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A City of Sadness
A City of Sadness
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A CITY OF SADNESS

悲情城市 | Beiqing chengshi

Directed by Hou Hsiao-hsien
Taiwan, Hong Kong, 1989
Drama

Synopsis

This intimate epic chronicles the tragedies that befall the three Lin brothers, and those around them during a chaotic period in Taiwan’s national history, between the end of Japanese Imperial rule (1945) and the secession from Mainland China and creation of martial law (1949-1987).

Synopsis

This intimate epic chronicles the tragedies that befall the three Lin brothers, and those around them during a chaotic period in Taiwan’s national history, between the end of Japanese Imperial rule (1945) and the secession from Mainland China and creation of martial law (1949-1987).