Chang Tso-chi (; born 26 December 1961) is a Taiwanese film director. His 2002 film '' The Best Of Times'' was entered into the 59th Venice International Film Festival. His films won

Golden Horse Award for Best Feature Film The Golden Horse Award for Best Narrative Feature is given at the Golden Horse Awards The Taipei Golden Horse Film Festival and Awards () is a film festival and awards ceremony held annually in Taiwan. It was founded in 1962 by the Governm ...

two times, for '' The Best of Times'' (2002) and ' (2010). Chang was arrested and charged with rape in Taiwan in May 2013. He was found guilty in June 2014, was sentenced to 3 years and 10 months in prison. He was released on parole on August 17, 2017. He served a total of 2 years, 4 months and 7 days in prison.

Life and career

Chang Tso-chi was born in

Chiayi Chiayi (, Taigi POJ: ''Ka-gī''; ), officially known as Chiayi City, is a city located in the plains of southwestern Taiwan. Formerly called ''Kagee'' during the late Qing dynasty and ''Kagi'' during the Japanese era (), its historical nam ...

. Both of Chang's parents migrated to Taiwan from

Guangdong Guangdong (, ), alternatively romanized as Canton or Kwangtung, is a coastal province in South China on the north shore of the South China Sea. The capital of the province is Guangzhou. With a population of 126.01 million (as of 2020 ...

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following the Chinese Nationalists' defeat in the

Chinese Civil War The Chinese Civil War was fought between the Kuomintang-led government of the Republic of China and forces of the Chinese Communist Party, continuing intermittently since 1 August 1927 until 7 December 1949 with a Communist victory on main ...

in 1949. Chang started his career in the film industry as an assistant photographer and then assistant director. He learned his craft from renowned directors such as

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and Yim Ho. In 1988, he worked as Hou Hsiao-hsien's first assistant director on '' A City of Sadness''. In 1999, his second feature ''

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'' was screened in the Directors' Fortnight section of the 52nd Cannes Film Festival, and won the Grand Prix at the 12th

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. His third feature '' The Best of Times'' was entered into the main competition section of 59th Venice International Film Festival, and won

Sexual crime

In 2013, a female screenwriter accused him of rape after a party at his studio. Chang denied the charges, but admitted that he was completely drunk and blackout. After DNA evidence was produced, he was sentenced to three years and ten months in jail. He began served his term of imprisonment on April 10, 2015. During imprisonment, he finished a short film ''True Emotion Behind the Wall'' with all the actors and other staffs were his fellow inmates in prison in 2017, and this short later won Taipei Film Awards for best short film. He's been released on parole on 17 August 2017.

Filmography

Features

* 1996 : ''Ah Chung'' (忠仔) * 1999 : ''

'' (黑暗之光) * 2002 : '' The Best of Times'' (美麗時光) * 2008 : ''Soul of a Demon'' (蝴蝶) * 2009 : ''How are you, Dad?'' (爸 ... 你好嗎?) * 2010 : ' (當愛來的時候) * 2013 : ''A Time in Quchi'' (暑假作業) * 2015 : '' Thanatos, Drunk'' (醉·生夢死) * 2019 : ''

Synapses In the nervous system, a synapse is a structure that permits a neuron (or nerve cell) to pass an electrical or chemical signal to another neuron or to the target effector cell. Synapses are essential to the transmission of nervous impulses from ...

'' (那個我最親愛的陌生人) * 2022 : ''

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'' (夏日天空的那匹紅馬)

Shorts

* 2011 : ''Sparkles'' (1949穿過黑暗的火花; Segment of the anthology film 10+10) * 2017 : ''True Emotion Behind the Wall'' (鹹水雞的滋味)

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Chang, Tso-chi 1961 births Living people Taiwanese film directors Taiwanese rapists People from Chiayi