Hsu Tseng-Hung
- Born
- January 1, 1935 (91 years old)
- Place of birth
- 中国上海, Shanghai, China
Biography
He was born in Shanghai in 11/19/1935. He came to HK in 1949 and started working as an assistant cinematographer at Nanguo Studio. He eventually joined Shaw Brothers in 1964 where he worked with Chang Cheh as assistant director in The Butterfly Chalice (1965) and Tiger Boy (1966). He directed the first ever colour Wuxia for the studio Temple of the Red Lotus (1965) and its subsequent sequels Twin Swords (1965) and The Sword and the Lute (1967). His last film for the studio will be Swordsman at Large (1971).
Hsu joined Golden Harvest (HK) Limited in 1971 and directed the Chinese version of Zatoichi and the One-Armed Swordsman, a parallel to the Japanese version directed by Kimiyoshi Yasuda. (Excerpt taken from Hong Kong Film Archive).
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Filmography
- —Red Lotus CollectionFilm · Director
- 1978Immortal WarriorsFilm · Director
- 1977Thousand Miles EscortFilm · Director
- 1977The Invincible SuperguyFilm · Director
- 1976One Armed Swordsman Against Nine KillersFilm · Director
- 197518 Shaolin DisciplesFilm · Director
- 1974Greatest Thai BoxingFilm · Director
- 1973My Wife, My Love and My MaidFilm · Director
- 1971Swordsman at LargeFilm · Director
- 1971The Gallant DuoFilm · Director
- 1971Zatoichi Meets the One-Armed SwordsmanFilm · Director★ 6.8
- 1971The Invincible SwordFilm · Director, Writer
- 1970The Secret of the DirkFilm · Director
- 1969Twelve Deadly CoinsFilm · Writer, Director
- 1968The Silver FoxFilm · Director
- 1967King CatFilm · Director
- 1967The Thundering SwordFilm · Director
- 1967The Sword and the LuteFilm · Director
- 1966Tiger BoyFilm · Assistant Director, Director of Photography
- 1965The Twin SwordsFilm · Director
- 1965Temple of the Red LotusFilm · Director
- 1965The Butterfly ChaliceFilm · Director of Photography
- 1964The Warlord and the ActressFilm · Director of Photography
- 1960A Shadow over the ChateauFilm · Director of Photography
- 1957The Nightingale of AlishanThe Nightingale of AlishanFilm · Director of Photography