KFMG Podcast S08 Episode 108: Tribute to King Hu
“No one has really captured the pinnacle of the artform of wuxia filmmaking like King Hu did… That’s why we’re still talking about King Hu, because he did it better than anybody else.” Michael Berry
King Hu is one of China’s most influential filmmakers, famous for his historical martial arts films which helped to popularise the wuxia (‘martial chivalry’) genre in the 1960s and 70s with classic films like Come Drink with Me (1966), Dragon Inn (1967), and A Touch of Zen (1971), for which he would receive the ‘Technical Grand Prize’ at the 1975 Cannes Film Festival. His work has inspired …
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