
About
Two boys meet at an opera training school in Peking in 1924. Their resulting friendship will span nearly 70 years and endure some of the most troublesome times in China's history.
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7.9/10

Filipe Manuel Neto
**An excellent film.** I was really curious to see this movie, because as far as I can remember it was the first Chinese movie I saw. Before I saw it, I read a little about it, and I was quite impr... read more
over 2 years ago
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Cast

Leslie Cheung
Cheng Dieyi / Xiao Douzi

Zhang Fengyi
Duan Xiaolou / Xiao Shitou

Gong Li
Juxian

Lü Qi
Master Guan

Ying Da
Manager

Ge You
Master Yuan Shiqing

Lei Han
Xiao Si

Tong Di
Zhang the Eunuch

Yin Zhi
Teenage Douzi

Ma Mingwei
Young Douzi

Zhao Hailong
Teenage Shitou

Fei Zhenxiang
Young Shitou

Yang Yong Chao
Young Xiao Laizi

Huang Fei
Old Master

Jiang Wenli
Douzi's Mother

Zhi Yitong
Aoki Saburo

Li Chun
Teenage Xiao Si

David Wu
Red Guard

Shen Huifen
Cai Feng

Huang Lei
Little Hooligan

Fang Zheng
Client

Sui Yongqing
Madam

Yang Lixin
Douzi (voice)
Director

Chen Kaige
Director
Bai Yu
Assistant Director

Zhang Jinzhan
Action Director
Jin Ping
Assistant Director
Zhang Jinting
Assistant Director
Creator

Lilian Lee Bik-Wah
Screenplay

Lilian Lee Bik-Wah
Novel

Lu Wei
Screenplay