A City of Sadness
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1989
2h 39m
Mandarin
Drama, History
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The story of a family embroiled in the "White Terror", mainland China's political repression that was wrought on the Taiwanese people by the Kuomintang government in the late 1940s.
A City of Sadness
Movie
1989
2h 39m
Mandarin
Drama, History
The story of a family embroiled in the "White Terror", mainland China's political repression that was wrought on the Taiwanese people by the Kuomintang government in the late 1940s.
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7.9
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95
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Cast
Wen-Ching
Wu Kuan Mei / Hinome
Wen-Heung
Wen Leung
Ah Jia
Ah Lu
Meidai
Mr. Wu
Singer
Mr. Huang
Sister-in-law
Wu Kuan Rong / Hinoiei
Shopkeeper
Concubine
Ah Xue
Jin Quan
Sister-in-law
Wu's Father
Shizuko Ogawa
Wu's Mother
Reporter He
Directed By: Hou Hsiao-hsien
Written By: Chu Tien-wen, Wu Nien-jen
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badelf
2 years ago
This film, even at 20 years old, may be the strongest cinematic statement I've ever seen against country "boundaries" and "imperialism".
Between the beginning of the 20th century, Chinese people lived in Taiwan under Japanese rule for two generations. By WW II, they were living alongside the Japa More
Between the beginning of the 20th century, Chinese people lived in Taiwan under Japanese rule for two generations. By WW II, they were living alongside the Japa More
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