Hsin Chi (辛奇) (23 October 1924 – 22 October 2010),[1] birth name as Hsin Jin-Chuan (辛金傳),[2] was a Taiwanese film director who was known for his Taiwanese-language films in the 1960s, including The Bride Who Has Returned From Hell (地獄新娘; 1965), Foolish Bride, Naive Groom (三八新娘憨子婿; 1967), and The Rice Dumpling Vendor (燒肉粽; 1969).
Xing Jin-Chuan joined “Youth Culture Committee” (青年文化常會) and performed “street poetic play” (街頭詩劇).
He founded Zhongxing Taiwanese Experimental Drama Club (中興台語實驗劇社) with Xu Shou-Ren (徐守仁) and Li Chuan (李川).
[4] 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.
That same year, he participated in the first edition of Taiwanese-Language Film Festival (台語片影展) held by the Intelligence News Agency (徵信新聞社) with his Miao Ying Piao Ling Ji (妙英飄零記) and Bo Min Hua (薄命花).
In 1966, Hou Jie Ren Sheng (後街人生) was Hsin Chi 's most satisfying representative work in his film career.
In 1999, director Lai Feng-Qi (賴豐奇) made a documentary about him entitled On Hsin Chi and his A-Team for Taiwanese-Language Films (班底/角色-辛奇導演).