1989 2h 38m Hou Hsiao-hsien

A City of Sadness

Name: A City of Sadness
Genre: Drama, History
Released: 1989
Rating: 7.8
Cast: Tony Leung Chiu-wai, Hsin Shu-Fen, Chan Chung-Yung, Jack Kao

★ 7.8 IMDb

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.

Writers Chu Tʻien-wen, Wu Nien-jen

Cast Tony Leung Chiu-wai, Hsin Shu-Fen, Chan Chung-Yung, Jack Kao

DP Chen Hwai-En

Music S.E.N.S.

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