- HD 1080
- Runtime: 133m.
- Status: Released
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- Languages: zh
- Country: China, Hong Kong
- Director: Zhang Yimou
- Stars: Ge You, Gong Li, Niu Ben, Guo Tao, Jiang Wu
- keywords: epic, child abuse, china, gambling, communist, gambling debt, cultural revolution, chinese civil war, shadow puppet, 1940s, 1950s, 1960s
- Production_studio: Shanghai Film Studio, Era International Ltd
- The To Live is featured in the top rankings of 1994
- #2 in Top Romance Movies of 1994
- #6 in Top Drama Movies of 1994
- #1 in Top War Movies of 1994
Fugui and Jiazhen endure tumultuous events in China as their personal fortunes move from wealthy landownership to peasantry. Addicted to gambling, Fugui loses everything. In the years that follow he is pressed into both the nationalist and communist armies, while Jiazhen is forced into menial work.