
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
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

Tong 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)