A City of Sadness (1989)
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.
Director: Hou Hsiao-hsien
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Tony Leung Chiu-wai as Wen-Ching |
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Hsin Shu-Fen as Wu Kuan Mei / Hinome |
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Chan Chung-Yung as Wen-Heung |
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Jack Kao as Wen Leung |
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Tai Bo as Ah Jia |
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Li Tian-Lu as Ah Lu |
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Grace Chen as Meidai |
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Wu Nien-jen as Mr. Wu |
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Tsai Chen-nan as Singer |
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King Shih-chieh as Mr. Huang |
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Su-Yun Ko as Sister-in-law |
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Wou Yi Fang as Wu Kuan Rong / Hinoiei |
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Chi-Ying Kao as Shopkeeper |
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Ho Ai-Yun as Concubine |
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Huang Chien-ru as Ah Xue |
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Lih-Ching Lin as Sister-in-law |
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Ching Lu as Wu's Father |
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Ikuyo Nakamura as Shizuko Ogawa |
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Mei Fang as Wu's Mother |
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Ta-chuen Chang as Reporter He |
| Directing | Hou Hsiao-hsien | Director |
| Writing | Wu Nien-jen | Writer |
| Production | Yau Fook-Sang | Producer |
| Sound | Ching-an Yang | Sound |
| Directing | Chang Tso-chi | Assistant Director |
| Camera | Chen Hwai-en | Director of Photography |
| Sound | Tu Duu-chih | Sound |
| Writing | Chu Tien-Wen | Writer |
| Art | Chi-Wah Lau | Art Direction |
| Art | Lam Shung-Man | Art Direction |