To Live

To Live (1994)

18/05/1994
Drama, Romance, War
2h 13m

Overview

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

  • Zhang YimouDirector
  • Lu WeiScreenplay
  • Yu HuaScreenplay
  • Original Title

    活着

  • Status

    Released

  • Original Language

    Chinese

Keywords

  • epic
  • child abuse
  • china
  • gambling
  • gambling debt
  • cultural revolution
  • chinese civil war
  • shadow puppet
  • 1940s
  • 1950s
  • 1960s

Top Billed Cast

Ge You

Ge You

Xu Fugui

Gong Li

Gong Li

Xu Jiazhen

Niu Ben

Niu Ben

Town Chief

Guo Tao

Guo Tao

Chunsheng

Jiang Wu

Jiang Wu

Wan Erxi

Ni Dahong

Ni Dahong

Long'er

Liu Tianchi

Liu Tianchi

Xu Fengxia

Zhang Lu

Zhang Lu

Young Fengxia

Dong Fei

Dong Fei

Xu Youqing

Huang Zongluo

Huang Zongluo

Fugui's Dad

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