A City of Sadness (1989)

  • NR
  • 10/06/1989 (US)
  • Drama, History
  • 2h 38m

Overview

The story of a family embroiled in the "White Terror", mainland China's political repression that was wrought on the Taiwanese people by the Kuomintang government in the late 1940s.

Hou Hsiao-hsien

Director

Wu Nien-jen

Writer

Chu Tien-wen

Writer

Cast

Tony Leung Chiu-wai's headshot

Tony Leung Chiu-wai

Wen-Ching
Hsin Shu-Fen's headshot

Hsin Shu-Fen

Wu Kuan Mei / Hinome
Chan Chung-Yung's headshot

Chan Chung-Yung

Wen-Heung
Jack Kao's headshot

Jack Kao

Wen Leung
Tai Bo's headshot

Tai Bo

Ah Jia
Li Tian-Lu's headshot

Li Tian-Lu

Ah Lu
Grace Chen Shu-Fang's headshot

Grace Chen Shu-Fang

Meidai
Wu Nien-jen's headshot

Wu Nien-jen

Mr. Wu

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