To Live

About 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.

Zhang Yimou's To Live is a 1994 romance war film. At 133 minutes long, it arrived in May 1994.

Ge You stars as Xu Fugui, Gong Li as Xu Jiazhen, Niu Ben as Town Chief, and Guo Tao as Chunsheng. Written by Lu Wei and Yu Hua.

Shelv files it under child abuse, gambling, china, and gambling debt.

Tommy, The Last Emperor, and Driving Miss Daisy make useful companions to To Live, all filed under 1940s, 1950s, and 1960s. It scores 8.2 out of 10 from 424 TMDB voters.