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A City of Sadness (1989)

Movie · Drama, History · ⭐ 7.5/10 · 2h 38m

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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