Synopsis: Duan Xiaolou (ZhangFeng yi) and Cheng Dieyi (Leslie Cheung) are a pair of other disciples who grew up together. They are actors and actresses. They have always cooperated seamlessly, especially Farewell My Concubine, which is a household name in Beijing. Therefore, they agreed to co-star Farewell My Concubine for life.
However, their understanding of the relationship between drama and life is fundamentally different. Duan Xiaolou knew that drama was not life, while Cheng Dieyi did not distinguish between people and drama. Duan Xiaolou married a famous prostitute Juxian (Gong Li) when he thought it was time to get married, which led Cheng Dieyi to think Juxian was a shameful third party and made Duan Xiaolou a traitor. Since then, the love and hate of the three people around Farewell My Concubine have escalated with the changes of the times, which eventually led to tragedy.
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Introduction to the role of Farewell My Concubine;
Cheng Dieyi 1
A famous actor in Beijing opera, he is very obsessed with Beijing opera. Since childhood, she was sold by her mother to a Peking Opera class to learn to sing Tsing Yi. Later, she became a famous actress with her brother Duan Xiaolou for co-starring in Farewell My Concubine. When Cheng Dieyi played in Kyrgyzstan, he reached the state of "no madness, no existence". Coupled with the strange experience of Cheng Dieyi's hours, Cheng Dieyi really fell into his "dream of playing".
2. Juxian
Duan Xiaolou, a famous actress in Kyoto, likes this prostitute who is full of flowers. Later, she fell in love with Duan Xiaolou for a long time, and they finally got together and got married.
3. Duan Xiaolou
Like Cheng Dieyi, he is obsessed with Peking Opera, and Cheng Dieyi is a partner in singing Peking Opera. He looks strong on the surface, but he is very fragile inside. He talked about patriotism and didn't sing for the Japanese, but after he was arrested, his younger brother Cheng Dieyi sacrificed himself to save him.
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