A City of Sadness

A City of Sadness

1989/10/21 • Released • Cantonese, Mandarin, Japanese

Drama
History
7.4
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.

Director : Hou Hsiao-hsien

Casts
Tony Leung

Tony Leung

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

Tsai Chen-Nan

Tsai Chen-Nan

Singer

King Shih-Chieh

King Shih-Chieh

Mr. Huang

Su-Yun Ko

Su-Yun Ko

Sister-in-law

Wou Yi Fang

Wu Kuan Rong / Hinoiei

Chi-Ying Kao

Shopkeeper

Ho Ai-Yun

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

Mei Fang

Wu's Mother

Zhang Dachun

Reporter He

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