Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- 158 min
- Age rating
- NR
- Language
- Chinese
- Country
- Hong Kong SAR China, Taiwan
Why tonight?
- A long one. Start it early, and give it the whole evening.
- In Chinese — subtitles on.
The story
The story of a family embroiled in the "White Terror," the Kuomintang government's anti-communist political repression that was wrought on the Taiwanese people from 1947-1987.
The look
A few frames, chosen rather than collected.
The bill
Tony Leung Chiu-wai
Wen-Ching
Hsin Shu-Fen
Wu Kuan Mei / Hinome
Chan Chung-Yung
Wen-Heung
Jack Kao
Wen Leung
- Tai Bo — Ah Jia
- Li Tian-Lu — Ah Lu
- Grace Chen Shu-Fang — Meidai
- Wu Nien-jen — Mr. Wu
- Tsai Chen-nan — Singer
- King Shih-chieh — Mr. Huang
- Ko Su-yun — Sister-in-law
- Wou Yi Fang — Wu Kuan Rong / Hinoiei
- Chi-Ying Kao — Shopkeeper
- Ho Ai-Yun — Concubine
- Huang Chien-ru — Ah Xue
- Directed
- Hou Hsiao-hsien
- Written
- Wu Nien-jen, Chu Tien-Wen
Production
- Rating
- 7.5 / 10 · 156 ratings
- Studio
- ERA International, 3-H Films
If this stayed with you
Then these are the nearest things Cue holds — chosen for what they share with it, not for what happens to be popular.
