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.| Original Title: | 悲情城市 |
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| Status: | Released (1989-10-21) |
| Awards: | 8 wins & 6 nominations |
| Screen: | T'ien-wen Chu, Nien-Jen Wu |
| Productions: | ERA International, 3-H Films |
| Production Countries: | Hong Kong, Taiwan |
| Spoken Languages: | 广州话 / 廣州話, 普通话, 日本語 |
Posters
Recommendations
Casts
- 1337: Tony Leung - Wen-Ching
- 1719810: Hsin Shu-Fen - Wu Kuan Mei / Hinome
- 974461: Chan Chung-Yung - Wen-Heung
- 1174366: Jack Kao - Wen Leung
- 83629: Tai Bo - Ah Jia
- 136886: Li Tian-Lu - Ah Lu
- 1609496: Grace Chen Shu-Fang - Meidai
Crews
- 64992: Hou Hsiao-hsien - Director - Directing
- 143036: Wu Nien-jen - Writer - Writing
- 1081062: Chen Hwai-En - Director of Photography - Camera
- 1316884: Tu Duu-Chih - Sound - Sound
- 64991: Yau Fook-Sang - Producer - Production
- 69831: Chu Tien-wen - Writer - Writing
- 1536702: Ching-an Yang - Sound - Sound
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Reviews
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This film, even at 20 years old, may be the strongest cinematic statement I've ever seen against country "boundaries" and "imperialism". Between the beginning of the 20th century, Chinese people lived in Taiwan under Japanese rule for two generations. By WW II, they were living al ....
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