A beautiful, historical film based upon the complex lives of four brothers.
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Title: A City of Sadness (1989)
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8 wins & 6 nominations.
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Cast
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| Tony Chiu-Wai Leung | ... | Wen-ching (as Tony Chiu Wai Leung) | |
| Shu-Fen Hsin | ... | Hinome | |
| Sung Young Chen | ... | Wen-heung | |
| Jack Kao | ... | Wen Leung | |
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Wou Yi Fang | ... | Hinoiei |
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Ai-Yun Ho | ... | Bg Brother Chie |
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Chien-Ho Huang | ||
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Chien-ru Huang | ||
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Chi-Ying Kao | ... | Shopkeeper |
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Tien-Lu Li | ... | Ah-lu (as Tian-Lu Li) |
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Ju Lin | ||
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Lih-Ching Lin | ... | (as Liqing Lin) |
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Ching Lu | ... | Wu's father |
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Ikuyo Nakamura | ... | Shizuko |
| Chen-Nan Tsai | |||
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A beautiful, historical film based upon the complex lives of four brothers.
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part of trilogy | politics | family relationships | photographer | taiwan |Certificate:
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Ranked number 18 non-English-speaking film in the critics' poll conducted by the BBC in 2018. See more »Frequently Asked Questions
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21 October 1989 (Taiwan) See more »Also Known As:
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Needless to comment on Hou's excellent artistic directing, the story itself tightly revolves around an average Taiwanese family's life during the years 1945-1949 when Japanese occupation ended and KuoMinTang from mainland took over. There are conflict on personal/family level between native Taiwanese (BenShengRen) and mainland newcomers(WaiShengRen), and massive political prosecution and massacre of native intellectuals by KuoMinTang. Hou painted an inspiring (rather than sad) picture of the native intellectuals giving their lives to earn their fellow Taiwanese dignity which was ironically more lacking during the KuoMinTang ruling than Japanese ruling.