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A City of Sadness

A City of Sadness

19898158 min
DramaHistorie
Udgivet
21. okt. 1989
Lande
Hong Kong, Taiwan
Produktioner
ERA International3-H Films
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.

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