Cinematic background from A City of Sadness 1989 - The story of a family embroiled in the "White Terror", mainland China's political repression that was wrought on the Taiwanese people by the Kuomintang government in the late 1940s.

A City of Sadness

1989

Drama, History

Directors:
Hsiao-Hsien Hou
Writers:
Chu Tien-Wen, Nien-Jen Wu, Wu Nien-Jen, T'ien-wen Chu
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Movie still from “A City of Sadness” (1989), directed by Hsiao-Hsien Hou – A man and a woman sitting at a dinner table; Medium shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “A City of Sadness” (1989), directed by Hsiao-Hsien Hou – A man sitting at a table drinking a cup of coffee; Medium shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “A City of Sadness” (1989), directed by Hsiao-Hsien Hou – A man and a woman sitting at a wooden table; Medium shot, High angle
Movie still from “A City of Sadness” (1989), directed by Hsiao-Hsien Hou – A man and a woman sitting at a dinner table; Medium shot, High angle
Movie still from “A City of Sadness” (1989), directed by Hsiao-Hsien Hou – A group of people sitting around a table; Medium shot, High angle
Movie still from “A City of Sadness” (1989), directed by Hsiao-Hsien Hou – A group of people standing under an umbrella; Medium shot, High angle
Movie still from “A City of Sadness” (1989), directed by Hsiao-Hsien Hou – A group of people sitting at a table in a room; Wide shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “A City of Sadness” (1989), directed by Hsiao-Hsien Hou – A man and a woman smoking a cigarette in a room; Medium shot, Low angle
Movie still from “A City of Sadness” (1989), directed by Hsiao-Hsien Hou – A woman in a red robe standing next to a man in a white shirt; Medium shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “A City of Sadness” (1989), directed by Hsiao-Hsien Hou – A group of people sitting around a wooden table; Wide shot, High angle
Movie still from “A City of Sadness” (1989), directed by Hsiao-Hsien Hou – Two men sitting at a table working on papers; Medium shot, Low angle
Movie still from “A City of Sadness” (1989), directed by Hsiao-Hsien Hou – A woman and two men sitting on a bed with a child; Medium shot, High angle
Movie still from “A City of Sadness” (1989), directed by Hsiao-Hsien Hou – A group of men sitting at a table in a room; Wide shot, High angle
Movie still from “A City of Sadness” (1989), directed by Hsiao-Hsien Hou – A man in a suit and tie holding a camera; Medium shot, Low angle
Movie still from “A City of Sadness” (1989), directed by Hsiao-Hsien Hou – Two men sitting at a table with a cup of tea; Medium shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “A City of Sadness” (1989), directed by Hsiao-Hsien Hou – A group of people sitting around a table; Medium shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “A City of Sadness” (1989), directed by Hsiao-Hsien Hou – A woman and a child sitting at a table writing; Medium shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “A City of Sadness” (1989), directed by Hsiao-Hsien Hou – Two men sitting at a table in front of a plate of food; Wide shot, High angle
Movie still from “A City of Sadness” (1989), directed by Hsiao-Hsien Hou – A man taking a picture with a camera; Extreme Close Up shot, High angle
Movie still from “A City of Sadness” (1989), directed by Hsiao-Hsien Hou – A man sitting in front of a group of young girls; Medium shot, Low angle
Movie still from “A City of Sadness” (1989), directed by Hsiao-Hsien Hou – A group of people sitting at a table in a restaurant; Wide shot, High angle
Movie still from “A City of Sadness” (1989), directed by Hsiao-Hsien Hou – A man sitting on the ground holding a pen; Medium shot, High angle
Movie still from “A City of Sadness” (1989), directed by Hsiao-Hsien Hou – A group of people standing in front of a building at night; Extreme Wide shot, Low angle
Movie still from “A City of Sadness” (1989), directed by Hsiao-Hsien Hou – A group of people sitting around a table with cups; Wide shot, High angle
Movie still from “A City of Sadness” (1989), directed by Hsiao-Hsien Hou – A man is looking at a piece of paper in a dark room; Medium shot, Low angle
Movie still from “A City of Sadness” (1989), directed by Hsiao-Hsien Hou – A man , woman , and child sitting in a living room; Medium shot, High angle
Movie still from “A City of Sadness” (1989), directed by Hsiao-Hsien Hou – A group of people sitting around a table; Medium shot, High angle
Movie still from “A City of Sadness” (1989), directed by Hsiao-Hsien Hou – A man sitting at a table smoking a cigarette in front of other people; Medium shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “A City of Sadness” (1989), directed by Hsiao-Hsien Hou – A group of people walking down a street at night; Extreme Wide shot, High angle
Movie still from “A City of Sadness” (1989), directed by Hsiao-Hsien Hou – A group of men standing in a hallway; Wide shot, Low angle
Movie still from “A City of Sadness” (1989), directed by Hsiao-Hsien Hou – A man sitting at a table with a cigarette in his mouth; Medium shot, Low angle
Movie still from “A City of Sadness” (1989), directed by Hsiao-Hsien Hou – A group of people sitting on the floor in a room; Wide shot, High angle
Movie still from “A City of Sadness” (1989), directed by Hsiao-Hsien Hou – A group of men and women standing next to each other; Medium shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “A City of Sadness” (1989), directed by Hsiao-Hsien Hou – A group of people sitting around a table; Wide shot, High angle
Movie still from “A City of Sadness” (1989), directed by Hsiao-Hsien Hou – A group of men sitting around a table with cups of coffee; Wide shot, High angle
Movie still from “A City of Sadness” (1989), directed by Hsiao-Hsien Hou – Two women sitting on the ground in front of a window; Medium shot, High angle
Movie still from “A City of Sadness” (1989), directed by Hsiao-Hsien Hou – A man sitting at a table in a dark room; Medium shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “A City of Sadness” (1989), directed by Hsiao-Hsien Hou – A man and a woman sitting on the ground looking at a cell phone; Medium shot, High angle
Movie still from “A City of Sadness” (1989), directed by Hsiao-Hsien Hou – A woman is holding a pen and a cell phone; Medium shot, High angle
Movie still from “A City of Sadness” (1989), directed by Hsiao-Hsien Hou – Two people walking down a dirt road near a car; Extreme Wide shot, High angle
Movie still from “A City of Sadness” (1989), directed by Hsiao-Hsien Hou – A man and a woman sitting at a dining table; Medium shot, High angle
Movie still from “A City of Sadness” (1989), directed by Hsiao-Hsien Hou – Two men in business suits looking at a cell phone; Medium shot, High angle
Movie still from “A City of Sadness” (1989), directed by Hsiao-Hsien Hou – A group of people standing in the street at night; Extreme Wide shot, High angle
Movie still from “A City of Sadness” (1989), directed by Hsiao-Hsien Hou – A man sitting at a desk looking at a picture; Medium shot, High angle
Movie still from “A City of Sadness” (1989), directed by Hsiao-Hsien Hou – A man in a white shirt and a gray sweater; Medium shot, Low angle
Movie still from “A City of Sadness” (1989), directed by Hsiao-Hsien Hou – A man and a woman looking at papers in a room; Medium shot, High angle
Movie still from “A City of Sadness” (1989), directed by Hsiao-Hsien Hou – A man sitting on the ground in a room; Medium shot, Low angle
Movie still from “A City of Sadness” (1989), directed by Hsiao-Hsien Hou – A man standing on the side of a train track; Wide shot, High angle
Movie still from “A City of Sadness” (1989), directed by Hsiao-Hsien Hou – A group of people sitting around a table with candles on it; Medium shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “A City of Sadness” (1989), directed by Hsiao-Hsien Hou – A man and a woman sitting in a room; Medium shot, High angle
Movie still from “A City of Sadness” (1989), directed by Hsiao-Hsien Hou – A man and two women talking to each other in front of a window; Medium shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “A City of Sadness” (1989), directed by Hsiao-Hsien Hou – A group of people sitting around a table with food; Medium shot, High angle
Movie still from “A City of Sadness” (1989), directed by Hsiao-Hsien Hou – A group of people sitting around a room; Wide shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “A City of Sadness” (1989), directed by Hsiao-Hsien Hou – A group of people sitting at a table with food; Medium shot, Low angle
Movie still from “A City of Sadness” (1989), directed by Hsiao-Hsien Hou – A man in a white shirt is standing in front of another man in a white shirt; Medium shot, Low angle
Movie still from “A City of Sadness” (1989), directed by Hsiao-Hsien Hou – A man and a woman standing next to each other in front of a table; Medium shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “A City of Sadness” (1989), directed by Hsiao-Hsien Hou – A man standing on the side of a road smoking a cigarette; Medium shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “A City of Sadness” (1989), directed by Hsiao-Hsien Hou – A woman sitting on the ground in front of a plant; Medium shot, Low angle
Movie still from “A City of Sadness” (1989), directed by Hsiao-Hsien Hou – A man sitting behind bars looking out of a window; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “A City of Sadness” (1989), directed by Hsiao-Hsien Hou – A man and a woman standing next to each other in front of a window; Medium shot, Low angle
Movie still from “A City of Sadness” (1989), directed by Hsiao-Hsien Hou – A woman in a black dress holding an orange bag; Wide shot, Low angle
Movie still from “A City of Sadness” (1989), directed by Hsiao-Hsien Hou – A man sitting at a table writing on a piece of paper; Medium shot, Low angle
Movie still from “A City of Sadness” (1989), directed by Hsiao-Hsien Hou – Two women sitting at a table talking to each other; Medium shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “A City of Sadness” (1989), directed by Hsiao-Hsien Hou – A group of people sitting around a table; Medium shot, High angle
Movie still from “A City of Sadness” (1989), directed by Hsiao-Hsien Hou – A couple of men standing next to each other on some stairs; Wide shot, Low angle
Movie still from “A City of Sadness” (1989), directed by Hsiao-Hsien Hou – A group of people sitting around a table; Medium shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “A City of Sadness” (1989), directed by Hsiao-Hsien Hou – A group of men standing next to each other in suits; Medium shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “A City of Sadness” (1989), directed by Hsiao-Hsien Hou – A group of people sitting at a table in front of a window; Wide shot, High angle
Movie still from “A City of Sadness” (1989), directed by Hsiao-Hsien Hou – A man sitting at a table with a bowl of salad; Medium shot, Low angle
Movie still from “A City of Sadness” (1989), directed by Hsiao-Hsien Hou – A man sitting on the ground holding a cell phone; Medium shot, Low angle
Movie still from “A City of Sadness” (1989), directed by Hsiao-Hsien Hou – A woman standing next to a man in front of a piano; Wide shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “A City of Sadness” (1989), directed by Hsiao-Hsien Hou – A group of young boys sitting at a table; Wide shot, High angle
Movie still from “A City of Sadness” (1989), directed by Hsiao-Hsien Hou – A group of people standing in a room; Medium shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “A City of Sadness” (1989), directed by Hsiao-Hsien Hou – A group of people sitting in front of a chalkboard; Wide shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “A City of Sadness” (1989), directed by Hsiao-Hsien Hou – A group of young men sitting next to each other in a room; Medium shot, High angle
Movie still from “A City of Sadness” (1989), directed by Hsiao-Hsien Hou – A man and a woman sitting at a table; Medium shot, Over the shoulder angle