Pai Chingjui was born in 1931 in Yingkou Liaoning He came to Taiwan in 1949 After studying at the foreign language department of Taiwan Provincial TeachersCollege now National Taiwan Normal University he transferred to the schools art department He was inspired by Italian neorealism films to become the first person from Taiwan to study film in Italy He first entered the Accademia di Belle Arti di Roma studying painting and stage design later studying film at the Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia After completing his studies in 1964 he returned to Taiwan and worked at the Central Motion Picture Company Beginning in the 1970s he tried his hand at romantic art films and adaptations of literary works He died in 1997 of a heart attack
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