To Live
Zhang Yimou
Ge You, Gong Li, Jiang Wu, Niu Ben, Guo Tao, Zhang Lu, Ni Dahong, Xiao Cong, Dong Fei, Liu Tianchi, Dong Lifan, Huang Zongluo, Liu Yanjin, Li Lianyi, Yang Tongshun
1994
Mainland China, Hong Kong
Completed
Standard Mandarin Chinese
132 minutes
Detailed introduction
This film (drama)Also known as活着，is aMainland China, Hong KongProducerwomen sex，At1994Released in year
。The dialogue language isStandard Mandarin Chinese，Current Douban rating9.3(For reference only)。
Adapted from the novel of the same name by Yu Hua. Rich gambler Fugui (Ge You) is addicted to gambling. His wife Jiazhen (Gong Li) repeatedly advises him to change, but to no avail. She eventually leaves him with their daughter Fengxia. That night, Fugui loses all his family fortune and dies of anger after his father discovers the truth. He is forced to sell his mother's jewelry and live in a decrepit house. A year later, Jiazhen returns home with their newborn son Youqing and Fengxia in tow, and Fugui sincerely repents, starting a modest life through shadow puppetry. However, good times do not last. During the civil war, Fugui is captured by the Kuomintang and becomes a laborer. After many twists and turns, he returns home to reunite with his family, but Fengxia becomes mute due to illness. Throughout the later Great Leap Forward and the Cultural Revolution, despite gaining some small blessings, adversity continues to follow him like a shadow.