Top Cast
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Ren Shuai
Zhao Tianyou
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Xu Yongge
Li Yilong
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Ye Peng
Liu Changzheng
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Liu Xiangjing
Zhao Tianming
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Kai Kang
Lu Zuoxu
Overview
A story concerning the Chinese peasants during the transition period, and the victims of the economic wave during the period of China's reform and opening up.
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Two married couples adjust to the vast social and economic changes taking place in China from the 1980s to the present.
So Long, My Son
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Dwelling in the Fuchun Mountains
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Buddha Mountain
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Deep in the Heart
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One Second
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The Nest
Ah-Ching and his friends have just finished school in their island fishing village, and now spend most of their time drinking and fighting. Three of them decide to go to the port city of Kaohsiung to look for work. They find an apartment through relatives, and Ah-Ching is attracted to the girlfriend of a neighbor. There they face the harsh realities of the big city.
The Boys from Fengkuei
A daughter seeks to restore the reputation of her disgraced father, a wronged college professor. With help of a professional student, she must overcome an ambitious sorority bitch and corrupt college dean.
Scandalous Sex
A polyptych of interconnected stories in different time-zones, shifting between a Yunnan village, a campus, and the Gobi Desert.