A City of Sadness

7.5 1989 Hou Hsiao-hsien 2h 38m
Drama History
A City of Sadness

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.

Cast

Tony Leung Chiu-wai Tony Leung Chiu-wai Wen-Ching
Hsin Shu-Fen Hsin Shu-Fen Wu Kuan Mei / Hinome
Chan Chung-Yung Chan Chung-Yung Wen-Heung
Jack Kao Jack Kao Wen Leung
Tai Bo Tai Bo Ah Jia
Li Tian-Lu Li Tian-Lu Ah Lu
Grace Chen Shu-Fang Grace Chen Shu-Fang Meidai
Wu Nien-jen Wu Nien-jen Mr. Wu

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