A City of Sadness

A City of Sadness

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

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

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

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

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

Tai Bo

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

Kelly 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