Director
Hsin Chi
Born 1924 · Taipei, Taiwan
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.
Directed

Shadow Girl
Director · 1971

The Professional Killer
Director · 1971

The Bride Who Has Returned From Hell
Director · 1965

Foolish Bride, Naive Bridegroom
Director · 1967

Drunken Fish, Drunken Frog, Drunken Crab
Director · 1979

Dangerous Youth
Director · 1969

Encounter at the Station
Director · 1965

The Rice Dumpling Vendors
Director · 1969
Goodbye Seventeen
Director · 1970
Meet Again 17 Years Old
Director · 1970

Two-faced Lover
Director · 1965
San Sheng Wu Nai
Director · 1967
阿西父子
Director · 1969