To Live

May 18, 1994

2h 13m

★ 8.1

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.

Genres

Drama

Romance

War

Production Companies

Shanghai Film Studio

Era International Ltd

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Cast

Xu Fugui

Ge You

Xu Jiazhen

Gong Li

Town Chief

Niu Ben

Chunsheng

Guo Tao

Wan Erxi

Jiang Wu

Long'er

Ni Dahong

Xu Fengxia

Liu Tianchi

Young Fengxia

Zhang Lu

Xu Youqing

Dong Fei

Fugui's Dad

Huang Zongluo

Fugui's Mom

Liu Yanjin

Sgt. Lao Quan

Li Lianyi

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