A City of Sadness
1989 · 158 MIN · IMDB 7.8 · 6,452 VOTES · DIR. Hou Hsiao-hsien
Overview
The story of a family embroiled in the "White Terror", mainland China's political repression that was wrought on the Taiwanese people by the Kuomintang government in the late 1940s.
Dialogue Timeline — 1,118 lines
A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE
00:00:09 After pondering the situation in the worldand in our empire
00:05:24 ...did you tell your brother you were coming?
00:12:09 Wen-ching.
00:17:18 Wen-leung, calm down!
00:21:02 Raise your glasses.
00:27:12 It's your most precious possession.
00:32:34 Do you consult him on everything?
00:37:16 Hinomi, are you busy?
00:40:44 ...throwing out the locals and replacing them with...
00:48:59 Give it me!
00:53:56 Let's wait for Wen-leung to get things organized.
00:59:19 Didn't you speak to them about it?
01:05:14 ...about Wen-ching's childhood.
01:09:10 ...I admit it.
01:12:52 Right.
01:18:25 Calm down.
01:25:05 ...in my own hands.
01:29:09 ...whatever their jobs
01:38:16 You are back! I was so worried.
01:52:44 Aunt Hinomi, uncle has returned.
02:05:25 Look!
02:10:39 What?
02:22:16 Only then are we satisfied.
15:19:04 its unconditional surrender.
Cast & Characters
Dialogue Record
Lines indexed1,118
Dialogue density7.1 lines / min
First line00:00:09
Final line15:19:04
Production Record
DirectorHou Hsiao-hsien
LanguageChinese
IMDb votes6,452