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To Live

Married couple Fugui and Jiazhen endure tumultuous events in mid-20th century mainland China as their personal fortunes move from wealthy landownership to peasantry.

2h 13m1994TMDb 8.1

DramaRomanceWar

Chinese

Crew and Cast

Zhang YimouZhang YimouDirectorGe YouGe YouXu FuguiGong LiGong LiXu JiazhenNiu BenNiu BenTown ChiefGuo TaoGuo TaoChunshengJiang WuJiang WuWan ErxiNi DahongNi DahongLong'erLiu TianchiLiu TianchiXu FengxiaZhang LuZhang LuYoung FengxiaDong FeiDong FeiXu YouqingHuang ZongluoHuang ZongluoFugui's DadLiu YanjinLiu YanjinFugui's MomLi LianyiLi LianyiSgt. Lao QuanSu YanSu YanObstetric Nurse
Zhao Yu-XiuPhysician Wang
Xiao JieYoung Fengxia
Zhang KangMantouDong Li-FanDong Li-Fan

Storyline

Married couple Fugui and Jiazhen endure tumultuous events in mid-20th century mainland China as their personal fortunes move from wealthy landownership to peasantry.

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Info

Original title
活着
Status
Released
Released
18 May 1994
Runtime
2h 13m
TMDB score
8.1 / 10 (399 votes)

Production

Director
Zhang Yimou
Writers
Lu Wei, Yu Hua
Studios
Shanghai Film Studio, Era International Ltd
Countries
China, Hong Kong

Languages

Original
Chinese
Spoken
Mandarin