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A City of Sadness

7.519892h 38mNRMovieDramaHistory

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.

DirectorHou Hsiao-hsien
WritersWu Nien-jen·Chu Tien-Wen
ProducerYau Fook-Sang

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Cast · Directed by Hou Hsiao-hsien

TCTony Leung Chiu-wai
Tony Leung Chiu-wai
Wen-Ching
HSHsin Shu-Fen
Hsin Shu-Fen
Wu Kuan Mei / Hinome
CCChan Chung-Yung
Chan Chung-Yung
Wen-Heung
JKJack Kao
Jack Kao
Wen Leung
TBTai Bo
Tai Bo
Ah Jia
LTLi Tian-Lu
Li Tian-Lu
Ah Lu
GSGrace Chen Shu-Fang
Grace Chen Shu-Fang
Meidai
WNWu Nien-jen
Wu Nien-jen
Mr. Wu
TCTsai Chen-nan
Tsai Chen-nan
Singer
KSKing Shih-chieh
King Shih-chieh
Mr. Huang
KSKo Su-yun
Ko Su-yun
Sister-in-law
WF
Wou Yi Fang
Wu Kuan Rong / Hinoiei

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