"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."
Tony Leung
as Wen-Ching
Hsin Shu-Fen
as Wu Kuan Mei / Hinome
Chan Chung-Yung
as Wen-Heung
Jack Kao
as Wen Leung
Tai Bo
as Ah Jia
Li Tian-Lu
as Ah Lu
Grace Chen Shu-Fang
as Meidai
Wu Nien-jen
as Mr. Wu
Tsai Chen-Nan
as Singer
King Shih-Chieh
as Mr. Huang
Su-Yun Ko
as Sister-in-law
Wou Yi Fang
as Wu Kuan Rong / Hinoiei
Chi-Ying Kao
as Shopkeeper
Ho Ai-Yun
as Concubine
Huang Chien-ru
as Ah Xue
Ju Lin
as Jin Quan
Lih-Ching Lin
Ching Lu
as Wu's Father
Ikuyo Nakamura
as Shizuko Ogawa
Mei Fang
as Wu's Mother
Zhang Dachun
as Reporter He
Hou Hsiao-hsien
Director
Writer
Yau Fook-Sang
Producer
Ching-an Yang
Sound
Chang Tso-chi
Assistant Director
Chen Hwai-En
Director of Photography
Tu Duu-Chih
Chu Tien-wen
Chi-Wah Lau
Art Direction
Lam Shung-Man