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.
4.0 / 5
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)
Lilian Lee Bik-Wah
Screenplay
Chen Kaige
Director
Gu Changwei
Director of Photography
Pei Xiaonan
Editor
Novel
Lu Wei
Theme Song Performance
Tang Jun Nian
Executive Producer
Hsu Feng
Zhang Jinzhan
Action Director
Bai Yu
Assistant Director
Jin Ping
Jonathan Lee
Original Music Composer
Zhao Jiping
Zhao Faquan
Cinematography
Yang Yu-He
Art Designer
Yang Zhanjia
Tingxiao Huo
Art Department Assistant
Nakamuka Tawishiko
Sound Recordist
Wei Junhua
Foley Artist
Shen Jianqin
Sound Engineer
Kong Jinlei
Editorial Production Assistant
Hu Bingxu
Conductor
Xianchun Zhang
Prop Designer
Kang Xiaotian
Lighting Director
Jinming Jiang
Dresser
Huang Baorong
Song Shan-Ming
Wang Chi-Min
Music
Sandy Lam
Songs
Zhang Jinting
Xu Guang-Rui
Makeup Artist
Fang Qing-Shan
Tao Jing
Chen Changmin
Costume Design
