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.
as Cheng Dieyi / Xiao Douzi
as Duan Xiaolou / Xiao Shitou
as Juxian
as Master Guan
as Manager
as Master Yuan Shiqing
as Xiao Si
as Zhang the Eunuch
as Teenage Douzi
as Young Douzi
as Teenage Shitou
as Young Shitou
as Young Xiao Laizi
as Old Master
as Douzi's Mother
as Aoki Saburo
as Teenage Xiao Si
as Red Guard
as Cai Feng
as Little Hooligan
as Client
as Madam
as Douzi (voice)