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Availability: Disc Set - This title is part of a multi-film set. Please see PURCHASING OPTIONS below to purchase. AKA: A Time To Live, A Time To Die Director: Hou Hsiao-Hsien Released: 1985 [Taiwan] Genre: Drama     Sub-Genre: Art Keywords:  Character-Driven Story || Child / Children || Family / Siblings || Immigrant / Emigrant

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Hou Hsiao-Hsien's Classics: From 1983 To 1986 [LE 4-Disc Set - Brown Box]

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Overview:	This depiction of childhood and adolescence draws heavily from the filmmaker's own boyhood. Like many of their compatriots, Hou's family moved from the mainland to Taiwan in 1948 and was unable ever to return. The film focuses on the widening generation gap in a family cut off from its cultural heritage.
Running Time:	125 mins. (approx.)
Languages:	Mandarin
Subtitles:	ENGLISH, Chinese, Japanese
Distributor:	Sino Movie  [A Taiwan-Based Distributor]
Rating:	UN - "Unrated. This film has not been rated by the review board."
Features:	Letterboxed