Development
Zhang Yimou originally intended to adapt "Mistake at River's Edge," a thriller written by Yu Hua. Yu gave Zhang a set of all of the works that had been published at that point so Zhang could understand his works. Zhang said that he began reading To Live, one of the works, and was unable to stop reading it. Zhang met Yu to discuss the script for "Mistake at River's Edge," but they kept bringing up To Live. The two decided to have To Live adapted instead.
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