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7.4/10

A City of Sadness (1989)

NR | 2 Hours 38 Minutes

Drama, History

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

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The Cast

Tony Leung

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

Chi-Ying Kao

Shopkeeper

Ho Ai-Yun

Concubine

Huang Chien-ru

Ah Xue

Ju Lin

Jin Quan

Lih-Ching Lin

Sister-in-law

Ching Lu

Wu's Father

Ikuyo Nakamura

Shizuko Ogawa

Mei Fang

Wu's Mother