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A City of Sadness(1989)
Status: Released
Date: 1989-10-21
75%
148 Votes
Time: 2h 38m
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.
Languages: Cantonese, Mandarin, Japanese.
Countries:
Hong Kong,
Taiwan
ProductionCompanies:
ERA International
3-H Films
Movie: A City of Sadness
Top 10 Billed Cast
梁朝偉
Wen-Ching
Hsin Shu-Fen
Wu Kuan Mei / Hinome
陳松勇
Wen-Heung
高捷
Wen Leung
太保
Ah Jia
Li Tian-Lu
Ah Lu
陳淑芳
Meidai
吳念真
Mr. Wu
蔡振南
Singer
金士傑
Mr. Huang
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