A City of Sadness

1989 · directed by Hou Hsiao-hsien

Rating

86/100

Hit

yes

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.

A City of Sadness (1989), directed by Hou Hsiao-hsien, rates 86/100 — a hit. See how its director, cast and crew rate across their careers.

Cast

• Tony Leung Chiu-wai
• Hsin Shu-Fen
• Chan Chung-Yung
• Jack Kao
• Tai Bo
• Li Tian-Lu
• Grace Chen Shu-Fang
• Wu Nien-jen
• Tsai Chen-nan
• King Shih-chieh

Crew

• Chen Hwai-en — Director of Photography
• Chu Tien-Wen — Writer
• Wu Nien-jen — Writer

More from Hou Hsiao-hsien

1. Dust in the Wind (1986) — 86/100 · hit
2. A Summer at Grandpa's (1984) — 85/100 · hit
3. The Time to Live and the Time to Die (1985) — 84/100 · hit
4. The Puppetmaster (1993) — 81/100 · hit
5. To Each His Own Cinema (2007) — 79/100
6. Flowers of Shanghai (1998) — 76/100

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