

Life on a String
Visit website6.9/10 • 14
1991-09-08 • 1h 50m
A blind man's master told him that after he has broken 1000 strings on his Banjo, he can open the Banjo to get a script for his eyes. After 60 years he broke the 1000th string.
- Directors
- Chen Kaige
- Writters
- Chen Kaige
- Editors
- Chen Kaige, Pei Xiaonan

Life on a String
Visit website1991-09-08 • 1h 50m
6.9/10 • 14
A blind man's master told him that after he has broken 1000 strings on his Banjo, he can open the Banjo to get a script for his eyes. After 60 years he broke the 1000th string.
- Directors
- Chen Kaige
- Writters
- Chen Kaige
- Editors
- Chen Kaige, Pei Xiaonan
Top Billed Cast
View CreditsLiu Zhongyuan
Old Master
Xu Qing
Lanxiu
Huang Lei
Shitou
Ma Ling
Noodle Stall Owner's Wife
Yao Er-ga
Retarded Man at Noodle Stall
Zhang Zhengyuan
Noodle Stall Owner / God of Death
Zhang Jinzhan
Lanxiu's Father
Ling Zhong
Pharmacist
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- Original Language
- Chinese
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- Keywords
- based on novel or bookbanjomountain villageforbidden loveblindnessmentor protégé relationshipkite