--- title: 'A City of Sadness (1989)' type: 'film' director: 'Hou Hsiao-Hsien' released: '1989-01-01' runtime_minutes: 158 genres: - 'Drama' countries: - 'Taiwan' canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/a-city-of-sadness-1989' review_count: 0 imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0096908/' publisher: 'CinePixo' --- # A City of Sadness (1989) 1989 · 158 min · Drama · Taiwan Original title: 悲情城市 Part of: Taiwan Trilogy ## Synopsis A City of Sadness is a 1989 Taiwanese historical drama directed by Hou Hsiao-hsien. It tells the story of the Lin family amid the political turmoil surrounding the February 28 Incident of 1947 and the emergence of the political repression that later became known as Taiwan's "White Terror". The film was the first to deal openly with the Kuomintang government's (KMT) authoritarian rule after its 1945 takeover of Taiwan following Japan's defeat in World War II, and the first to depict the February 28 Incident in Taiwanese cinema. Scholars have also regarded the film as an important work in Taiwan's ongoing engagement with the memory and legacy of the White Terror.” ## Credits - **Director:** [Hou Hsiao-Hsien](https://cinepixo.com/people/hou-hsiao-hsien) - **Screenplay:** [Chu Tʻien-wen](https://cinepixo.com/people/chu-t-ien-wen), [Wu Nien-jen](https://cinepixo.com/people/wu-nien-jen) - **Original Music Composer:** [S.E.N.S.](https://cinepixo.com/people/s-e-n-s) - **Producer:** [Chiu Fu-sheng](https://cinepixo.com/people/chiu-fu-sheng) - **Director of Photography:** [Chen Hwai-En](https://cinepixo.com/people/chen-hwai-en) - **Editor:** [Liao Ching-sung](https://cinepixo.com/people/liao-ching-sung) ## Cast - [Ho Ai-Yun](https://cinepixo.com/people/ho-ai-yun) - [Jack Kao](https://cinepixo.com/people/jack-kao) - [Tony Leung](https://cinepixo.com/people/tony-leung) - [Li Tian-lu](https://cinepixo.com/people/li-tian-lu) - [Chen Sung-young](https://cinepixo.com/people/chen-sung-young) - [Hsin Shu-fen](https://cinepixo.com/people/hsin-shu-fen) ## Criticism on CinePixo No reviews published yet. Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/a-city-of-sadness-1989 Film facts: Wikidata (Q133461); synopsis from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Reviews, themes and notes are the work of this site's members.