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
00:05:22 Wen-heung
00:11:49 They are all interesting, and so we are studying them.
00:16:52 Wen-leung, quiet!
00:20:45 It's a good feeling.
00:26:32 Please give it to him with the sword as a memento.
00:31:58 Now that you have recovered, you can do anything.
00:35:15 How many do you have?
00:40:07 The real problem is unemployment.
00:44:12 I used to mimic her. My teacher said I'd become an actor.
00:51:11 Give me Taipei 24.
00:58:17 Only the Japanese government.
01:02:48 Red Monkey didn't want to return the money.
01:08:12 My son, a collaborator?
01:11:40 It's OK. If that's how you think, forget it.
01:16:14 ...to be released before New Year.
01:22:48 ...tying me to a telegraph pole when I was a boy.
01:26:23 ...you have to look after him, brother.
01:31:17 Meanwhile, I am announcing the reintroduction of martial law.
01:40:04 I only want to know...
01:57:39 He has come especially to see you.
02:06:18 Ah-shue,you tell him.
02:16:03 Bow to the ancestors.
02:26:59 Still running! Shit!
Cast & Characters
Dialogue Record
Lines indexed1,118
Dialogue density7.1 lines / min
First line00:00:09
Final line02:26:59
Production Record
DirectorHou Hsiao-hsien
LanguageChinese
IMDb votes6,452