A City of Sadness
A City of Sadness
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A City of Sadness

DirectorHou Hsiao-hsien

7.5 / 10
1989
158 min
DramaHistory

The story of a family embroiled in the "White Terror," the Kuomintang government's anti-communist political repression that was wrought on the Taiwanese people from 1947-1987.

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