Hu Chin-chuan is perhaps the only film director in the Republic of China to achieve full international recognition. While other directors such as Shih Hui, Chu Shih-lin, Yuan Mu-chih and more recently Hsu An-hua have become prominent in film circles, Hu Chin-chuan is the only one to receive universal praise from international critics.
其他的中國導演，固然也有地位逐漸提昇的，也有初露頭角的，但是尚無一人像胡氏這般卓然大家地受到世界各地影評家的重視。