
Person
Pai Ching-jui
Directing · 1931–1997 · Yingkou, Liaoning Province, China
Biography
Pai Ching-jui was born in 1931 in Yingkou, Liaoning. He came to Taiwan in 1949. After studying at the foreign language department of Taiwan Provincial Teachers’College (now National Taiwan Normal University), he transferred to the school's art department. He was inspired by Italian neorealism films to become the first person from Taiwan to study film in Italy. He first entered the Accademia di Belle Arti di Roma studying painting and stage design, later studying film at the Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia. After completing his studies in 1964, he returned to Taiwan and worked at the Central Motion Picture Company. Beginning in the 1970s, he tried his hand at romantic art films and adaptations of literary works. He died in 1997 of a heart attack.
Known for

Golden Horse Awards
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My Father, My Husband, My Son
Director

Poor Chasers
Director
A Girl Without Sorrow
Director

Lonely Seventeen
Director

Touch of Fairlady
Director

Un Amore
Director

The Coldest Winter in Peking
Director
Two Ugly Men
Director

The Wheel of Life
Director
Filmography
- 1990Forbidden Imperial TalesDirector
- 1986The Sunset in GenevaDirector
- 1984The Last Night of Madam ChinDirector
- 1983The Wheel of LifeDirector
- 1981The Coldest Winter in PekingDirector
- 1980Poor ChasersDirector
- 1980Offend the Law of GodDirector
- 1979Upstairs and DownstairsExecutive Producer
- 1979A Girl Without SorrowDirector
- 1979Touch of FairladyDirector
- 1978Walking in the SunsetDirector
- 1978Love's Many FacesDirector
- 1977Far Away from HomeDirector
- 1977There's No Place like HomeDirector
- 1976Forever My LoveDirector
- 1976The Autumn Love SongDirector
- 1975Fantasies Behind the Pearly CurtainDirector
- 1974Girl FriendDirector
- 1974How is the Weather Today?Director
- 1974The Three TalesDirector
- 1974My Father, My Husband, My SonDirector
- 1973Two Ugly MenDirector
- 1972Four WindsDirector
- 1972Love in a CabinDirector
- 1971Hotel EsquireDirector
- 1970Four MoodsDirector
- 1970Good Bye! DarlingDirector
- 1970Home, Sweet HomeDirector
- 1969Accidental TrioDirector
- 1969The Bride & IDirector
- 1967Lonely SeventeenDirector
- 1966Fire BullsDirector
- 1964A Morning in TaipeiDirector
- 1963Un AmoreDirector
- 1962Golden Horse AwardsSelf
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