A City of Sadness

7.4
A City of Sadness
Overview
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.
Review (1)
badelf (Rated: 9)
This film, even at 20 years old, may be the strongest cinematic statement I've ever seen against country "boundaries" and "imperialism".
Between the beginning of the 20th century, Chinese people lived in Taiwan under Japanese rule for two generations. By WW II, they were living alongside the Japa...
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