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A City of Sadness
Film / 1989

A City of Sadness

Directed by Hou Hsiao-hsien
DramaHistory

★ 7.5/10Audience rating

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.

The story

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-waiWen-Ching Hsin Shu-FenWu Kuan Mei / Hinome Chan Chung-YungWen-Heung Jack KaoWen Leung Tai BoAh Jia Li Tian-LuAh Lu Grace Chen Shu-FangMeidai Wu Nien-jenMr. Wu Tsai Chen-nanSinger King Shih-chiehMr. Huang Ko Su-yunSister-in-law Wou Yi FangWu Kuan Rong / Hinoiei
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Chi-Ying KaoShopkeeper Ho Ai-YunConcubine Huang Chien-ruAh Xue Lih-Ching LinSister-in-law Ching LuWu's Father Ikuyo NakamuraShizuko Ogawa Mei FangWu's Mother Ta-chuen ChangReporter He

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