Pai Ko

Birthday: February 01, 1914

Death: February 22, 1964

Born in Xiamen, China in 1914, Pai Ko was a director and film critic. In 1937, he won a scholarship to study at the Moscow Film School, however, the war broke out, stopping him from attending. In 1945, Pai arrived in Taiwan with the KMT government and served as the head of the Taiwan Film Studio, making newsreels and propaganda films. Between 1956 and 1962, Pai made eleven Taiwanese-language films and was best known for The Mad Woman's 18 Years and Romance at Lung Shan Temple.