City of Sadness Credits
City of Sadness (Beiqing chengshi)
Taiwan, 1989
Director: Hou Hsiao-Hsien (Hou Xiaoxian)
Distributor: Artificial Eye. Production Company: 3-H Films.
An Era International Presentation. Executive Producer: H. T. Jan,
Michael Yang. Producer: Qiu Fusheng. Associate Producer:
Huakun. Production Managers: Tuo Zongmin, He Jingping, Xu Sixian,
Wu Zhongliang.
Production Crew
Assistant Directors: Huang Jianhe, George Chang. Screenplay:
Wu Nianzhen, Zhu Tianwen. Photographer: Chen Huai'en. Assitant
Photographer: Liu Changhou, Zhao Faquan, Zhang Dalong, Wang Yunming.
Intertitle Photography: Liu Deguang. Lighting: Song
Diansheng. Editor: Liao Qingsong. Production Designers: Liu
Zhihua, Lin chongwen. Music: Tachikawa Naoki, Zhang Hongzyi.
Music Performed by: Sens. Music Produced by: Cai Zhennan.
Funhouse Inc. Wedding Music performed by: Yiwanran Zhangzong
Groups. "Exile Trilogy" Music: Chen Jianzhong, Shang Yu, Lai Xihuang.
Costumes: Zhu Jingwen. Sound Recording: Du Duzhi, Yang
Jing'an. Production Assistants: Wan Guoxiang, Ding Shaobai.
Ruantan Opera sequence staged by: Pan Yujiao. Subtitles:
Stan Lai, Shu Kei.
Cast
Li Tianlu (Lin Ah-Lu), Chen Songyong (Lin Wen-Hsung) Gao Jie (Lin Wen-
Liang) Tony Leung (Lin Wen-Ching), Wu Yifang (Wu Hinoe)., Xin Shufen (Wu
Hinomi), Chen Shufang (Mio, First Brother's Wife) Ke Suyun (Second
Brother's Wife), Lin Liqing (Third Brother's Wife), He Aiyun (First Brother's
Mistress), Kenny Cheung (Ah Ga), Yang Changjiang (Ah Ga's Father), Ling
Yang (Mr. Ko) Liu Yiubin (Man From Wenzhou) Huang Qianru (Ah Shueh), Luo
Chengye (Ah Kun), Nakamura Ikuyo (Ogawa Shizuko), Nagatani Sentaro
(Ogawa), Lin Zhaoxiong (Ah Cheng), Lin Ju (Kim Tsua), Zhang Wenzhong (Kim
Chuan), Lu Qing (Mr. Wu), Mei Fang (Mrs. Wu), Lei Ming (Man from Shanghai),
Wen Shuai (Ah Soa), Bi Li (Billy), Lai Denan (Hospital Administrator), Li
Jianbin and Ye Zhizhong (Doctors), Ai Zaitu ("Red Monkey"), Chen Yurong (Ah
Tsun), A Pipe (Ah Kio), Ye Wutong (Stallholder), Liu Zhuolun
(Photographer), Xiao Chengji, Xhao Zhiyuan and Zhang Fangcheng
(Bodyguard), Yan Chun-chun (Nurse), Takakuwa Junko (Japanese Woman), Ma
Wenhou (Ruantan Opera Actress), H. T. Jan (Mr. Lin), Wu Nianzhen (Mr. Wu),
Xie Caijun (Mr. Xie), Zhang Dachun (Mr. He), Jin Shijie (Mr. Huang), Gao
Chongli (Heavy), Chen Liangyue (Army Office).
14,464 ft. 160 mins. Mandarin, Hokkien, Shanghaiese, Cantonese, and
Japanese dialogue.
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