A City of Sadness

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A City of Sadness

1989

2h 38m

7.4(139 votes)

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Overview

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.

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21 members

Acting

梁朝偉

Wen-Ching

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Hsin Shu-Fen

Wu Kuan Mei / Hinome

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陳松勇

Wen-Heung

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高捷

Wen Leung

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太保

Ah Jia

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Li Tian-Lu

Ah Lu

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陳淑芳

Meidai

Writing

吳念真

Mr. Wu

Acting

蔡振南

Singer

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金士傑

Mr. Huang

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Su-Yun Ko

Sister-in-law

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Wou Yi Fang

Wu Kuan Rong / Hinoiei

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Chi-Ying Kao

Shopkeeper

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Ho Ai-Yun

Concubine

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Huang Chien-ru

Ah Xue

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Ju Lin

Jin Quan

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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

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梅芳

Wu's Mother

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Zhang Dachun

Reporter He

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