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A City of Sadness

Genres
Drama
History
Rating
7.5
Status
Released
Release Date1989-10-21
Runtime158 min
Languages广州话 / 廣州話普通话日本語
CountriesHong KongTaiwan
IMDbView on IMDb

Overview

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.

Videos

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Trailer
A City of Sadness (1989) Trailer

Cast & Crew

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Tony Leung Chiu-wai

as Wen-Ching

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Hsin Shu-Fen

as Wu Kuan Mei / Hinome

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Chan Chung-Yung

as Wen-Heung

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Jack Kao

as Wen Leung

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Tai Bo

as Ah Jia

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Li Tian-Lu

as Ah Lu

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Grace Chen

as Meidai

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Wu Nien-jen

as Mr. Wu

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Tsai Chen-nan

as Singer

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King Shih-chieh

as Mr. Huang

Reviews

1
B

badelf

Nov 15, 2021

9/10

This film, even at 20 years old, may be the strongest cinematic statement I've ever seen against country "boundaries" and "imperialism". Between the beginning of the 20th century, Chinese people lived in Taiwan under Japanese rule for two generations. By WW II, they were living alongside the Japanese and the remaining (that's another story) indi…

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