Married couple Fugui and Jiazhen endure tumultuous events in mid-20th century mainland China as their personal fortunes move from wealthy landownership to peasantry.
Social & External
The people behind it
Ge You
Xu Fugui
Gong Li
Xu Jiazhen
Niu Ben
Town Chief
Guo Tao
Chunsheng
Jiang Wu
Wan Erxi
Ni Dahong
Long'er
Liu Tianchi
Xu Fengxia
Zhang Lu
Young Fengxia
Dong Fei
Xu Youqing
Huang Zongluo
Fugui's Dad
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