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Hsu Tseng-Hung

Director

Hsu Tseng-Hung

Born January 1, 1935 in 中国上海, Shanghai, China20 films

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).

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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).

Filmography

20 films as director
  1. TBARed Lotus CollectionDirector
  2. 1978Immortal WarriorsDirector
  3. 1977Thousand Miles EscortDirector
  4. 1977The Invincible SuperguyDirector
  5. 1976One Armed Swordsman Against Nine KillersDirector
  6. 197518 Shaolin DisciplesDirector
  7. 1974Greatest Thai BoxingDirector
  8. 1973My Wife, My Love and My MaidDirector
  9. 1971Swordsman at LargeDirector
  10. 1971The Gallant DuoDirector
  11. 1971Zatoichi Meets the One-Armed SwordsmanDirector
  12. 1971The Invincible SwordDirector
  13. 1970The Secret of the DirkDirector
  14. 1969Twelve Deadly CoinsDirector
  15. 1968The Silver FoxDirector
  16. 1967King CatDirector
  17. 1967The Thundering SwordDirector
  18. 1967The Sword and the LuteDirector
  19. 1965The Twin SwordsDirector
  20. 1965Temple of the Red LotusDirector