"When I was a kid," says Ko, "I was responsible for renting the videos my family watched." Ko loved horror flicks, and had always wanted to make movies. When he took Taiwan's university entrance exam, he applied to communications departments because, he says, "I wanted to be a director and make movies."
「我從小就是家裡負責租錄影帶的人，」喜歡看恐怖片的他一直想拍電影，大學聯考時特地選了傳播系所，「因為我想要自己拍片，自己當導演！」