---
title: 'Dying to Survive (2018)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Wen Muye'
released: '2018-06-19'
runtime_minutes: 117
genres:
  - 'Comedy'
countries:
  - 'People''s Republic of China'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/dying-to-survive-2018'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7362036/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Dying to Survive (2018)

2018 · 117 min · Comedy · People's Republic of China

Original title: 我不是药神

## Synopsis

Dying to Survive is a 2018 Chinese comedy-drama film directed by Wen Muye in his feature film debut. The film is based on the real-life story of Lu Yong (陆勇), a Chinese leukemia patient who smuggled cheap and generic cancer medicine from India for 1,000 Chinese cancer sufferers in 2004. Dying to Survive stars Xu Zheng in the lead role, who also co-produced the film with Ning Hao.

## Credits

- **Producer:** [Xu Zheng](https://cinepixo.com/people/xu-zheng), [Ning Hao](https://cinepixo.com/people/ning-hao)
- **Director:** [Wen Muye](https://cinepixo.com/people/wen-muye), [Jianv Han](https://cinepixo.com/people/jianv-han)
- **Screenplay:** [Wen Muye](https://cinepixo.com/people/wen-muye)

## Cast

- [Xu Zheng](https://cinepixo.com/people/xu-zheng)
- [Zhang Yu](https://cinepixo.com/people/zhang-yu)
- [Zhou Yiwei](https://cinepixo.com/people/zhou-yiwei)
- [Xinming Yang](https://cinepixo.com/people/xinming-yang)
- [Ning Hao](https://cinepixo.com/people/ning-hao)
- [Eric Wang](https://cinepixo.com/people/eric-wang)
- [Wang Yanhui](https://cinepixo.com/people/wang-yanhui)
- [Wei Qing](https://cinepixo.com/people/wei-qing)
- [Naiwen Li](https://cinepixo.com/people/naiwen-li)
- [Tan Zhuo](https://cinepixo.com/people/tan-zhuo)

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