A City of Sadness

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Summaries

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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Keywords
  • father son relationship
  • friend
  • kuomintang
  • japanese occupation of taiwan
  • taiwanese new wave
Genres
  • Comedy
  • Drama
  • History
Release date Oct 20, 1989
Countries of origin Taiwan
Language Mandarin Japanese Cantonese Min Nan Shanghainese
Filming locations Jiu Fen, Taiwan
Production companies Era Film Company 3H Films

Box office

Gross worldwide $143169

Tech specs

Runtime 2h 37m
Color Color
Sound mix Mono
Aspect ratio 1.85 : 1

Synopsis

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