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Mood:
- CaptivatingTenseEmotionalRough
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Plot:
- Siblings RelationsFamily in DangerFamily LifePolitical UnrestSocietyState AffairsFamily RelationsMute or Deaf more...
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Genres:
- DramaHistoricalForeignPeriod
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Time/Period:
- 20th Century40s
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Place:
- Taiwan
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Praise:
- Award WinnerEssentialPrestigious AwardsVenice Festival Winner
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- SeriousRealistic
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- Violent Content
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Bei qing cheng shi, 1989
Taiwanese, Mandarin, Japanese, Cantonese, Shanghainese
Hong Kong, Taiwan
Profile of Bei qing cheng shi
Bei qing cheng shi can be described as tense, captivating, and emotional. The plot revolves around a family in danger, political unrest, and sibling relations. The main genres are drama, foreign, and historical. In approach, Bei qing cheng shi is serious and realistic. It is located in Taiwan. It takes place in the 20th century. Bei qing cheng shi has received attention for being a Venice Festival winner and essential viewing. Note that it involves violent content.
Summary of Bei qing cheng shi
Hou’s leisurely paced, Golden Lion winning film takes a sprawling and epic yet intimate look at the liberation of Taiwan from Japan in 1945 and the subsequent unrest caused by the Chinese Civil War, looking at it through the eyes of one particular family and its four disparate brothers, beautifully taking in scenes of great tenderness and brutal violence.
Details
| Language: | Taiwanese, Mandarin, Japanese, Cantonese, Shanghainese |
| Country: | Hong Kong, Taiwan |
| Release date: | 6 October 1989 |
| Runtime: | 157 min |
Cast and Crew
as Wen-heung
as Hinoiei
as Shizuko
as Wen Leung
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