Set in southern China during the Cultural Revolution, the film follows Jia Yimin, head of an Anti-Revisionist Hospital Revolutionary Committee, as he purges intellectual doctors and elevates politically favored but unqualified “young heroes.” He assigns Yao Yao, a cook with only days of veterinary training, to operate on a critical patient, resulting in a disastrous mistake. Though Yao Yao admits he is unfit and asks to return to the kitchen, Jia, driven by ambition, insists on remaking him into a “model doctor” and places him on another major case. When veteran surgeon Chang Chunlai is forced to step in and save the operation, Yao later causes another crisis by bringing the wrong medicine to the recovering patient, who falls into a coma. Faced with mounting consequences, Jia begins plotting his next move...
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Cast
6 people
Xie Yuan
Yao Yao
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King of the Children
The Red
Ye Zhikang
Jia Yimin
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T Province in 1984 & 1985
十六岁的花季
Shi Ling
Su Zongtang
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Crows and Sparrows
Stand Up, Sisters!
Sun Ming
A Lu
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Shuttle of Hearts
Ding Jiayuan
Chang Chunlai
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Night at the Dream Diner
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Guojing Wang
Lu Daniu
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Sea of Love
Shi Xiaohua Director · Zhenxia Bian Writer 缪依航 Writer
First release May 3, 1986 · Produced in China · Original title 性命交关
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上海电影制片厂
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China
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Original title
性命交关
Original language
Chinese
Spoken on screen
Chinese
Release dates
China · May 3, 1986
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No release date listed for United States.
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