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A City of Sadness

Oct 21, 1989 · 2h 38m
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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.

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CAST

Tony Leung Chiu-wai
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
Directed by Hou Hsiao-hsien

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Status
Released
Original language
ZH
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Production
3-H Films, Era International
Country
TW
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