Hsin Chi

Hsin Chi (辛奇) (23 October 1924 – 22 October 2010), birth name as Hsin Jin-Chuan , was a Taiwanese film director who was known for his Taiwanese-language films in the 1960s, including The Bride Who Has Returned From Hell , Foolish Bride, Naive Groom , and The Rice Dumpling Vendor . He directed nearly fifty Taiwanese-language films, most of them have a close relationship with plays and literature.

Biography Hsin Chi’s birth name was Xing Jin-Chuan (辛金傳). He was born in 1924 in Wanhua District, Taipei City. His home was close to the Wanhua Cinema (萬華戲院), where his neighbour worked, Hsin Chi thus developed had a love for cinema quite early in his life. He only enrolled in high school for a year before he transferred to polytechnic school. He started to develop an interest toward literature, and started to explore theatre. He went to Nihon University, Japan, and studied in the department of theatre in 1942 despite his family’s disagreement.

In 1956, Hsin Chi adapted Cai Qiu Lin (蔡秋林)’s Xi Shi (西施), which was a script for Taiwanese opera, into film script to be filmed as Fan Li and Xi Shi (范蠡與西施). In the same year, They fostered Yang Ming (陽明), Jiang Nan (江南), Yu Han-Xiang (余漢祥), Chen Yun-Qing (陳雲卿) and several other stars of Taiwanese-language film. 1957 薄命花 Bo Min Hua/Ill fated flower 1957 妙英飄零記 Miao Ying Piao Ling Ji/Miao-Ying’s story 1958 恨命莫怨天 Hen Ming Mo Yuan Tian 1963 吻一下 Wen Yi Xia/One kiss 1963 湯島白梅記 Tang Dao Bai Mei Ji 1964 為著五角銀 Wei Zhu Wu Jiao Yin/For fifty cent 1964 河邊春夢 He Bian Chun Meng/Wet dream beside the river 1964 天災地變彼一夜 Tian Zai Di Bian Bi Yi Ye/The night everything changed 1964 恩愛三百六十五回 En Ai San Bai Liu Shi Wu Hui 1965 故鄉聯絡船 Gu Xiang Lian Luo Chuan 1965 女通緝犯 Nü Tong Qi Fan/The wanted woman 1965 難忘的車站 Encounter At The Station 1965 破棉被 Po Mian Bei 1965 求妳原諒 Qiu Ni Yuan Liang/Begging for your forgiveness 1965 雙面情人 Shuang Mian Qing Ren/The two-sided lover 1965 悲戀公路 Bei Lian Gong Lu/Tragic romance on the highway 1965 地獄新娘 The Bride Who Has Returned From Hell 1965 後街人生 Hou Jie Ren Sheng/Life at the backstreet 1966 冰點 Bing Dian/Freezing point 1966 夢中的媽媽 Meng Zhong De Ma Ma/Mother in the dream 1966 死光錶 Si Guang Biao 1966 悲戀關子嶺 Bei Lian Guan Zi Ling/Tragic romance in Guan Zi Ling/ 1966 玉面狐狸 Yu Mian Hu Li 1967 酒女夢 Jiu Nü Meng 1967 暗淡的月 An Dan De Yue/Dim Moon 1967 三八新娘憨子婿 Foolish Bride, Naive Groom 1967 南北歌王 Nan Bei Ge Wang/King Of Singing 1967 三聲無奈 San Sheng Wu Nai/Helpless 1968 醉俠神劍 Zui Xia Shen Jian/Drunk Man Excalibur 1968 勿欠賬 Wu Qian Zhang/No Debt Aloud 1968 少女的煩惱 Shao Nü De Fan Nao/Teenage Girl Troubles 1968 阿西返外家 A Xi Fan Wai Jia/A Xi’s Return To Mother’s 1968 處女心 Chu Nü Xin/First Timer Heart/ 1968 阿西做大舅 A Xi Is An Uncle 1969 暗光島 An Guang Dao/Dark Light Island 1969 阿西父子 A Xi Fu Zi/A Xi And Son 1969 劉茶古遊台北 Liu Cha Gu You Tai Bei/Mr Liu Goes To Taipei 1969 新烘爐新茶古 Xin Hong Lu Xin Cha Gu/New Oven New Tea 1969 金瓜寮老師父 Jin Gua Liao Lao Shi Fu/Jingualiao Old Master 1969 再會十七歲 Zai Hui Shi Qi Sui/Goodbye My 17 1969 無法度 Wu Fa Du/No Way 1969 燒肉粽 The Rice Dumpling Vendor 1969 危險的青春 Dangerous Youth 1969 妙夫妙妻 Miao Fu Miao Qi/The Amazing Couple 1969 丈夫要出嫁 Zhang Fu Yao Chu Jia/Husband Got Married 1969 鑼聲若響 Luo Sheng Ruo Xiang/The Drumbeat 1970 鬼見愁 Gui Jian Chou/Devil May Cry 1970 盲女勾魂劍 The Seizure Soul Sword of a Blind Girl 1971 大煞星 Da Sha Xing/Bad Luck 1971 隱身女俠 Shadow Girl 1972 晶晶尋母記 Jing Jing Xun Mu Ji/Jingjing’s Adventure Seeking Mother 1979 醉魚醉蝦醉螃蟹 Drunken Shrimp, Fish, and Crab