A City of Sadness

Storyline

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.

Top Cast

Tony Leung Chiu-wai

Tony Leung Chiu-wai

Wen-Ching

Hsin Shu-Fen

Hsin Shu-Fen

Wu Kuan Mei / Hinome

Chan Chung-Yung

Chan Chung-Yung

Wen-Heung

Jack Kao

Jack Kao

Wen Leung

Tai Bo

Tai Bo

Ah Jia

Li Tian-Lu

Li Tian-Lu

Ah Lu

Grace Chen Shu-Fang

Grace Chen Shu-Fang

Meidai

Wu Nien-jen

Wu Nien-jen

Mr. Wu

Tsai Chen-Nan

Tsai Chen-Nan

Singer

King Shih-Chieh

King Shih-Chieh

Mr. Huang

Su-Yun Ko

Su-Yun Ko

Sister-in-law

?

Wou Yi Fang

Wu Kuan Rong / Hinoiei

?

Chi-Ying Kao

Shopkeeper

Ho Ai-Yun

Ho Ai-Yun

Concubine

?

Huang Chien-ru

Ah Xue

?

Lih-Ching Lin

Sister-in-law

?

Ching Lu

Wu's Father

?

Ikuyo Nakamura

Shizuko Ogawa

?

Mei Fang

Wu's Mother

?

Ta-chuen Chang

Reporter He

Director

Hou Hsiao-hsien

Writers

Wu Nien-jen, Chu Tien-Wen

Status

Released

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