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Hsin Chi (1924-2010)

Alias:
Chi Hsin
Xin Jinchuan
Xin Qi
辛奇
辛金傳

Birthplace:
Taipei, Taiwan

Born:
October 23, 1924

Died:
September 22, 2010

Biography from TheMovieDB

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.

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Film Production

Director:
1965  Encounter at the Station
1965  The Bride Who Has Returned From Hell
1965  Two-faced Lover
1967  Foolish Bride, Naive Bridegroom
1967  San Sheng Wu Nai
1969  Dangerous Youth
1969  The Rice Dumpling Vendors
1969  阿西父子
1970  Meet Again 17 Years Old
1971  Shadow Girl
1971  The Professional Killer
1979  Drunken Fish, Drunken Frog, Drunken Crab

Screenplay:
1965  Encounter at the Station
1965  The Bride Who Has Returned From Hell
1965  Two-faced Lover
1967  Foolish Bride, Naive Bridegroom
1967  San Sheng Wu Nai
1969  Dangerous Youth
1969  The Rice Dumpling Vendors
1969  阿西父子
1970  Meet Again 17 Years Old
1971  Shadow Girl
1971  The Professional Killer
1979  Drunken Fish, Drunken Frog, Drunken Crab

Writer:
1965  Encounter at the Station
1965  The Bride Who Has Returned From Hell
1965  Two-faced Lover
1967  Foolish Bride, Naive Bridegroom
1967  San Sheng Wu Nai
1969  Dangerous Youth
1969  The Rice Dumpling Vendors
1969  阿西父子
1970  Meet Again 17 Years Old
1971  Shadow Girl
1971  The Professional Killer
1979  Drunken Fish, Drunken Frog, Drunken Crab

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