A Borrowed Life
1995 2h 47m movie Film Taiwan

A Borrowed Life

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Synopsis

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Sega's children, born into post-war Chinese rule, can't relate to their father's love for Japanese culture, having grown up under Japanese rule before WWII.

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The 1990s Taiwan Landscape

Catalog density by release year across the 1990s in Taiwan, 16 titles in total. Highlighted year (yellow) is when A Borrowed Life premiered alongside 2 others.

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Position in Catalog

Released alongside 2 other Taiwan films in 1995.

The 38th Taiwan title from Taiwan we index (earliest catalogued entry: 1972).

Our Taiwan catalog contains 174 titles in total (149 films).

Audience Engagement

13
Reviews
25th
Review-volume percentile
6th
Popularity percentile

13 audience reviews — more than 25% of Taiwan films in our index.

Popularity sits at the 6th percentile among Taiwan films.

Reception Benchmarks

6.9
TMDB Rating
13
Audience Reviews
Well Received
Critical Tier

Ranked #69 of 174 Taiwan films indexed here (60th percentile by TMDB audience score).

Rating is +0.3 points above the Taiwan average of 6.6/10.

Among Taiwan Drama productions specifically: #57 of 118 (top 48%).

Production Details

Primary CountryTaiwan
Original LanguageChinese
Spoken LanguagesJapanese, Mandarin
Production CompaniesLong Shong Pictures
Runtime2h 47m
Release DateAugust 26, 1995
IMDbtt0109691