Overview
Engineer Jake Holman arrives aboard the gunboat USS San Pablo, assigned to patrol a tributary of the Yangtze in the middle of exploited and revolution-torn 1926 China. His iconoclasm and cynical nature soon clash with the 'rice-bowl' system which runs the ship and the uneasy symbiosis between Chinese and foreigner on the river. Hostility towards the gunboat's presence reaches a climax when the boat must crash through a river-boom and rescue missionaries upriver at China Light Mission.
| Actor | Age then | Age now | |
|---|---|---|---|
 | 36 | November 7, 1980 (50) | |
 | 43 | August 24, 2014 (90) | |
 | 40 | January 17, 2003 (76) | |
 | 20 | 79 | |
 | 33 | July 21, 2006 (72) | |
 | 51 | December 12, 1996 (81) | |
 | 34 | July 22, 2006 (74) | |
 | 51 | August 29, 1983 (68) | |
 | 58 | July 25, 2005 (96) | |
 | 39 | June 27, 2022 (94) |