Two boys meet at an opera training school in Peking in 1924. Their resulting friendship will span nearly 70 years and endure some of the most troublesome times in China's history.
張國榮
as Cheng Dieyi / Xiao Douzi
张丰毅
as Duan Xiaolou / Xiao Shitou
巩俐
as Juxian
陸奇
as Master Guan
英达
as Manager
葛优
as Master Yuan Shiqing
Lei Han
as Xiao Si
Yi Di
as Zhang the Eunuch
Yin Zhi
as Teenage Douzi
马明威
as Young Douzi
赵海龙
as Teenage Shitou
Fei Zhenxiang
as Young Shitou
