A City of Sadness

2h 38m
DramaHistory
7.5

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.

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
Meidai
Wu Nien-jen
Mr. Wu
Tsai Chen-nan
Singer
King Shih-chieh
Mr. Huang
Su-Yun Ko
Sister-in-law
Wou Yi Fang
Wu Kuan Rong / Hinoiei
Chi-Ying Kao
Shopkeeper
Ho Ai-Yun
Concubine
Huang Chien-ru
Ah Xue
Lih-Ching Lin
Sister-in-law
Ching Lu
Wu's Father
Ikuyo Nakamura
Shizuko Ogawa
Mei Fang
Wu's Mother
Ta-chuen Chang
Reporter He

Crew

Hou Hsiao-hsien
Director
Wu Nien-jen
Writer
Chu Tien-Wen
Writer
Chen Hwai-En
Director of Photography
Chang Tso-chi
Assistant Director
Yau Fook-Sang
Producer
Tu Duu-chih
Sound
Ching-an Yang
Sound
Chi-Wah Lau
Art Direction
Lam Shung-Man
Art Direction

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