A City of Sadness
In Theaters
October 21, 1989
Runtime: 2h 38m
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 & Crew
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
Tsai Chen-nan
Singer
King Shih-chieh
Mr. Huang
Su-Yun Ko
Sister-in-law
- WF
Wou Yi Fang
Wu Kuan Rong / Hinoiei
- CK
Chi-Ying Kao
Shopkeeper
Ho Ai-Yun
Concubine
- HC
Huang Chien-ru
Ah Xue
- LL
Lih-Ching Lin
Sister-in-law
- CL
Ching Lu
Wu's Father
- IN
Ikuyo Nakamura
Shizuko Ogawa
Hou Hsiao-hsien
Director
Wu Nien-jen
Writer
Chu Tien-Wen
Writer
Media
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