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User Rating:
8.1/10   5,374 votes
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Director:
Yimou Zhang
Writers:
Wei Lu (screenplay)
Hua Yu (novel)
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Contact:
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Release Date:
December 1994 (USA) more
Genre:
Drama more
Plot:
Fugui and Jiazhen endure tumultuous events in China as their personal fortunes move from wealthy landownership to peasantry... more | add synopsis
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Awards:
Nominated for Golden Globe. Another 4 wins & 2 nominations more
User Comments:
Understanding our 'Foreign' neighbors more

Cast

  (in credits order)
You Ge ... Xu Fugui
Li Gong ... Xu Jiazhen
Ben Niu ... Town Chief
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Xiao Cong
Deng Fei ... Xu Youqing
Tao Guo ... Chunsheng
Zongluo Huang ... Fu Gui's dad
Wu Jiang ... Wan Erxi
Tianchi Liu ... Xu Fengxia, as an adult
Zhang Lu
Dahong Ni ... Long'er
Yan Su
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Directed by
Yimou Zhang 
 
Writing credits
(in alphabetical order)
Wei Lu  screenplay
Hua Yu  novel
Hua Yu  screenplay

Produced by
Fu-Sheng Chiu .... producer
Funhong Kow .... producer
Christophe Tseng .... producer
 
Original Music by
Jiping Zhao 
 
Cinematography by
Yue Lu 
 
Film Editing by
Yuan Du 
 
Art Direction by
Juiping Cao 
 
Production Management
Pingan Wang .... production manager
Zhenyan Zhang .... production manager
 
Sound Department
Jing Tao .... sound
 

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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Lifetimes
Living
To Live
Woot jeuk (Hong Kong: Cantonese title)
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Parents Guide:
View content advisory for parents
Runtime:
125 min
Country:
China | Hong Kong
Language:
Mandarin
Color:
Color
Sound Mix:
Dolby
Certification:
South Korea:15 | Germany:12 | Australia:PG | Iceland:L | Singapore:PG | Spain:T | Sweden:11 | UK:12
Company:
ERA International more

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
This film is banned in China. However, there are a number of pirate copies you can buy on the street. more
Quotes:
Xu Fugui: What did you name our son?
Xu Jiazhen: "Don't Gamble".
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Movie Connections:
Featured in The 52nd Annual Golden Globe Awards (1995) (TV) more

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User Comments

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4 out of 5 people found the following comment useful:-
Understanding our 'Foreign' neighbors, 4 March 2003
10/10
Author: (JasonT413@aol.com) from Barcelona

This film is an excellent journey in the life of one unimportant chinese family through the middle of the 20th century. The rise of the communist regime is there for us to see in all it's glory and ineptitude as well. The films shows the fallibility of human government. This family goes through life surviving love intact through hardships and tragidies but they continue 'Living', 'To Live' and that is the beauty of the film.

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Why isn't this movie in the TOP 250 with a score of 8.2? xpdavidcai
More interesting in view of Chinese censorship than in itself blubb06
What is the meaning behind the title? Lefantome16
Can someone translate the prof's sign? belljar666
Incorrect writing credit? storm_420
Your reviews make me wonder if i saw the same film.. Trickyrich
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