To Live

Name: To Live
Genre: Drama, Romance, War
Released: 1994-05-18
Duration: 2 h 13 min
Rating: 8.3
Cast: Ge You, Gong Li, Niu Ben, Guo Tao, Jiang Wu

活着 (1994)

Timing: 2:13 (133 min)

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Release date

1994-05-18

Country

China, Taiwan, Hong Kong

Production

Shanghai Film Studio, Era International Ltd

Genre

Drama, Romance, War

Budget

Revenue

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Director

Zhang Yimou

Actors

Ge You, Gong Li, Niu Ben, Guo Tao, Jiang Wu, Ni Dahong, Liu Tianchi, 余华, Zhang Yimou, Zhang Lu
All actors and roles (10)

Scenario

Producer

Chiu Fu-Sheng, Funhong Kow, Christophe Tseng

Operator

Lü Yue

Composer

Jiping Zhao

Artist

Audition

Editing

Du Yuan
All team (18)

Short description

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

What's left behind the scenes

The Communist Party of China banned its director, Zhang Yimou, from making films for five years for filming this movie. The ban was later lifted due to the worldwide outcry.
The film was not released in mainland China due to its critical depiction of the communist government.