Based on Zhu Dao-Nan's memoir "In the Flood of the Great Revolution", the film reproduces the historical picture of the changing circumstances of China before and after the Great Revolution through the pursuit, struggle and differentiation of young intellectuals such as Jin Gong-Shou, Gu Da-Ming, and Yang Ru-Kuan in the revolutionary tide.
as Jin Gong-Shou 靳恭绶
as Yang Ru-Kuan 杨如宽
as Gu Da-Ming 顾达明
as Yu Hong-Kui 余宏奎
as Zhao Jin-Zhang 赵锦章
as Xie Hui 谢辉
as Xue Jian-Bai 薛健白
as Song Zhu-Ping 宋珠萍
as Liu Fen 刘芬
as Lao Zhang 老张
as Instructor Li Jiao-Guan 李教官
as Zhang Da-Rong 张大荣
as Sun The Director of Education 孙教育长
as Staff Jiao 焦参谋
