He was born in Shanghai in 11191935 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 OneArmed Swordsman a parallel to the Japanese version directed by Kimiyoshi Yasuda Excerpt taken from Hong Kong Film Archive
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