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Director

Hsin Chi

Born October 23, 1924 in Taipei, TaiwanDied September 22, 201012 films

Chi Hsin has directed more than 50 Taiwanese Hokkien-language films including romance, realistic, wuxia, comedy, crime, thriller, Taiwanese opera and even softcore pornography – but only eight of them survived. In the late 60s when the production of Hokkien-language films started to decline, Xin tried to make Mandarin-speaking films. He even went to Hong Kong and there he made some wuxia films for the Shaw Brothers in King Hu’s style but the collaboration terminated prematurely. In 1971, he moved to the television industry by writing and directing for companies owned by the state. Until his retirement in 1990, he made numerous dramas and education programmes.

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After the 1990s, he worked on the preservation of Hokkien-language films by assisting the Chinese Taipei Film Archive (now renamed to the Taiwan Film and Audiovisual Institute) and creating an association for actors once working in the Hokkien-language films. His numerous interviews are the significant historical resources, helping us understand the development of Hokkien-language cinema in Taiwan.

Filmography

12 films as director
  1. 1979Drunken Fish, Drunken Frog, Drunken CrabDirector
  2. 1971Shadow GirlDirector
  3. 1971The Professional KillerDirector
  4. 1970Goodbye SeventeenDirector
  5. 1969The Rice Dumpling VendorsDirector
  6. 1969阿西父子Director
  7. 1969Dangerous YouthDirector
  8. 1967San Sheng Wu NaiDirector
  9. 1967Foolish Bride, Naive BridegroomDirector
  10. 1965The Bride Who Has Returned From HellDirector
  11. 1965Two-faced LoverDirector
  12. 1965Encounter at the StationDirector