A City of Sadness

A City of Sadness

158 mins | Drama, History | Oct. 21, 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.

A City of Sadness

158 mins | Drama, History | Oct. 21, 1989

A City of Sadness
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.
IMDb rating 7.8
Producers ERA International, 3-H Films
Original title 悲情城市
Directors Chang Tso-chi, Hou Hsiao-hsien
Writers Chu Tien-wen, Wu Nien-Jen

Cast

Tony Leung Chiu-wai

as Wen-Ching

Hsin Shu-Fen

as Wu Kuan Mei / Hinome

Chan Chung-Yung

as Wen-Heung

Jack Kao

as Wen Leung

Po Tai

as Ah Jia

Li Tian-Lu

as Ah Lu

Wu Nien-Jen

as Mr. Wu

Tsai Chen-Nan

as Singer

King Shih-Chieh

as Mr. Huang

Su-Yun Ko

as Sister-in-law

Wou Yi Fang

as Wu Kuan Rong / Hinoiei

Chi-Ying Kao

as Shopkeeper

Ho Ai-Yun

as Concubine

Huang Chien-ru

as Ah Xue

Ju Lin

as Jin Quan

Lih-Ching Lin

as Sister-in-law

Ching Lu

as Wu's Father

Ikuyo Nakamura

as Shizuko Ogawa

Mei Fang

as Wu's Mother

Zhang Dachun

as Reporter He