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A City of Sadness
Taiwan ,
1989.
Director: Hou Hsiao Hsien
Cast: Tony Leung Chiu-Wai, Hsin Shu-Fen, Li Tien-Lu, Jack Kao, Ikuyo Nakamura, Chen Sung-Yung
Cast: Tony Leung Chiu-Wai, Hsin Shu-Fen, Li Tien-Lu, Jack Kao, Ikuyo Nakamura, Chen Sung-Yung
A dark, richly textured, and visually exquisite film about a long-taboo subject: the brutal repression of the Taiwanese independence movement by the Nationalist Chinese. Colour, 35mm, in Mandarin, Hokkien, Cantonese and Japanese with English subtitles. 158 mins. [more...]
