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A City of Sadness

1989 Film Synopsis & Plot Summary

7.5/10

Rating

158 min

Runtime

1989

Release Year

Hou Hsiao-hsien

Director

Cast

Tony Leung Chiu-wai, Hsin Shu-Fen, Chan Chung-Yung, Jack Kao, Tai Bo

Quick 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.

Full Plot Summary of A City of Sadness

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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