TAIWAN · 1989

A City of Sadness

Hou Hsiao-hsien
Taiwan New Wave political repression taiwanese history family trauma authoritarian governance state violence
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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.

Year1989
CountryTaiwan
DirectorHou Hsiao-hsien
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