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Film details
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Featuring
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Director
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Country
Taiwan
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Year
1989
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Genre
Drama
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Type
Film
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Category
Fiction
Alternative titles
- Beiqing chengshi Original
- Stadt der Trauer Alternative
Introduction
Hou Hsiao-Hsien’s loose trilogy of films on Taiwan’s modern history started with this dark family saga, set in the years after Japan’s colonial rule ended in 1945. All the sons in the Lin family have trouble, none more than Wenqing (Tony Leung), an idealistic deaf-mute. Taiwan audiences flocked to a movie which overturned political censorship taboos, and Venice awarded it the Golden Lion.
Cast & Credits
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Cast
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Lin Ah-Lu
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Lin Wen-Heung
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Lin Wen-Leung
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Lin Wen-Ching
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Wu Hinoe
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Wu Hinomi
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Mio, first brother's wife
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second brother's wife
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third brother's wife
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first brother's mistress
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Ah-Ga
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Ah-Ga's father
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Mr Ko
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man from Wenzhou
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Ah Shueh
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Ah Kun
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Ogawa Shizuko
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Ogawa
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Ah Cheng
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Kim Tsua
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Kim Chuan
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Mr Wu
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Mrs Wu
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man from Shanghai
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Ah Soa
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Billy
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hospital administrator
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doctor
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doctor
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'Red Monkey'
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Ah Tsun
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Ah Kio
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stallholder
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photographer
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bodyguard
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bodyguard
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bodyguard
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nurse
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Japanese woman
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Ruantan opera actress
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Mr Lin
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Mr Wu
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Mr Xie
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Mr He
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Mr Huang
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heavy
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army officer
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Credits
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Direction:
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Director
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Ruantan Opera sequence staged by
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Assistant Director
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Assistant Director
Production:
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Production Company
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A Presentation by
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Executive Producer
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Executive Producer
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Producer
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Associate Producer
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Production Manager
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Production Manager
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Production Manager
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Production Manager
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Production Assistant
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Production Assistant
Writing:
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Screenplay
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Screenplay
Photography:
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Director of Photography
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Intertitle Photography
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Lighting
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Assistant Photographer
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Assistant Photographer
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Assistant Photographer
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Assistant Photographer
Editing:
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Editor
Design:
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Production Designer
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Production Designer
Costumes:
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Costumes
Music:
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Music
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Music
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'Exile Trilogy' Music
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'Exile Trilogy' Music
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'Exile Trilogy' Music
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Music Performed by
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Wedding Music Performed by
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Music Produced by
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Music Producer
Sound:
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Sound Recording
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Sound Recording
Subtitles:
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