A City of Sadness
7.5
159 votes
1989
2h 38m
Drama
History
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.
Directed by Hou Hsiao-hsien
Top cast
Tony Leung Chiu-wai
Wen-Ching
Hsin Shu-Fen
Wu Kuan Mei / Hinome
Chan Chung-Yung
Wen-Heung
Jack Kao
Wen Leung
Tai Bo
Ah Jia
Li Tian-Lu
Ah Lu
Grace Chen Shu-Fang
Meidai
Wu Nien-jen
Mr. Wu
Tsai Chen-nan
Singer
King Shih-chieh
Mr. Huang
Ko Su-yun
Sister-in-lawW
Wou Yi Fang
Wu Kuan Rong / HinoieiC
Chi-Ying Kao
Shopkeeper
Ho Ai-Yun
ConcubineH
Huang Chien-ru
Ah XueL
Lih-Ching Lin
Sister-in-lawC
Ching Lu
Wu's FatherI
Ikuyo Nakamura
Shizuko Ogawa
Mei Fang
Wu's MotherT
Ta-chuen Chang
Reporter HeDetails
Status
Released
Release date
October 21, 1989
Budget
—
Revenue
—
Language
Cantonese, Mandarin, Japanese
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