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A City of Sadness (Chinese: 悲情城市; pinyin: Bēiqíng chéngshì) is a 1989 Taiwanese historical drama directed by Hou Hsiao-hsien.
Oct 21, 1989 · A City of Sadness is a 1989 film by Hsiao-Hsien Hou, based on the novel by Wu Nien-jen. It depicts the life of a family in Taiwan during the turbulent years of Japanese occupation and Kuomintang rule.
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- Drama, History
- Hsiao-Hsien Hou
- 1989-10-21
A City of Sadness recreates the events of the 1940s where corruption was under control, and everybody could have been arrested for far-fetched accusations for bonds with guerillas or...
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- Artificial Eye Film
- Hsiao-Hsien Hou
- Drama
Sep 4, 1989 · Runtime: 157 min. Language: Mandarin, Taiwanese, Japanese, Cantonese. Country: Hong Kong, Taiwan. Plot. Taiwan had been a Japanese colony for the previous 50 years until the Chinese Nationalist government began taking over the island after World War II.
Aug 29, 2010 · A film by Hou Hsiao-hsien about the history and culture of Taiwan in the 20th century. The film depicts the lives of four brothers and the impact of the February 28 Incident, a massacre of civilians by Nationalist soldiers in 1947.
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. Written by badelf on November 15, 2021.
Oct 2, 2014 · A City of Sadness. By Richard Brody. October 2, 2014. This vastly ambitious drama about political strife in Taiwan distills a crucial historical period—from the island’s liberation...
