"Fifty years of modern Chinese history (1900-1950), including wars, revolutions and corrupt politics, as seen through the life and times of a simple Beijing policeman and his family."
Shi Hui
as I
Wei Heling
as
Cui Chaoming
Shen Yang
Li Wei
Cheng Zhi
Liang Ming
Yu Zhongying
Hong Xia
Gao Xiaoou
Shan Jiang
Lin Zhen
Tian Zhendong
Tian Taixuan
马忠英
as 人贩
Shi Ling
as 辫子兵
Hu Xiaohan
as Da Niu
Min Wang
as My wife
Xiu Jiang
as Master Qin
Cao Wei
as Cop A
Ding Li
as Male Servant
Jixiong Feng
as Xiao Suo
Zhaoren Meng
as Shopkeeper Meng
Yi Sun
as Female servant
Mang Xia
as Japanese Army officer Cao
Han Xiao
Yueying Zhu
as Noodle shop Keeper
Director
Lao-She
Novel
Fu Jiqiu
Editor
Huang Yijun
Original Music Composer
Ge Weiqing
Director of Photography
Qi Qiuming
Costume Design
Hongxiang Ma
Ni Yi-Fei
Makeup Department Head
Ye Ming
Assistant Director
Xingzai Wu
Producer
Antonio Catalano
Other
Liang Guo
Sound
Yimin Shen
Gen Mao
Hancheng Niu
Production Design
Yuebai Wang
Ma Linfa
Liuqing Yang
Writer