China’s rapid changes from the late 1970s to the early 1990s, as seen through the lives of four performers in a theater troupe.
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The people behind it
Zhao Tao
Yin Ruijuan
Wang Hongwei
Cui Minliang
Liang Jingdong
Chang Jun
Yang Lina
Zhong Pin
Han Sanming
Sanming
Wang Bo
Yao Eryong
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