To Live
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Zhang Yimou
Ge You
Gong Li
Niu Ben
Guo Tao
Ni Da Hong
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
Spanning the 1940s-70s, the story of a Chinese family who triumph over political and physical hardships.
Director
Zhang Yimou
Cast
Ge You
Gong Li
Niu Ben
Guo Tao
Ni Da Hong
Liu Tian Chi
Zhang Lu
Xiao Cong
Dong Fei
Huang Zongluo
Liu Yanjing
Li Lianyi
Zhao Yuxiu
Zhang Kang
Pan Jingle
Liu Guangming
Liu Hua
Qu Zhishao
Yang Kuanhou
Hao Bingli
Liu Xingwen
Wang Zengzhong
Du Zhonggan
Meng Guangtang
Liu Renbo
Ding Jianjun
Li Fangping
Li Hong
Wang Danning
Wang Jianming
Wang Yongwei
Su Yan
Zeng Quanbao
Zhang Shaochun
Yang Tongxun
Dong Lifan
Pan Yuejuan
Jia Kangtong
Zhang Zhongliang
Li Wenliang
Xie Liang
Dai Zhongming
Wang Yongguang
Cui Lewen
Chen Shuwen
Huang Xinming
Crew
Wang Bin
Wang Bin
Kow Fuhong
Chen Hongyun
Yu Hua
Yu Hua
Shirley Kao
Zeng Quanbao
Barbara Robinson
Zhang Shaochun
Chen Tianming
Christophe Tseng
Meng Weibin
Hiroshi Yamagata
Ying Yan
Yu Yin
Dyu Yuan
Film Details
Technical Specs
Quotes
Trivia
Miscellaneous Notes
Expanded Release in United States February 3, 1995
Released in United States on Video August 22, 1995
Released in United States 1994
Released in United States September 1994
Released in United States November 1994
Released in United States March 2000
Shown at New York Film Festival September 23 - October 9, 1994.
Shown at Norwegian Film Festival in Haugesund, Norway August 26 - September 2, 1994.
Shown at Vancouver International Film Festival September 30 - October 16, 1994.
Shown at San Sebastian International Film Festival (Open Zone) September 15-24, 1994.
Shown at Hawaii International Film Festival (opening night) November 4-17, 1994.
Shown at Santa Barbara International Film Festival (Zhang Yimou Retrospective) March 2-12, 2000.
Completed shooting December 1993.
Began shooting August 1993.
Released in United States Fall November 18, 1994
Expanded Release in United States December 16, 1994
Expanded Release in United States December 23, 1994
Expanded Release in United States December 30, 1994
Expanded Release in United States January 6, 1995
Expanded Release in United States January 13, 1995
Expanded Release in United States January 20, 1995
Expanded Release in United States January 27, 1995
Expanded Release in United States February 3, 1995
Released in United States on Video August 22, 1995
Released in United States 1994 (Shown at New York Film Festival September 23 - October 9, 1994.)
Released in United States 1994 (Shown at Norwegian Film Festival in Haugesund, Norway August 26 - September 2, 1994.)
Released in United States 1994 (Shown at Vancouver International Film Festival September 30 - October 16, 1994.)
Released in United States September 1994 (Shown at San Sebastian International Film Festival (Open Zone) September 15-24, 1994.)
Released in United States November 1994 (Shown at Hawaii International Film Festival (opening night) November 4-17, 1994.)
Released in United States March 2000 (Shown at Santa Barbara International Film Festival (Zhang Yimou Retrospective) March 2-12, 2000.)
The Republic of Hong Kong
Co-winner, along with Nikita Mikhalkov's "Burnt by the Sun" (France/Russia/1994), of the Grand Prix du Jury at the 1994 Cannes Film Festival. In addition, Ge You received the best actor award.
Nominated for Excellence in Media's 1994 Golden Angel Award for best foreign film.
Nominated for the 1994 British Academy of Film & Television Arts (BAFTA) Award for Best Film Not in the English Language.
Released in United States Fall November 18, 1994
Expanded Release in United States December 16, 1994
Expanded Release in United States December 23, 1994
Expanded Release in United States December 30, 1994
Expanded Release in United States January 6, 1995
Expanded Release in United States January 13, 1995
Expanded Release in United States January 20, 1995
Expanded Release in United States January 27, 1995
Chiu Fu Sheng
