
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