to date, hou has directed a total of 18 feature films, and three short film segments of omnibus films, which leads to a total 21 films he directed. out of the 21 films he has directed, he has written or co-written 11 of those films in addition to writing or co-writing 10 other films directed by other filmmakers, including "taipei story" (1985) (dir. edward yang), "heartbreak island" (1995) (dir. hsiao-ming hsu) and "my favorite season" (1985) (dir. kun hao chen).