A City of Sadness

A City of Sadness

7.5IMDb Score
Released:1989-10-21
Duration:158 min
Director:Hou Hsiao-hsien
Actors:Tony Leung Chiu-wai, Hsin Shu-Fen, Chan Chung-Yung, Jack Kao, Tai Bo
Production:ERA International, 3-H Films
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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.

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