Hsin Chi directed nearly fifty Taiwanese-language films, most of them have a close relationship with plays and literature.
10 Facts About Hsin Chi
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Hsin Chi was born in 1924 in Wanhua District, Taipei City.
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Hsin Chi's home was close to the Wanhua Cinema, where his neighbour worked, Hsin Chi thus developed had a love for cinema quite early in his life.
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Hsin Chi only enrolled in high school for a year before he transferred to polytechnic school.
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Hsin Chi started to develop an interest toward literature, and started to explore theatre.
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Hsin Chi went to Nihon University, Japan, and studied in the department of theatre in 1942 despite his family's disagreement.
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Hsin Chi dropped out of the university and came back to Taiwan in 1944, which was at the peak of the Japanization movement promoted by the Japanese government.
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Hsin Chi founded Zhongxing Taiwanese Experimental Drama Club with Xu Shou-Ren and Li Chuan.
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Hsin Chi became the president of the "Taiwanese Film and Television Artists Association" in 1997 and organized the "Taiwanese Filmmakers Group" the following year.
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Hsin Chi passed away due to colorectal cancer in 2010.