing · Li Han-Hsiang · Pai Ching-Jui
Cast Cheng Chang · Mei-Yao Chang · Bao-liang Chen · Chen Hui-Lou
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The Juvenizer
1981 · Movie · 100 min. · Taiwan
Direction King Hu
Cast Wen Tai Li · Chia-Fen Liu · Sibelle Hu · Sylvia Chang
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All the King's Men
1983 · Movie · 100 min. · Taiwan
Direction King Hu
Cast Fu-chuang Chang · Chang Jen-Chieh · Chiu-Ming Chen · Chen Hui-Lou
Plot It's the 10th century BC, the emperor is not well, and the medicines he is receiving from con artist "Immortal Li" are in reality only making him worse.
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The Story of Sue San
1964 · Movie · 107 min. · Hong Kong
Direction King Hu
Cast Li-Chu Chang · Paul Chang · Chen Hung-Lieh · Yunhua Chen
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Bride Napping
1962 · Movie · 128 min. · Hong Kong
Direction Yan Jun
Cast Betty Loh · Grace Ning · Kiu Chong · Diana Chang
Plot The ethereal Lok Dai plays a pivotal role in the 1962 Shaw Brothers screwball costume comedy The Bride Napping. Based on a chapter of author Shi Naian's The Water Margin...
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The Valiant Ones
1975 · Movie · 101 min. · Taiwan
Direction King Hu
Cast Hsu Feng · Pai Ying · Roy Chiao · Wu Chia-Hsiang
Plot Pirates from Japan and China itself are disturbing the equanimity of 13th-century China, and the Emperor dispatches a trustworthy officer and a small band of men to deal with them.
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Painted Skin
1993 · Movie · 94 min. · Hong Kong
Direction King Hu
Cast Adam Cheng · Joey Wong · Wu Ma · Sammo Hung
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