Born on the twenty-fifth day of July in the year nineteen thirty-nine, in the city of Taichū, which was then under Japanese occupation on the island of Formosa, now commonly referred to as Taiwan, CHEN Kun-hou emerged as a multifaceted creative force in the realm of cinema.
This Taiwanese visionary has left an indelible mark on the film industry, with his critically acclaimed work, "Growing Up," which premiered in nineteen eighty-three, playing a pivotal role in the Taiwan New Cinema movement's inception.
