Overview
A critical hit during one of China’s most politically charged periods, Zheng’s follow-up to his 1959 anniversary epics merged Soviet-style socialist realism with his own breakthroughs in film technique, specifically his use of continuous camera movement in the spirit of traditional Chinese scrolls. Tractor-kino at its finest, the film revolves around two rural lovers—one struck with a deadly disease—and their eventual survival thanks to socialist medical advances.
| Actor | Age then | Age now | |
|---|---|---|---|
 | 20 | 85 | |
 | - | - | |
 | 40 | November 22, 1968 (48) | |
 | 45 | July 31, 2009 (94) | |
 | 29 | April 4, 2019 (88) | |
 | 39 | December 19, 2012 (91) | |
 | 36 | 101 | |
 | 25 | 89 | |
| - | - | |
 | 36 | December 25, 2014 (90) |