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A City of Sadness

Directed by Hou Hsiao-hsien
1989    2h 39m
7.8100%90%
The story of a family embroiled in the "White Terror" that was wrought on the Taiwanese people by the Kuomintang government after their arrival from mainland China in the late 1940s.
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Cast of A City of Sadness
  • Tony Leung Chiu-waiWen-Ching
  • Hsin Shu-FenWu Kuan Mei / Hinome
  • Chan Chung-YungWen-Heung
  • Jack KaoWen Leung
  • Tai BoAh Jia
  • Li Tian-LuAh Lu
  • Grace Chen Shu-FangMeidai
  • Wu Nien-jenMr. Wu
  • Tsai Chen-NanSinger
  • King Shih-ChiehMr. Huang
  • Su-Yun KoSister-in-law
  • Wou Yi FangWu Kuan Rong / Hinoiei
  • Chi-Ying KaoShopkeeper
  • Ho Ai-YunConcubine
  • Huang Chien-ruAh Xue
  • Ju LinJin Quan
  • Lih-Ching LinSister-in-law
  • Ching LuWu's Father
  • Ikuyo NakamuraShizuko Ogawa
  • Mei FangWu's Mother
  • Zhang DachunReporter He
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