Chang Yung-hsiang explained

Chang Yung-hsiang
Birth Date:	26 October 1929
Birth Place:	Yantai, Shandong, China
Death Place:	Los Angeles, California, United States
Module:	Child: yes P: Zhāng Yǒngxiáng

Chang Yung-hsiang (26 October 1929 – 8 October 2021^[1]) was a Taiwanese screenwriter and director originally from Yantai, China, generally considered one of the most prolific and successful screenwriters in Taiwan.

Chang adapted a number of Chiung Yao novels for film.^[2] He had received six Golden Horse Awards over the course of his career.^[3] In 2016, Chang became the first screenwriter to receive the Golden Horse for lifetime achievement.^[4] Among Chang's other awards included the 1976 . He died in Los Angeles, California on 8 October 2021.^[5]

Filmography

Films

• Parent's Love (1964)
• Beautiful Duckling (1965)
• The Bridge (1966)
• Fire Bulls (1966)
• Orchids and My Love (1966)
• Lonely Seventeen (1967)
• The Road (1967)
• Tiao Chan (1967)
• Sun Rise, Sun Set (1967)
• Men of the Skies (1967)
• The Heron Garden (1968)
• Because of Love (1968)
• Morning Mist (1968)
• Black Invitation (1969)
• The Melody of Love (1969)
• Jade Goddess (1969)
• Accidental Trio (1969)
• Storm Over the Yang-Tse River (1969)
• Home Sweet Home (1970)
• Four Moods (1970)
• The Unforgotten Ones (1970)
• Goodbye Darling (1970)
• Stardust (1970)
• From Home with Love (1970)
• The Fake Tycoon (1971)
• The Playful Girl (1971)
• Esquire Hotel (1971)
• Indebted for Life and Love (1971)
• A Kiss to Remember (1972)
• The Gallant (1972)
• The Naughty Couples (1972)
• Mysterious of Jewelly (1972)
• Execution in Autumn (1972)
• Blood Splashing Over Rainbow Bridge (1972)
• Love Is an Elusive Wind (1972)
• The Jilted (1973)
• Seven to One (1973)
• Walking in the Rain (1973)
• The Young Ones (1973)
• Double Dealing with Love (1973)
• Heart with a Million Knots (1973)
• How Is the Weather Today (1973)
• Story of Mother (1973)
• Little Big Boss (1973)
• The Colorful Ripples (1974)
• Yellow Faced Tiger (1974)
• Girl Friend (1974)
• Ghost of the Mirror (1974)
• Where the Seagull Flies (1974)
• The Marriage (1974)
• The Three Tales (1974)
• Star Star Star (1974)
• My Father, My Husband, My Son (1974)
• The Choice of Love (1974)
• The Chinese Amazons (1975)
• Run Lover Run (1975)
• The Life God (1975)
• Thou Shall Not Kill ... But Once (1975)
• Land of the Undaunted (1975)
• Picking the Star (1975)
• 24 Hours Romance (1975)
• Fantasies Behind the Pearly Curtain (1975)
• Heroes Behind the Enemy Lines (1975)
• Fragrant Flower Versus Noxious Grass (1975)
• Forever My Love (1976)
• The Chasing Game (1976)
• Rhythm of the Wave (1976)
• Posterity and Perplexity (1976)
• The Morning Date (1976)
• A Happy Affair (1976)
• Snapping of Love (1976)
• Painted Waves of Love (1976)
• Autumn Love Song (1976)
• The Sang Sisters (1976)
• Starting Tonight (1976)
• Come Fly with Me (1976)
• Game of Love (1976)
• My Sweet Love (1977)
• Cloud of Romance (1977)
• At the Side of Sky-Line (1977)
• There's No Place Like Home (1977)
• The Naval Commandos (1977)
• Confused Love (1977)
• A Pirate of Love (1977)
• Love Rings a Bell (1977)
• Love in the Shadow (1977)
• The Diary of Di-Di (1977)
• The Smiling Face (1977)
• The Glory of the Sunset (1977)
• Melody from Heaven (1977)
• It's Sunset Again (1978)
• Everywhere Birds Are Singing (1978)
• The Spring Lake (1978)
• Misty Love (1978)
• A Voluntary Act (1978)
• A Sorrowful Wedding (1979)
• In the Beginning (1979)
• The Choice of Love (1979)
• No-one Can Touch Her (1979)
• He Never Gives Up (1979)
• Touch of Fairlady (1979)
• My Native Land (1980)
• The Story of Green House (1980)
• Another Spring (1980)
• Poor Chasers (1980)
• The Pioneers (1980)
• The Story of a Small Town (1980)
• Part Time Job (1980)
• The Women Soldiers (1981)
• On the Society File of Shanghai (1981)
• The Land of the Brave (1981)
• Twin Troubles (1981)
• If I Were for Real (1981)
• The Sexy Lady Driver (1982)
• Pink Thief (1982)
• The Girl Robber and I (1982)
• Kill for Love (1982)
• Devil Returns (1982)
• One Stripe Two Stars (1982)
• Temptation (1983)
• Ah-Yuan My Son (1983)
• Women Warriors of Kinmen (1983)
• The Wheel of Life (1984)
• The Warmth of an Old House (1984)
• Finding the Way (1984)
• The Pawned Wife (1985)
• Echo of Sea (1986)

Television

• The Seven Heroes and Five Gallants (1994) — Episodes 56–61

Works translated to English

• Autumn Execution, translated by Yu Jenchang and David Steelman, The Chinese PEN, Autumn 1977: This is the screenplay of the 1972 film Execution in Autumn.

External links

• Interview with Chang Yung-hsiang in English, 2016

Notes and References

1. Web site: 張永祥 Chang Yung-Hsiang. Taiwan Film Institute.
2. News: 金馬獎終身貢獻獎得主張永祥病逝 享耆壽92歲 . 8 October 2021 . China Times . 8 October 2021 . zh.
3. News: Chen. Christie. GOLDEN HORSE AWARDS: Screenwriter honored for lifetime achievement. 27 November 2016. Central News Agency. 26 November 2016.
4. News: 快訊／編劇張永祥病逝美國家中！享壽92歲　曾獲金馬獎終身貢獻獎 原文網址: 快訊／編劇張永祥病逝美國家中！享壽92歲　曾獲金馬獎終身貢獻獎 . 8 October 2021 . ETToday . 8 October 2021 . zh.
5. News: 獨／金馬獎終身貢獻獎得主張永祥病逝 享壽92歲 . 8 October 2021 . United Daily News . 8 October 2021 . zh.