171 minutes
1/1/1993
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.
Leslie Cheung Kwok-Wing
as Cheng Dieyi / Xiao Douzi
Zhang Fengyi
as Duan Xiaolou / Xiao Shitou
Gong Li
as Juxian
Lü Qi
as Master Guan
Ying Da
as Manager
Ge You
as Master Yuan Shiqing
Lei Han
as Xiao Si
Yi Di
as Zhang the Eunuch
Yin Zhi
as Teenage Douzi
Ma Mingwei
as Young Douzi
Zhao Hailong
as Teenage Shitou
Fei Zhenxiang
as Young Shitou
Yang Yong Chao
as Young Xiao Laizi
Huang Fei
as Old Master
Jiang Wenli
as Douzi's Mother
Zhi Yitong
as Aoki Saburo
Li Chun
as Teenage Xiao Si
David Wu
as Red Guard
Shen Huifen
as Cai Feng
Huang Lei
as Little Hooligan
Fang Zheng
as Client
Sui Yongqing
as Madam
Yang Lixin
as Douzi (voice)