Li Zhihua, a physician practicing in rural Henan province during the Mao era, gains great fame when his inexpensive herbal remedy cures a plague of poliomyelitis. But his medical skills, cannot protect his family from the political chaos of the Cultural Revolution. Nor are they enough to treat the flood of impoverished patients at his doorstep.
Wang Qingxiang
李振华
Yihan Huang
李豫红
Zhang Qian
Fang Meng
Liu Chenxia
Zhihua's Wife
Wang Gang
Director Liu
Song Chacha
Guo Huiyun
Li Zhihua, a physician practicing in rural Henan province during the Mao era, gains great fame when his inexpensive herbal remedy cures a plague of poliomyelitis. But his medical skills, cannot protect his family from the political chaos of the Cultural Revolution. Nor are they enough to treat the flood of impoverished patients at his doorstep.
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