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A City of Sadness

2026·2h 37m
DramaHistory
IMDb Rating
★ 7.8/10
7,038 votes

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.

A City of Sadness is a 2026 drama history movie directed by Hsiao-Hsien Hou, starring Sung-Young Chen, Jack Kao, Tony Leung Chiu-wai. It holds an IMDb rating of 7.8/10 from 7,038 votes and runs 2h 37m.

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Director
Hsiao-Hsien Hou
Stars
Sung-Young Chen
Jack Kao
Tony Leung Chiu-wai
Shu-Fen Hsin
Details
2026-01-01
157 min
Movie
★ Taiwan
★ Mandarin, Cantonese, Japanese, Min Nan, Shanghainese
Keywords
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