Hsin Chi

Hsin Chi

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.

  • Title: Hsin Chi
  • Popularity: 0.2837
  • Known For: Directing
  • Birthday: 1924-10-23
  • Place of Birth: Taipei, Taiwan
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  • Also Known As: Xin Qi, Xin Jinchuan, 辛奇, 辛金傳, Chi Hsin
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Hsin Chi Movies

  • 1971
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    The Professional Killer

    The Professional Killer

    4 1971 HD

    Shaw Brothers star Wang Yu plays Ho Gang, a competent swordsman who takes a job as a hired assassin. Though reluctant he ends up becoming highly successful, but he is wary as one of his targets is killed before he can fulfill the contract, leading him to suspect that he is being double crossed.

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  • 1971
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    Shadow Girl

    Shadow Girl

    10 1971 HD

    A young woman whose kung fu has reached the point where she can turn invisible runs afoul of a powerful family when she disrupts a wedding. She must fight off kung fu masters and even a poisonous centipede ring!

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  • 1971
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    Shadow Girl

    Shadow Girl

    10 1971 HD

    A young woman whose kung fu has reached the point where she can turn invisible runs afoul of a powerful family when she disrupts a wedding. She must fight off kung fu masters and even a poisonous centipede ring!

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  • 1967
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    San Sheng Wu Nai

    San Sheng Wu Nai

    1 1967 HD

    Qiuxiang is molested by debt collectors because of her father's debts. Fortunately, Li Shihong and his wife Yingmei rescue her while they pass by. They hire her as domestic helper. Shihong travels to Thailand, while Qiuxiang takes care of the pregnant Yingmei.

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  • 1967
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    San Sheng Wu Nai

    San Sheng Wu Nai

    1 1967 HD

    Qiuxiang is molested by debt collectors because of her father's debts. Fortunately, Li Shihong and his wife Yingmei rescue her while they pass by. They hire her as domestic helper. Shihong travels to Thailand, while Qiuxiang takes care of the pregnant Yingmei.

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  • 1970
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    Meet Again 17 Years Old

    Meet Again 17 Years Old

    1 1970 HD

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  • 1969
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    阿西父子

    阿西父子

    1 1969 HD

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  • 1965
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    The Bride Who Has Returned From Hell

    The Bride Who Has Returned From Hell

    6.3 1965 HD

    The Bride Who Has Returned From Hell (or Bride in Hell) is an adaption of The Mistress from Melynn, a 1960 novel by Victoria Holt. The story begins when a yacht is lost at sea. Then a telephone call between male protagonist Wang Yiming (Ke Junxiong) and his cousin Gao Fengjiao (Liu Qing) reveals that Wang’s wife has perished while eloping with a neighbor. After female protagonist Bai Ruimei (Jin Mei) learns that her older sister Ruiyun – Wang’s wife – has died, Ruimei changes her identity and applies for a job as a tutor to Wang’s daughter Shuyuan in a bid to solve the mysteries surrounding her sister’s death.

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  • 1979
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    Drunken Fish, Drunken Frog, Drunken Crab

    Drunken Fish, Drunken Frog, Drunken Crab

    2 1979 HD

    Rare drunken film, featuring Alan Liu and Hsu Buh Liao: as two likable swordsmen, who get injured by the white haired general whilst trying to save a young damsel in distress. As they recoup they invent seafood boxing to prepare them for the inevitable duel with the white haired general

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  • 1979
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    Drunken Fish, Drunken Frog, Drunken Crab

    Drunken Fish, Drunken Frog, Drunken Crab

    2 1979 HD

    Rare drunken film, featuring Alan Liu and Hsu Buh Liao: as two likable swordsmen, who get injured by the white haired general whilst trying to save a young damsel in distress. As they recoup they invent seafood boxing to prepare them for the inevitable duel with the white haired general

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  • 1969
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    Dangerous Youth

    Dangerous Youth

    1 1969 HD

    Kueiyuan is a deliveryman for a cosmetics company. He is a womaniser and dreams of making a quick buck. He meets a romantic 20-year-old girl, Qingmei, who feels trapped by her mother’s small restaurant and is eager to escape. Kueiyuan earns a commission fee by introducing Qingmei to a cabaret, run by Yuchan. Qingmei falls in love with Kueiyuan and sleeps with him. However, under pressure from Kueiyuan and Yuchan, Qingmei agrees to become a mistress to an old millionaire. Meanwhile, Yuchan seduces Kueiyuan and controls him with money and sex. When Qingmei discovers that she is pregnant by Kueiyuan, the latter demands an abortion. Qingmei runs away and hides. When Kueiyuan proposes marriage to Yuchan and is rejected by her, he finally realises that he is in love with Qingmei and goes out to look for her.

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  • 1969
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    Dangerous Youth

    Dangerous Youth

    1 1969 HD

    Kueiyuan is a deliveryman for a cosmetics company. He is a womaniser and dreams of making a quick buck. He meets a romantic 20-year-old girl, Qingmei, who feels trapped by her mother’s small restaurant and is eager to escape. Kueiyuan earns a commission fee by introducing Qingmei to a cabaret, run by Yuchan. Qingmei falls in love with Kueiyuan and sleeps with him. However, under pressure from Kueiyuan and Yuchan, Qingmei agrees to become a mistress to an old millionaire. Meanwhile, Yuchan seduces Kueiyuan and controls him with money and sex. When Qingmei discovers that she is pregnant by Kueiyuan, the latter demands an abortion. Qingmei runs away and hides. When Kueiyuan proposes marriage to Yuchan and is rejected by her, he finally realises that he is in love with Qingmei and goes out to look for her.

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  • 1967
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    Foolish Bride, Naive Bridegroom

    Foolish Bride, Naive Bridegroom

    6 1967 HD

    Bun-de (Wen-de in Mandarin, played by Shi Jun/Shih Chun) is a shy young man. Aggressively courted by all the girls in the neighbourhood, he only has eyes for the pretty and mischievous Gui-kia (Jin Mei/Chin Mei). She finds every means possible to meet up with her boyfriend, although he is closely watched over by a very protective father, A-Gao. When the parents finally agree on the wedding, they realise that they used to be in love. Accusing each other of betrayal, they refuse to allow their children to marry. Bunde and Gui-kia decide to elope.

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  • 1969
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    The Rice Dumpling Vendors

    The Rice Dumpling Vendors

    1 1969 HD

    Tsi-bing, a wealthy entrepreneur, loses his loving wife and all his properties due to the scheme of his conniving mistress. Unbeknownst to him, his precocious and sweet daughter sells rice dumplings secretly at night to help her family through this ordeal⋯

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  • 1969
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    The Rice Dumpling Vendors

    The Rice Dumpling Vendors

    1 1969 HD

    Tsi-bing, a wealthy entrepreneur, loses his loving wife and all his properties due to the scheme of his conniving mistress. Unbeknownst to him, his precocious and sweet daughter sells rice dumplings secretly at night to help her family through this ordeal⋯

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  • 1965
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    Encounter at the Station

    Encounter at the Station

    1 1965 HD

    Tshui-Giok’s step-father sells her to a club to pay off his debt. But when her boyfriend, Kok-Liong, learns about it he helps get her out and plans to marry her. However, Kok-Liong’s mother disapproves of the marriage and arranges for him to marry a wealthy girl, Hun-Kiau. Years later, when Kok-Liong and Tshui-Giok meet again, all their feelings return. Though Tshui-Giok ultimately decides to break up with Kok-Liong for the sake of Hun-Kiau, her leaving drives Kok-Liong mad and Hun-Kiau has no choice but to set Kok-Liong free, so he and Tshui-Giok can be together.

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  • 1965
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    Two-faced Lover

    Two-faced Lover

    1 1965 HD

    Horror movie.

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  • 1970
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    Goodbye Seventeen

    Goodbye Seventeen

    1 1970 HD

    Bullied by Bí-tin, who also fancies Tshiu-sing, Lē-hun is saved from an assault by Bí-tin’s father, Guân-hìng, revealing a buried past—Guân-hìng once shared a tragic romance with Lē-hun’s mother, Xiumei, which was sabotaged by his wife, Yuejiao. Years later, these intertwined love stories resurface, altering the fates of all involved. Directed by HSIN Chi in his final Taiyupian, with a theme song by Judy ONGG, it poignantly captures the era’s social issues.

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