"Farewell My Concubine" mainly tells the story of the joys and sorrows of two Peking opera actors for half a century, showing their thinking and understanding of traditional culture, people's living conditions and human nature.

Plot introduction: Duan Xiaolou (Zhang Fengyi) and Cheng Dieyi (Leslie Cheung) are a pair of brothers who grew up together. One is an actor and the other is a female actor. They have always worked together flawlessly, especially The performance of "Farewell My Concubine" became even more famous in the capital. For this reason, the two agreed to co-star in "Farewell My Concubine" for the rest of their lives.

However, the two have fundamentally different understandings of the relationship between drama and life. Duan Xiaolou understands that drama is not life, while Cheng Dieyi is indifferent between drama and drama. Duan Xiaolou married the famous prostitute Juxian (Gong Li) when he thought it was time to get married and start a business. Cheng Dieyi believed that Juxian was a shameful third party and made Duan Xiaolou a traitor. The love-hate war born out of "Farewell My Concubine" began to escalate with the changes of the times, and eventually led to tragedy.

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Character introduction in "Farewell My Concubine":

1. Cheng Dieyi

A famous Peking Opera actor who is very obsessed with Peking Opera . She was sold by her mother to learn how to sing Tsing Yi in a Peking Opera troupe since she was a child. Later, she became famous after co-starring in "Farewell My Concubine" with her senior brother Duan Xiaolou. When Cheng Dieyi played the role of Yu Ji, she reached the level of selflessness that "you can't live without going crazy". Coupled with Cheng Dieyi's strange experiences as a child, Cheng Dieyi truly fell into his "dream of drama".

2. Juxian

A famous prostitute with lots of flowers, she was liked by Duan Xiaolou, a famous actor in Kyoto. Later, she fell in love with Duan Xiaolou for a long time, and the two finally came together and married. Get married.

3. Duan Xiaolou

As obsessed with Peking Opera as Cheng Dieyi, Cheng Dieyi’s partner when singing Peking Opera. He looks strong on the outside, but is actually very weak on the inside. He claimed to be patriotic and not to act for the Japanese, but after he was arrested, his junior brother Cheng Dieyi sacrificed himself to save him.

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