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A City of Sadness( 1989)

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Overview

The story of a family embroiled in the "White Terror", mainland China's political repression that was wrought on the Taiwanese people by the Kuomintang government in the late 1940s.

    Top Billed Cast

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      Tony Leung Chiu-Wai

      Wen-Ching

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      Hsin Shu-Fen

      Wu Kuan Mei / Hinome

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      Chan Chung-Yung

      Wen-Heung

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      Jack Kao

      Wen Leung

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      Tai Bo

      Ah Jia

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      Li Tian-Lu

      Ah Lu

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      Grace Chen Shu-Fang

      Meidai

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      Wu Nien-jen

      Mr. Wu

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      Tsai Chen-Nan

      Singer

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      King Shih-Chieh

      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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      Mei Fang

      Wu's Mother

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      Zhang Dachun

      Reporter He

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    A review by badelf

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    Written by badelf on Mon Nov 15 2021
    This film, even at 20 years old, may be the strongest cinematic statement I've ever seen against country "boundaries" and "imperialism". Between the beginning of the 20th century, Chinese people lived in Taiwan under Japanese rule for two generations. By WW II, they were living alongside the Japanese and the remaining (that's another story) indigenous peoples more or less peacefully. The Taiwanese, after two generations, were neither Chinese, nor Japanese, nor indigenous. When Japan lost the war and withdrew, the Chinese government took over with disastrous consequences. THAT is viscerall...

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    Facts

    Status

    Released

    Original Language

    English

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