A Time to Live and a Time to Die Movie Review 1985

Family from southern mainland China emigrate to Taiwan in the '40s to escape from hardship and are unable to return after the communist takeover. They find themselves cut off from their cultural heritage, and though the years pass, everyone still thinks of the mainland as home. Taiwanese with subtitles.

Distribution

Wellspring Media, A Division of Genius Products, Inc., 2230 Broadway, Santa Monica, CA 90904, Phone: (310)453-1222, Fax: (310)453-0074, URL: http://www.wellspring.com

Available on VHS
Running time 137 minutes.
Originally from Chinese.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Family Ties, Period Piece: 1940s

Director

Hou Hsiao-Hsien