A City of Sadness
Chinese悲情城市
Mandarinbēiqíng chéngshì
LiterallyCity of sadness
Directed byHou Hsiao-hsien
Produced byChiu Fu-sheng
Written byChu T’ien-wen
Wu Nien-jen
StarringTony Leung Chiu Wai
Sung Young Chen
Jack Kao
Li Tian-lu
Music byS.E.N.S.
CinematographyChen Hwai-en
Edited byLiao Ching-song
Production
company
3-H Films
Distributed byEra Communications (Int'l rights)
Release date
  • 4 September 1989 (1989-09-04) (Venice Film Festival)
  • October 1989 (1989-10) (Taiwan)
Running time
157 minutes
CountryTaiwan
LanguageTaiwanese
Mandarin
Japanese
Cantonese
Shanghainese