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A Time to Live and a Time to Die

1988·2h 18m·Not Rated
DramaBiography
IMDb Rating
★ 7.5/10
3,937 votes

The semi-autobiographical film on director Hou Hsiao-Hsien's childhood and adolescence, when he was growing up in Taiwan, living through the deaths of his father, mother and grandmother.

A Time to Live and a Time to Die is a 1988 drama biography movie directed by Hsiao-Hsien Hou, starring Yu An-Shun, Chia-bao Chang, Chih-Chen Chen. It holds an IMDb rating of 7.5/10 from 3,937 votes and runs 2h 18m.

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Director
Hsiao-Hsien Hou
Stars
Yu An-Shun
Chia-bao Chang
Chih-Chen Chen
Neng Chang
Details
1988-01-01
138 min
Movie
Not Rated
★ Taiwan
★ Mandarin, Hakka, Min Nan
Keywords
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