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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.
Directed by Hou Hsiao-hsien
75
User score
156 votes
Status
Released
Released
October 21, 1989
Runtime
2h 38m
Language
Cantonese, Mandarin, Japanese
Top 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
Ko Su-yun
Sister-in-law
Wou Yi Fang
Wu Kuan Rong / Hinoiei
Chi-Ying Kao
Shopkeeper
Ho Ai-Yun
Concubine
Huang Chien-ru
Ah Xue
Lih-Ching Lin
Sister-in-law
Ching Lu
Wu's Father
Ikuyo Nakamura
Shizuko Ogawa
Mei Fang
Wu's Mother
Ta-chuen Chang
Reporter He
