Tsui Hark himself has always acknowledged the influence of Japanese samurai films, particularly those of Kurosawa and Hideo Gosha (Three Outlaw Samurai, 1964; Sword of the Beast, 1965), on his earlier work.
Tsui Hark himself has always acknowledged the influence of Japanese samurai films, particularly those of Kurosawa and Hideo Gosha (Three Outlaw Samurai, 1964; Sword of the Beast, 1965), on his earlier work.
— Tsui Hark · Stephen Teo, Tsui Hark's Zu: Warriors from the Magic Mountain