Set in 1930, this melodrama focuses on the fate of two sisters who are separated as babies and grow up in different families unaware of each other’s existence. They are reunited by chance as young adults after they join the People’s Liberation Army where they also discover their long lost brother. Cast includes Joan Chen, Liu Xiaoquing, Cheng Chong and Guoqiang Tang. In Mandarin with English subtitles.
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Collection metadata
ACMI Identifier
316462
Language
Chinese
Subject categories
Advertising, Film, Journalism, Mass Media & TV → Foreign language films
Armed Forces, Military, War & Weapons → People's Liberation Army (China)
Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → China - Social conditions
Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Communism - China
Family, Gender Identity, Relationships & Sexuality → Brothers and sisters
Sound/audio
Sound
Colour
Colour
Holdings
VHS; Access Print (Section 1)