Rent Life on a String on DVD

Life on a String

1991 Rated NR 1hr 47m

An old, blind banjo player (Zhongyuan Liu) was promised as a child that when he broke his thousandth string, his sight would be restored. As the promised cure draws near, he and his apprentice, Shitou (Lei Huang), also blind, diverge in their beliefs on the purpose of music. Qing Xu also stars in writer-director Kaige Chen's heartfelt fable, adapted from the novel by Tiesheng Shi.

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Cast: Huang Lei, Xu Qing, Zhongyuan Liu

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Movie Details

Cast: Huang Lei, Xu Qing, Zhongyuan Liu

Director: Kaige Chen

Genres: Foreign, China, Foreign Dramas, Mandarin Language, Foreign Regions, Foreign Languages

Language: Mandarin

Format: DVD

Ratings: NR
Not rated. This movie has not been rated by the MPAA.

Screen formats

Widescreen 1.85:1

Subtitles

English

Closed captioned

No

Language and sound

Chinese Mandarin: Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo

Other features

Color; interactive menus; scene access.