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.

• DirectorChen Kaige
• Release1 January 1993
• GenreDrama
• Duration2h 51m
• Budget$4,000,000
• Revenue$6,400,000
• Rate
  

  7.944
  647 reviews
• Productions

  Beijing Film Studio, China Film Co-Production Corp., Tomson (Hong Kong) Films Co., Ltd.