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Wo bu shi yao shen

  • 2018
  • Not Rated
  • 1h 57m
IMDb RATING
7.8/10
8.7K
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Wo bu shi yao shen (2018)
A story on how a small drug store owner became the exclusive selling agent of a cheap Indian generic drug against Chronic Granulocytic Leukemia in China.
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The story of how a small drugstore owner became the exclusive selling agent of a cheap Indian generic drug against Chronic Granulocytic Leukemia in China.The story of how a small drugstore owner became the exclusive selling agent of a cheap Indian generic drug against Chronic Granulocytic Leukemia in China.The story of how a small drugstore owner became the exclusive selling agent of a cheap Indian generic drug against Chronic Granulocytic Leukemia in China.

  • Director
    • Muye Wen
  • Writers
    • Jianv Han
    • Muye Wen
    • Wei Zhong
  • Stars
    • Zheng Xu
    • Yiwei Zhou
    • Chuan-jun Wang
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • IMDb RATING
    7.8/10
    8.7K
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Muye Wen
    • Writers
      • Jianv Han
      • Muye Wen
      • Wei Zhong
    • Stars
      • Zheng Xu
      • Yiwei Zhou
      • Chuan-jun Wang
    • 43User reviews
    • 16Critic reviews
    • 63Metascore
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 67 wins & 54 nominations total

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    Zheng Xu
    Zheng Xu
    • Cheng Yong
    Yiwei Zhou
    Yiwei Zhou
    • Cao Bin
    Chuan-jun Wang
    • Lv Shouyi
    • (as Chuanjun Wang)
    Zhuo Tan
    Zhuo Tan
    • Liu Sihui
    Zhang Yu
    Zhang Yu
    • Yellow Hair
    • (as Yu Zhang)
    Xinming Yang
    Xinming Yang
    • Priest Liu
    Yanhui Wang
    Yanhui Wang
    • Zhang Changlin
    Naiwen Li
    • Swiss Medical Representative
    Beibi Gong
    Beibi Gong
    • Cao Ling
    Jiajia Wang
    • Lv Shouyi's Wife
    Bharat Bhatia
    Bharat Bhatia
    • Cargo Ship Chef
    Guanming Fu
    • Nightclub manager
    • (as Fu Guanming)
    Chenfei Jia
    • Police
    Qianyi Ma
    Qianyi Ma
    • Liu Sihui's daughter
    Hao Ning
    Hao Ning
    • Landlord
    Xiaozhi Ning
    • Police chief
    Qiang Shi
    • Presiding judge
    Keith Shillitoe
    Keith Shillitoe
    • Swiss Ambassador
    • Director
      • Muye Wen
    • Writers
      • Jianv Han
      • Muye Wen
      • Wei Zhong
    • All cast & crew
    • Production, box office & more at IMDbPro

    User reviews43

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    10aliensqueen

    One of the best Chinese films I've seen in recent years

    Combined with partial reality, with great written and brilliant acting, one of the best films I've ever seen in recent years. Lots of emotional and powerful scenes, recommend for those who would appreciate really good drama/featured films.
    9chenkaorong

    A feeling from my heart

    This is a realistic movie from China.Realistic meaning is greater than the movie itself.That dying to survive represents the movie theme.the contest between emotion and law,which is a lasting and sharp topic.To a large extent,the theme's overcoming influences and promotes the development of Chinese movies.
    9evan9103

    The film discusses the grey areas under Chinese drug control and the boundary between law and human feelings.

    This is one of the best Chinese movies in history. The film discusses the grey areas under Chinese drug control and the boundary between law and human feelings. The whole movie has promoted the Chinese society's reflection on the control of drugs for the treatment of severe diseases and the excessively high price. to some extent, it also satirizes the inadequacy of the Chinese government in related issues. in fact, after the movie hit, people enthusiastically discussed related issues on the internet, which has also prompted the Chinese government to further make more positive changes to the inadequacy of current drug control. Such movie themes are rare under the current control system of the Chinese government for movie and TV creation themes. I don't understand at all that one of the comments written by IMDB user thebigsick thinks that the theme of this movie is a cliche, and even thinks that this movie has won good public praise and attention purely by means of propaganda and hype. Sorry, I can't understand why you think that way. The theme of this movie alone is worth thumbs up. Almost all Chinese movies will use a lot of online publicity before and at the beginning of their release. this is a commercial movie, there is no problem with doing so. However, not all movies will gain a good reputation because of hype. if the movie itself is very bad, and only depends on a lot of publicity and hype in the early stage. in less than three days, it will get a lot of bad reviews. Because the audience is not a fool. This movie scored 8.9 points on the well-known Chinese film review website douban movie ( you can understand it as China's IMDB, douban movie is a platform with a lot of credibility in China. many people will refer to douban's score before deciding whether to spend money on a movie,only a very small number of Chinese movies can score more than 7 points on douban ).Within a week of this movie's release, it has accumulated 1.8 billion RMB ( about 27 million us dollars ) in box office. Whether you like it or not, this proves that it is a good movie. So the user thebigsick didn't understand the real meaning of this movie at all, or why Chinese people think it is a good movie.
    9dominicbrady01

    Fun, emotional and witty

    A good movie. Some clever parts and an unusual set of characters make for a good watch. I recommend this movie. Some cliche parts but it's based on a true story so fair enough. Quite a feel good movie with some roller coaster emotional parts. Best movie I've seen in a while. Having said that it's not exactly phenomenal or to be held up against the greats but forgetting comparison with other better movies it does well as a standalone movie.
    10michaelsundmlis

    The soul on the balance

    It's not related to the politic correctness of Chinese government. It's just the trade-off between the pharmaceutical companies and the patients.

    Higher drug price -> Companies gets more money -> More drug researched -> better drug produced and the old drug price drop. It is a chain of the free market in theory.However, that's why the theory is always in theory.

    Yes we will finally get the market balance of the drug price when the drug matches the average buying power. However, how many people would die before and after it? Can we really put the lives and souls onto the balance?

    Was it worth it? (Yes you are right, I am playing Frostpunk:)

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    • Quotes

      Zhang Changlin: I've been doing this business for years, and I've realized that there is only one kind of illness. poverty. You can't help with it. What's more, there are too many to help, forget it.

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    • Release date
      • July 5, 2018 (China)
    • Country of origin
      • China
    • Official site
      • Official site (Japan)
    • Languages
      • Mandarin
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Dying to Survive
    • Production companies
      • Film Workshop
      • Beijing Culture
      • Beijing Joy Leader Culture Commmunication
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    Box office

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    • Budget
      • $15,000,000 (estimated)
    • Gross US & Canada
      • $6,752
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $3,238
      • Aug 11, 2019
    • Gross worldwide
      • $451,183,391
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 57 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby Digital
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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