A City of Sadness (1989)
悲情城市
ThumbScore
👍 80%audience score Estimated from TMDB user ratings and critic scores, calibrated to Google's former audience score. Google stopped publishing it in 2026.
Critics Score
🎬 100%
(RT: 100%) RT = Rotten Tomatoes (critic reviews). MC = Metacritic (weighted critic average). Critics Score is the average of both.
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Cast
Hsin Shu-Fen as Wu Kuan Mei / Hinome
Chan Chung-Yung as Wen-Heung
Jack Kao as Wen Leung
Li Tian-Lu as Ah Lu
Grace Chen Shu-Fang as Meidai
Wu Nien-jen as Mr. Wu
Is A City of Sadness good?
Most people think so. 80% audience score, estimated from 160 TMDB ratings. Critics gave it 100%.
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. Wikipedia ↗
