Hsin Chi
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- October 23, 1924
- Died
- September 22, 2010
- Birthplace
- 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.
Filmography
Drunken Fish, Drunken Frog, Drunken Crab 1979
Screenplay, Director
Shadow Girl 1971
Director, Writer
The Professional Killer 1971
Director
- Goodbye Seventeen
Goodbye Seventeen 1970
Director
The Rice Dumpling Vendors 1969
Director, Screenplay
- 阿西父子
阿西父子 1969
Director
Dangerous Youth 1969
Writer, Director
- San Sheng Wu Nai
San Sheng Wu Nai 1967
Director, Writer
Foolish Bride, Naive Bridegroom 1967
Director
The Bride Who Has Returned From Hell 1965
Director
Two-faced Lover 1965
Director
Encounter at the Station 1965
Director
Credits from TMDB.