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The story of a family embroiled in the "White Terror" that was wrought on the Taiwanese people by the Kuomintang government after their arrival from mainland China in the late 1940s.
Cast and crew
- Director
- Hsiao-Hsien Hou
- Writer
- T'ien-wen Chu, Nien-Jen Wu
- Starring
- Tony Leung Chiu-wai, Shu-Fen Hsin, Sung-Young Chen
Details
- Release date
- Oct 21, 1989
- Language
- Mandarin, Min Nan, Japanese, Cantonese, Shanghainese
- Country
- Taiwan
- Awards
- 8 wins & 6 nominations total
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