A City of Sadness

7.5(146 votes)

October 21, 1989

2h 38m

Overview

The story of a family embroiled in the "White Terror," the Kuomintang government's anti-communist political repression that was wrought on the Taiwanese people from 1947-1987.

Director

Hou Hsiao-hsien

Writers

Wu Nien-jen, Chu Tien-Wen

Cast

Tony Leung Chiu-wai

Wen-Ching

Hsin Shu-Fen

Wu Kuan Mei / Hinome

Chan Chung-Yung

Wen-Heung

Jack Kao

Wen Leung

Tai Bo

Ah Jia

Li Tian-Lu

Ah Lu

Grace Chen Shu-Fang

Meidai

Wu Nien-jen

Mr. Wu

Tsai Chen-Nan

Singer

King Shih-Chieh

Mr. Huang

Su-Yun Ko

Sister-in-law

Wou Yi Fang

Wu Kuan Rong / Hinoiei

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A City of Sadness

Overview

Cast

Tony Leung Chiu-wai

Hsin Shu-Fen

Chan Chung-Yung

Jack Kao

Tai Bo

Li Tian-Lu

Grace Chen Shu-Fang

Wu Nien-jen

Tsai Chen-Nan

King Shih-Chieh

Su-Yun Ko

Wou Yi Fang

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