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A City of Sadness (1989)

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.

Release: 1989-10-21
Runtime: 158 min
Rating: 7.5 / 10
Cast
Tony Leung Chiu-wai
Tony Leung Chiu-wai
Wen-Ching
Hsin Shu-Fen
Hsin Shu-Fen
Wu Kuan Mei / Hinome
Chan Chung-Yung
Chan Chung-Yung
Wen-Heung
Jack Kao
Jack Kao
Wen Leung
Tai Bo
Tai Bo
Ah Jia
Li Tian-Lu
Li Tian-Lu
Ah Lu
Grace Chen Shu-Fang
Grace Chen Shu-Fang
Meidai
Wu Nien-jen
Wu Nien-jen
Mr. Wu
Tsai Chen-Nan
Tsai Chen-Nan
Singer
King Shih-Chieh
King Shih-Chieh
Mr. Huang
Su-Yun Ko
Su-Yun Ko
Sister-in-law
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Wou Yi Fang
Wu Kuan Rong / Hinoiei
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Chi-Ying Kao
Shopkeeper
Ho Ai-Yun
Ho Ai-Yun
Concubine
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Huang Chien-ru
Ah Xue
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Lih-Ching Lin
Sister-in-law
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Ching Lu
Wu's Father
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Ikuyo Nakamura
Shizuko Ogawa