Taiwan Synopsis
童年往事
An autobiographical film based on Taiwanese director Hou Hsiao-hsien's memories of his youth growing up in Taiwan after emigrating from mainland China.
Audience Engagement
83 audience reviews — more than 90% of Taiwan films in our index.
Popularity sits at the 86th percentile among Taiwan films.
Titles With Overlapping Themes
Films and series that share thematic tags with The Time to Live and the Time to Die. Number on each card indicates how many keywords overlap.
Other Titles From Central Motion Picture Corporation
The 1980s Taiwan Landscape
Catalog density by release year across the 1980s in Taiwan, 20 titles in total. Highlighted year (yellow) is when The Time to Live and the Time to Die premiered alongside 1 others.
Position in Catalog
The 22nd Taiwan title from Taiwan we index (earliest catalogued entry: 1972).
Our Taiwan catalog contains 174 titles in total (149 films).
Thematic Fingerprint
Tags on The Time to Live and the Time to Die, grouped by how common each theme is across the full Asian catalog. Rare tags are more distinctive signals.
- youth gang · 3
- 1960s · 20
- 1950s · 15
- taiwan · 14
- coming of age · 78
- family relationships · 57
- 1940s · 35
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #35 of 174 Taiwan films indexed here (80th percentile by TMDB audience score).
Rating is +0.7 points above the Taiwan average of 6.6/10.
Among Taiwan Drama productions specifically: #30 of 118 (top 25%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | Taiwan |
|---|---|
| Original Language | Chinese |
| Production Companies | Central Motion Picture Corporation |
| Runtime | 2h 18m |
| Release Date | August 3, 1985 |
| IMDb | tt0090185 |