A City of Sadness (1989)
A City of Sadness (1989)

Plot.
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Cast & Crew.

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 / Writer

Tsai Chen-Nan
Singer

King Shih-Chieh
Mr. Huang

Su-Yun Ko
Sister-in-law

Wou Yi Fang
Wu Kuan Rong / Hinoiei

Chi-Ying Kao
Shopkeeper

Ho Ai-Yun
Concubine

Huang Chien-ru
Ah Xue

Naoki Tachikawa
Composer

Ju Lin
Jin Quan

Lih-Ching Lin
Sister-in-law

Ching Lu
Wu's Father

Liao Ching-Sung
Editor

Ikuyo Nakamura
Shizuko Ogawa

Mei Fang
Wu's Mother

Zhang Dachun
Reporter He

Hou Hsiao-hsien
Director

Chen Hwai-En
Director of Photography

Tu Duu-Chih
Sound

Yau Fook-Sang
Producer

Chu Tien-wen
Writer

Ching-an Yang
Sound

Chang Tso-chi
Assistant Director

Chi-Wah Lau
Art Direction

Lam Shung-Man
Art Direction
Media.




Details.
Release DateOctober 21, 1989
Original Name悲情城市
StatusReleased
Running Time2h 38m
Content RatingNR
Genres
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A City of Sadness (Chinese: 悲情城市; pinyin: Bēiqíng chéngshì) is a 1989 Taiwanese historical drama directed by Hou Hsiao-hsien. It tells the story of a family embroiled in the "White Terror" that was wrought on the Taiwanese people by the Kuomintang government (KMT) after their arrival from mainland China in the late 1940s, during which thousands of Taiwanese and recent emigres from the Mainland were rounded up, shot, and/or sent to prison. The film was the first to deal openly with the KMT's authoritarian misdeeds after its 1945 takeover of Taiwan, which had been relinquished following Japan's defeat in World War II, and the first to depict the February 28 Incident of 1947, in which thousands of people were massacred by the KMT.
A City of Sadness was the first (of three) Taiwanese films to win the Golden Lion award at the Venice Film Festival, and is often considered Hou's masterpiece. The film was selected as the Taiwanese entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 62nd Academy Awards, but was not accepted as a nominee.
This film is regarded as the second installment in the Wu Nien-jen trilogy as well as the first installment in a loose trilogy of Hsiao-Hsien's films that deal with Taiwanese history, which also includes The Puppetmaster (1993) and Good Men, Good Women (1995). These films are collectively called the "Taiwan Trilogy" by academics and critics.
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