A Borrowed Life
A Borrowed Life (1995) is a drama, directed by Wu Nien-jen. It stars Tsai Chen-nan and Jun Fu. It brings a real-life story to the screen. The 167-minute film holds an audience score of 7.1/10.
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What A Borrowed Life Is About
Sega is a coal miner living in a Taiwan that grew up under Japanese rule and passed to Chinese rule after the war. He is attached to Japanese culture, and his children, born into the new order, cannot understand that attachment; what they learn at school and what their father tells them do not match. The film follows the father and the son who watches him from a distance, from the fifties into the eighties, and what it produces is the portrait of a man left standing at the edge of his own life. Wu Nien-jen wrote it out of his own father and made it as his first film; the original title is simply the word children use when they call their father. Tsai Chen-nan plays the lead in the hundred and sixty seven minute Taiwanese film.
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What is A Borrowed Life about?
Sega is a coal miner living in a Taiwan that grew up under Japanese rule and passed to Chinese rule after the war. He is attached to Japanese culture, and his children, born into the new order, cannot understand that attachment; what they learn at school and what their father tells them do not match.
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How long is A Borrowed Life?
A Borrowed Life runs for 167 minutes (2h 47m).
When did A Borrowed Life come out?
A Borrowed Life was released in 1995.
Who directed A Borrowed Life?
A Borrowed Life was directed by Wu Nien-jen.
Who stars in A Borrowed Life?
A Borrowed Life stars Tsai Chen-nan, Jun Fu, Ing-How Tan, Akio Chen.
What is A Borrowed Life's rating?
A Borrowed Life holds 7.4/10 on IMDb and 7.1/10 on TMDB. Its Pulse Score is 68 out of 100.
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