Married couple Fugui and Jiazhen endure tumultuous events in mid-20th century mainland China as their personal fortunes move from wealthy landownership to peasantry.

• Shanghai Film Studio
• Era International Ltd
• Ge You
• Gong Li
• Niu Ben
• Guo Tao
• Jiang Wu
• Ni Dahong
• Liu Tianchi
• Zhang Lu