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“A City of Sadness” (original title: “Beiqíng chéngshì”) is a 1989 Taiwanese historical drama film directed by Hou Hsiao-hsien. It is considered a seminal work of Taiwanese cinema and is renowned for its depiction of the political and social upheaval in Taiwan during the 1940s and 1950s.
List your movie, TV & celebrity picks. 1. A Brighter Summer Day. Based on a true story, primarily on a conflict between two youth gangs, a 14-year-old boy's girlfriend conflicts with the head of one gang for an unclear reason, until finally the conflict comes to a violent climax. 2. Yi Yi.
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1 cze 2019 · Mandarin & Taiwanese with English subtitles. Among the most praised and sought-after titles in all contemporary film, A Brighter Summer Day is based on the true story of a crime that rocked Taiwan in the 1960s.
A bubbly aspiring actress and a charming screenwriter team up to shake up the movie sets during the swinging 60s, when Taiwanese film industry once thrived, earning the little hot spring district of Beitou the name "Taiwan Hollywood!" (Chinese with English subtitles).
The six films are Brother Wang and Brother Liu Tour Taiwan (1959), Goodbye, Taipei (1969), Four Moods (1970), Moon Fascinating, Bird Sweet (1978), The Wild Goose on the Wing (1979), The Wheel of Life (1983).
Taiwanese cinema was the first, and from 1900 to 1937, one of the most important of Japan's colonial film markets during the era of Japanese rule. In 1905, Takamatsu raised 10,000 Japanese yen in donations to the Japanese military from the proceeds of films screened in Taiwan about the Russo-Japanese War.
