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A City of Sadness is a 1989 Taiwanese historical drama film by Hou Hsiao-hsien, depicting the turbulent years after Japan's surrender in World War II. The film explores the impact of the White Terror, the February 28 Incident, and the leftist resistance on a Taiwanese family.
A City of Sadness: Directed by Hsiao-Hsien Hou. With Tony Leung Chiu-wai, Shu-Fen Hsin, Sung-Young Chen, Jack Kao. The story of a family embroiled in the "White Terror" that was wrought on the Taiwanese people by the Kuomintang government after their arrival from mainland China in the late 1940s.
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- Drama, History
- Hsiao-Hsien Hou
- 1989-10-21
Soon after Japan relinquishes control of Taiwan in 1945, the Lin brothers face hardships from the changing culture. Bar owner Wen-heung (Chen Sown-yung), the eldest brother, falls foul of local ...
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- Artificial Eye Film
- Hsiao-Hsien Hou
- Drama
Oct 6, 2023 · Hou Hsiao-hsien’s A City of Sadness (1989) was digitally restored and rereleased in theaters across Taiwan earlier this year. Running two hours and thirty-seven minutes, the melancholic art-house film shows in painstaking detail the dissolution of a Taiwanese family prompted by political regime change following World War II.
Oct 2, 2014 · October 2, 2014. This vastly ambitious drama about political strife in Taiwan distills a crucial historical period—from the island’s liberation from Japan, in 1945, to the...
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A historical drama about the Lin brothers and their struggles in post-war Taiwan. The film explores the themes of identity, memory, and resistance in a turbulent period of political and social change.
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. Hou Hsiao-hsien. Director. Wu Nien-jen. Writer. Chu Tien-wen. Writer. Reviews 1.
