A City of Sadness

Synopsis

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.

Trailer

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Cast

Tony Leung Chiu-wai

Wen-Ching

Hsin Shu-Fen

Wu Kuan Mei / Hinome

Chan Chung-Yung

Wen-Heung

Jack Kao

Wen Leung

Tai Bo

Ah Jia

Li Tian-Lu

Ah Lu

Grace Chen Shu-Fang

Meidai

Wu Nien-jen

Mr. Wu

Tsai Chen-nan

Singer

King Shih-chieh

Mr. Huang

Ko Su-yun

Sister-in-law

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Wou Yi Fang

Wu Kuan Rong / Hinoiei

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Chi-Ying Kao

Shopkeeper

Ho Ai-Yun

Concubine

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Huang Chien-ru

Ah Xue

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Lih-Ching Lin

Sister-in-law

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Ching Lu

Wu's Father

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Ikuyo Nakamura

Shizuko Ogawa

Mei Fang

Wu's Mother

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Ta-chuen Chang

Reporter He

Crew

Art

• Chi-Wah Lau Art Direction
• Lam Shung-Man Art Direction

Camera

• Chen Hwai-en Director of Photography

Directing

• Hou Hsiao-hsien Director
• Chang Tso-chi Assistant Director

Production

• Yau Fook-Sang Producer

Sound

• Tu Duu-chih Sound
• Ching-an Yang Sound

Writing

• Wu Nien-jen Writer
• Chu Tien-Wen Writer