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A City of Sadness

Original title: 悲情城市

★ 7.5 TMDB Rating · 160 votes

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.

Director
Hou Hsiao-hsien
Release date
Oct 21, 1989
Original language
Chinese
Origin
Taiwan

Cast of A City of Sadness

  • Portrait of Tony Leung Chiu-wai

    Tony Leung Chiu-wai

    Wen-Ching

  • Portrait of Hsin Shu-Fen

    Hsin Shu-Fen

    Wu Kuan Mei / Hinome

  • Portrait of Chan Chung-Yung

    Chan Chung-Yung

    Wen-Heung

  • Portrait of Jack Kao

    Jack Kao

    Wen Leung

  • Portrait of Tai Bo

    Tai Bo

    Ah Jia

  • Portrait of Li Tian-Lu

    Li Tian-Lu

    Ah Lu

  • Portrait of Grace Chen Shu-Fang

    Grace Chen Shu-Fang

    Meidai

  • Portrait of Wu Nien-jen

    Wu Nien-jen

    Mr. Wu

  • Portrait of Tsai Chen-nan

    Tsai Chen-nan

    Singer

  • Portrait of King Shih-chieh

    King Shih-chieh

    Mr. Huang

  • Portrait of Ko Su-yun

    Ko Su-yun

    Sister-in-law

  • Wou Yi Fang

    Wu Kuan Rong / Hinoiei

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