A City of Sadness

Name: A City of Sadness
Genre: Drama, History
Released: 1989-10-21
Duration: 2 h 38 min
Rating: 7.7
Cast: Tony Leung Chiu-wai, Hsin Shu-Fen, Chan Chung-Yung, Jack Kao, Tai Bo

悲情城市 (1989)

Timing: 2:38 (158 min)

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Release date

1989-10-21

Country

Hong Kong, Taiwan

Production

ERA International, 3-H Films

Genre

Drama, History

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Director

Hou Hsiao-hsien

Actors

Tony Leung Chiu-wai, Hsin Shu-Fen, Chan Chung-Yung, Jack Kao, Tai Bo, Tai Bo, Li Tian-Lu, Grace Chen Shu-Fang, Wu Nien-Jen, Tsai Chen-nan
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Scenario

Chu Tien-wen, Wu Nien-Jen

Producer

Chiu Fu-Sheng

Camera operator

Chen Hwai-en

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Short description

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.