A City of Sadness (1989)
Beiqing chengshi
157 min
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.
- Release date
- October 21, 1989
- Country of origin
- Taiwan
- Music
- Naoki Tachikawa
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Cast
- Tony Leung Chiu-wai as Wen-ching
- Shu-Fen Hsin as Hinome
- Sung-Young Chen as Wen-heung
- Jack Kao as Wen Leung
- Tai-Bo as Ah Jia
- Tien-Lu Li as Ah Lu
- Shu-Fang Chen as Meidai
- Nien-Jen Wu as Mr. Wu
- Chen-Nan Tsai as Singer
- Shih-Chieh King as Mr. Huang
- Su-Yun Ko as Sister-in-law
- Ai-Yun Ho as Bg Brother Chie
- Fang Mei as Wu's Mother
- Chan Chung-Yung as Wen-Heung
- Zhang Dachun as Reporter He
- Mei Fang as Wu's Mother
- Wou Yi Fang as Hinoiei
- Chien-ru Huang
Crew
- Hsiao-Hsien Hou · Director
- T'ien-wen Chu · Writer
- Nien-Jen Wu · Writer
- Fu-Sheng Chiu · Producer
- Naoki Tachikawa · Composer
- Huai-En Chen · Cinematographer
- Ching-Sung Liao · Editor