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To Live (1994)

★ 8.1 · 375 ratings on TMDB
To Live poster★ 8.1

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

DirectorZhang Yimou
CastDong Fei, Ge You, Gong Li, Guo Tao, Huang Zongluo, Jiang Wu
GenresDrama, Romance, War
The emergence reading

To Live keeps every mind human — it fights its subject at zero distance. The story fights on E8/E12 of the E0–E14 reality ladder.

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