A City of Sadness

Name: A City of Sadness
Director: Hou Hsiao-hsien
Genre: Drama, History
Released: 1989-10-21
Duration: 2 h 38 min
Rating: 7.507
Cast: Tony Leung Chiu-wai, Hsin Shu-Fen, Chan Chung-Yung, Jack Kao, Tai Bo

1989

2h 38m

Drama History

Director: Hou Hsiao-hsien

Writers: Wu Nien-jen, Chu Tien-Wen

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Overview

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.