Chen Kun-Hou

Chen Kun-Hou

CHEN Kun-hou (born 25 July 1939 in Taichū, Japanese Formosa) is a Taiwanese film director and cinematographer. He is known for his film Growing Up (1983), one of the films that initiated the Taiwan New Cinema movement. Chen was also the cinematographer for several of fellow director HOU Hsiao-hsien's earlier films.

  • Title: Chen Kun-Hou
  • Popularity: 1.087
  • Known For: Directing
  • Birthday: 1939-07-25
  • Place of Birth: Taichung, Taiwan
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  • Also Known As: Kun Hao Chen, Chen Kun-Hao, Chen Kwen-Hou, Chen Kuen-Hou, Chen Quen-Hou, Chan Kwan-Hau, Chen Kuen-How, Chen Kuen-ho, Chen Kunhou, 陳坤厚 , Chen Kuen Howe
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Chen Kun-Hou Movies

  • 2008
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    Twin Daggers

    Twin Daggers

    2.6 2008 HD

    A shady Los Angeles martial arts assassin is hired by a beautiful woman to avenge the death of her parents, who were killed by her evil twin sister....

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  • 1983
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    Growing Up

    Growing Up

    6.962 1983 HD

    The story follows a young man as he changes from an intelligently aware youth, to a teenager with much less confidence than he once had, and finally,...

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  • 2012
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    The Triangle Land

    The Triangle Land

    1 2012 HD

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  • 1987
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    Osmanthus Alley

    Osmanthus Alley

    6.2 1987 HD

    Ti Hung's parents die when she is twelve. When she is sixteen, she determines to change her fate, swearing to rise from her poverty. She becomes...

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  • 1981
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    Play While You Play

    Play While You Play

    6.1 1981 HD

    A photographer travels with her boyfriend to a seaside village in Penghu. There she strikes up a relationship with a blind man. When they reencounter...

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  • 1982
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    The Green, Green Grass of Home

    The Green, Green Grass of Home

    6.532 1982 HD

    A substitute teacher from Taipei arrives in a country village to teach a class of mischievous students. He soon falls in love with nature, country...

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  • 1982
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    The Green, Green Grass of Home

    The Green, Green Grass of Home

    6.532 1982 HD

    A substitute teacher from Taipei arrives in a country village to teach a class of mischievous students. He soon falls in love with nature, country...

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  • 1988
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    My Mother's Teahouse

    My Mother's Teahouse

    6.2 1988 HD

    A brothel disguised as a teahouse is staffed with old ladies long past their prime. However, things begin to change and become chaotic when the owner...

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  • 1980
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    Spring in Autumn

    Spring in Autumn

    1 1980 HD

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  • 1980
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    Spring in Autumn

    Spring in Autumn

    1 1980 HD

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  • 1987
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    Osmanthus Alley

    Osmanthus Alley

    6.2 1987 HD

    Ti Hung's parents die when she is twelve. When she is sixteen, she determines to change her fate, swearing to rise from her poverty. She becomes...

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  • 1985
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    My Favorite Season

    My Favorite Season

    1 1985 HD

    Bi Bao-Liang is a 29 year-old man who believes that he will have bad luck if he touches a woman before he turns thirty. Liu Xiang-mei is a beautiful...

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  • 1982
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    Six Is Company

    Six Is Company

    1 1982 HD

    Kenny Bee plays a saxophonist who works in a night club. Fang Hui-jang is the oldest sister in a four-child family whose father is working abroad....

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  • 1984
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    Out of the Blue

    Out of the Blue

    1 1984 HD

    Teenagers Jielong and Tangmi secretly love each other, but Tangmi vanishes after they spend a night out together. Jielong has to turn back to focus...

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  • 1981
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    Beng beng yi chuan xin

    Beng beng yi chuan xin

    1 1981 HD

    Longing. A taiwanese film directed by Kun-Hou Chen and written by Hsiao-Hsien Hou.

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  • 1981
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    Beng beng yi chuan xin

    Beng beng yi chuan xin

    1 1981 HD

    Longing. A taiwanese film directed by Kun-Hou Chen and written by Hsiao-Hsien Hou.

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  • 1976
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    The Lucky Bumpkin

    The Lucky Bumpkin

    1 1976 HD

    A young woman's heart and jewels were swindled by three con-artists. As if this wasn't enough, they murdered her. With the help of a kind passerby,...

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  • 1981
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    The Merry Couple

    The Merry Couple

    1 1981 HD

    Taiwanese romance film.

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  • 1980
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    The Story of a Small Town

    The Story of a Small Town

    7.5 1980 HD

    The film revolves around a family living in a small town. Kenny Bee plays the male family member who is released from prison and falls in love with a...

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  • 1972
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    Four Winds

    Four Winds

    1 1972 HD

    This film depicts the conflict between the West and Eastern culture, the Northern and Southern ways of life and the traditional and modern concepts....

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  • 2009
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    Colorful Mind

    Colorful Mind

    1 2009 HD

    When reaching the station a soul is told he has won another chance at life. He is placed in the body of 14 year old Makoto Kobayashi, who just...

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  • 1986
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    The Scalper

    The Scalper

    1 1986 HD

    The 'scalper' is a cinema ticket-tout skirting the law and police harassment to make a living for herself and her three children in downtown Taipei.

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  • 1983
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    The Sandwich Man

    The Sandwich Man

    7 1983 HD

    Composed of three separate stories, the film vividly portrays Taiwan during the cold war period when the country developed its economy with help from...

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  • 1986
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    Drifters

    Drifters

    1 1986 HD

    Drifters directed by Kun-Hou Chen.

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  • 1986
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    Drifters

    Drifters

    1 1986 HD

    Drifters directed by Kun-Hou Chen.

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  • 1972
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    Love Is an Elusive Wind

    Love Is an Elusive Wind

    1 1972 HD

    Taiwanese romance film.

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  • 1978
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    Lover on the Wave

    Lover on the Wave

    1 1978 HD

    Chao Ta-jung and Yuan-yuan met at the seashore by chance. Ta-jung was impressed with Yuan-yuan's compassion towards those who were less unfortunate...

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  • 1978
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    Lover on the Wave

    Lover on the Wave

    1 1978 HD

    Chao Ta-jung and Yuan-yuan met at the seashore by chance. Ta-jung was impressed with Yuan-yuan's compassion towards those who were less unfortunate...

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  • 1980
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    Lovable You

    Lovable You

    6.076 1980 HD

    The daughter of a wealthy man takes French lessons so she can go to France with her fiancée, but ends up falling for a poor man who studies...

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  • 1983
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    Growing Up

    Growing Up

    6.962 1983 HD

    The story follows a young man as he changes from an intelligently aware youth, to a teenager with much less confidence than he once had, and finally,...

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  • 1979
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    Good Morning, Taipei

    Good Morning, Taipei

    6 1979 HD

    A loose youth passes the time freely until he comes across a young, female broadcaster who works at a radio station.

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  • 1977
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    The Glory of the Sunset

    The Glory of the Sunset

    1 1977 HD

    A young doctor, regardless of his family’s objection, had decided to marry his beloved one. When he discovered that he had contracted a...

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  • 1985
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    His Matrimony

    His Matrimony

    6.5 1985 HD

    This is a story located in a small town in Taiwan during the 50's and 60's. Mei-Hsia is from the most prominent family in town. Yun-Lang works in the...

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  • 1976
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    Come Fly with Me

    Come Fly with Me

    1 1976 HD

    Charlie Chin is Cheng Chieh, an engineer obsessed with flying. Brigitte Lin is Liu Yen-mei, a rich girl who has to choose between Chieh and a rich...

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  • 1983
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    The Boys from Fengkuei

    The Boys from Fengkuei

    7.1 1983 HD

    Ah-Ching and his friends have just finished school in their island fishing village, and now spend most of their time drinking and fighting. Three of...

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  • 1985
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    His Matrimony

    His Matrimony

    6.5 1985 HD

    This is a story located in a small town in Taiwan during the 50's and 60's. Mei-Hsia is from the most prominent family in town. Yun-Lang works in the...

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  • 1984
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    A Summer at Grandpa's

    A Summer at Grandpa's

    7.4 1984 HD

    A coming-of-age story about a young brother and sister whom spend a pivotal summer in the country with their grandparents.

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  • 1985
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    My Favorite Season

    My Favorite Season

    1 1985 HD

    Bi Bao-Liang is a 29 year-old man who believes that he will have bad luck if he touches a woman before he turns thirty. Liu Xiang-mei is a beautiful...

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  • 1979
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    A Sorrowful Wedding

    A Sorrowful Wedding

    1 1979 HD

    Chia-wen and Hsiao-fen are childhood friends. Chia-wen is the son of a rich landlord and Hsiao-fen is the daughter of a poor couple who works on the...

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  • 1971
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    Woman Guerrillero with Two Guns

    Woman Guerrillero with Two Guns

    1 1971 HD

    An exciting story of daring guerrilla warfare.

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  • 1979
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    He Never Gives Up

    He Never Gives Up

    5.6 1979 HD

    Have no other info than it was part of Golden Horse's 100 Greatest Chinese-Language Films.

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  • 1984
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    Out of the Blue

    Out of the Blue

    1 1984 HD

    Teenagers Jielong and Tangmi secretly love each other, but Tangmi vanishes after they spend a night out together. Jielong has to turn back to focus...

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  • 1962
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    Golden Horse Awards

    Golden Horse Awards

    1 1962 HD

    The Taipei Golden Horse Film Festival and Awards (Chinese: 台北金馬影展; pinyin: Táiběi Jīnmǎ Yǐngzhǎn; Pe̍h-ōe-jī:...

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