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A City of Sadness
Drama, History - 1989
A City of Sadness
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Soon after Japan relinquishes control of Taiwan in 1945, the Lin brothers face hardships from the changing culture. Bar owner Wen-heung, the eldest brother, falls foul of local gangsters, Wen-sun disappears, and Wen-leung, scarred by his experiences in the war, ends up in an insane asylum. Deaf-mute photographer Wen-ching, the youngest brother, decides to make a stand and fight the Kuomintang government from China that is assuming power.
Director:
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Hou Hsiao-hsien
Cast:
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Tony Leung Chiu-wai
,
Sung Young Chen
,
Wu Nien-jen
,
Jack Kao

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Rated:
N/A
Runtime:
159 min
Release date:
21 Oct 1989
Country:
HK, TW
Languages:
Japanese, Chinese, cn
Budget:
$0
Revenue:
$0
Awards:
8 wins & 6 nominations.

Top Critics Reviews

fresh:
Beautiful family saga by the great Taiwanese filmmaker Hou Hsiao-hsien.
– Jonathan Rosenbaum,
Chicago Reader,
12 Dec 2002
fresh:
It is worth the long wait for the resonance of 'A City of Sadness to emerge.
– Caryn James,
New York Times,
30 Aug 2004
fresh:
Hou turns in a masterpiece of small gestures and massive resonance; once you surrender to its spell, the obscurities vanish.
– Tony Rayns,
Time Out,
24 Jun 2006
fresh:
A City of Sadness is a great film, one that will be watched as long as there are people who care about the movies as an art.
– Dave Kehr,
Chicago Tribune,
20 May 2014
fresh:
The movie conveys the director's intensely personal struggle at the crossroads of large-scale history and private memory; with understatedly bitter irony, he depicts the birth of a nation at the price of a family's dissolution.
– Richard Brody,
New Yorker,
6 Oct 2014
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