Name: Dying to Survive
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Released: 2018-07-05
Rating: 9.6
Cast: Xu Zheng, Zhou Yi Wei, Eric Wang, Tan Zhuo, Zhang Yu

Xu Zheng is a Chinese actor, director and filmmaker. Born on April 18, 1972, he is best known for directing, co-writing, co-producing and starring in “Lost in Thailand” (2012) and “Lost in Hong Kong” (2015), two of the highest-grossing films in China, and for acting in many comedy roles. Xu Zheng married actress Tao Hong, with whom he starred in the hit 2010 television series “Sunny Piggy,” in 2002.

Xu Zheng

Zhou Yi Wei

Eric Wang

Tan Zhuo is a Chinese actress. She was born on September 25, 1983 in Changchun, China, and made her acting debut in 2009. Since then, she has appeared in various films and television dramas, including “Story of Yanxi Palace” (2018), “The Legend of Hao Lan” (2019), and “Sheep Without a Shepherd” (2019).

Tan Zhuo

Zhang Yu, formerly known as Zhang Xin, is an award-winning Chinese actor. He was born in Guizhou Province, China, on September 25, 1982 and made his acting debut in 2015. Since then, he has appeared in a number of films, including “A Cool Fish” (2018) and “Dying to Survive” (2018).

Zhang Yu

Wang Yan Hui is a Chinese actor who was born on April 30, 1970, in Kunming, China. He studied at the Yunnan Arts University. Some of his most noteworthy roles came in the movies “Trouble Makers” (2006), “Breakup Buddies” (2014), and “A Cool Fish” (2018). He has also appeared in a large number of drama series titles, such as “Interpol China: September Storm” (2003) and the more recent “Sniper” (2020).

Wang Yan Hui

Gong Bei Bi is a Chinese actress who was born on February 21, 1978, in Fujian, China. She began appearing in drama and TV titles while still a child, and later studied at the Central Academy of Drama. She has continued to act in hit drama and film releases ever since, starring in small-screen titles such as “Fight for Love” (2002) and “Horrible Bosses” (2015). More recently, she has featured in the movie “Shu Zhen” and “The Return of the Condor Heroes” (both 2020).

Gong Bei Bi

Cheng Yong (Xu Zheng), a divorced and struggling salesman of imported Indian aphrodisiacs, is desperate to fund his father's urgent surgery. When Lu Sihui (Tan Zhuo), a Chronic Myeloid Leukemia (CML) patient, approaches him with a plan to smuggle illegal anti-CML drugs from India into China, Cheng Yong sees an opportunity to help patients and earn money. He begins smuggling life-saving medications, driven by growing empathy for those with devastating illnesses. As his underground business expands, Cheng Yong faces increasing risks from law enforcement determined to shut down illegal drug networks. Based on the real-life story of leukemia patient Lu Yong, this is a 2018 South Korean comedy-drama film directed by Wen Muye.

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