The Time to Live and the Time to Die
Film19852h 16m
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- Director
- Hou Hsiao-hsien
- Language
- Chinese
- Released
- 1985-08-03
- Runtime
- 2h 16m
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An autobiographical film based on Taiwanese director Hou Hsiao-hsien's memories of his youth growing up in Taiwan after emigrating from mainland China.
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