About

Known credits:
27
Birthday:
1935-01-01
Place of birth:
中国上海, Shanghai, China
Website:
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Hsu Tseng-Hung

Overview

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).

Known for

Directing
1978 Immortal Warriors Directing Director N/A
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1977 Thousand Miles Escort Directing Director N/A
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1977 The Invincible Superguy Directing Director N/A
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1976 One Armed Swordsman Against Nine Killers Directing Director 58
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1975 18 Shaolin Disciples Directing Director 59
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1974 Greatest Thai Boxing Directing Director N/A
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1973 My Wife, My Love and My Maid Directing Director 59
Average
1971 萧十一郎 Directing Director N/A
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1971 Swordsman at Large Directing Director 58
Average
1971 The Gallant Duo Directing Director N/A
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1971 Zatoichi Meets the One-Armed Swordsman Directing Director 59
Average
1971 The Invincible Sword Directing Director 58
Average
1970 The Secret of the Dirk Directing Director 59
Average
1969 Twelve Deadly Coins Directing Director 58
Average
1968 The Silver Fox Directing Director 58
Average
1967 King Cat Directing Director 58
Average
1967 The Thundering Sword Directing Director 58
Average
1967 The Sword and the Lute Directing Director 58
Average
1966 Tiger Boy Directing Assistant Director N/A
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1965 The Twin Swords Directing Director 58
Average
1965 Temple of the Red Lotus Directing Director 58
Average

Writing
1971 The Invincible Sword Writing Writer 58
Average
1969 Twelve Deadly Coins Writing Writer 58
Average

Camera
1966 Tiger Boy Camera Director of Photography N/A
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1965 The Butterfly Chalice Camera Director of Photography 59
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1964 The Warlord and the Actress Camera Director of Photography N/A
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1960 A Shadow over the Chateau Camera Director of Photography N/A
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