Hsin Chi
Directing
- Born
- October 23, 1924 · Taipei, Taiwan
- Died
- September 22, 2010 (age 85)
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.
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.
Known for
The Bride Who Has Returned From Hell
September 17, 1965
The Professional Killer
April 10, 1971
Shadow Girl
September 10, 1971
Drunken Fish, Drunken Frog, Drunken Crab
December 22, 1979
Foolish Bride, Naive Bridegroom
February 22, 1967
Dangerous Youth
January 1, 1969
The Rice Dumpling Vendors
June 18, 1969
Encounter at the Station
January 1, 1965
Two-faced Lover
April 23, 1965
Behind the camera12
- 1979Drunken Fish, Drunken Frog, Drunken Crab Director, Screenplay
- 1971Shadow Girl Director, Writer
- 1971The Professional Killer Director
- 1970Goodbye Seventeen Director
- 1969The Rice Dumpling Vendors Director, Screenplay
- 1969阿西父子 Director
- 1969Dangerous Youth Director, Writer
- 1967San Sheng Wu Nai Director, Writer
- 1967Foolish Bride, Naive Bridegroom Director
- 1965The Bride Who Has Returned From Hell