As Director
One Armed Swordsman Against Nine Killers
1976
5.1
Hsu Tseng-Hung
Directing
Birth date
January 1, 1935
Birth place
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).
Featured in
As Director
18 Shaolin Disciples
1975
2.0
As Director
Swordsman at Large
1971
5.7
As Director
Zatoichi Meets the One-Armed Swordsman
1971
6.8
As Director, As Writer
The Invincible Sword
1971
4.0
As Director
The Secret of the Dirk
1970
5.8
As Director, As Writer
Twelve Deadly Coins
1969
4.9
As Director
The Silver Fox
1968
6.8
As Director
King Cat
1967
6.1
As Director
The Thundering Sword
1967
6.4
As Director
The Sword and the Lute
1967
5.4
As Director
The Twin Swords
1965
5.3
As Director
Temple of the Red Lotus
1965
4.9