Based on Zhu Dao-Nan's memoir "In the Flood of the Great Revolution", the film reproduces the historical picture of the changing circumstances of China before and after the Great Revolution through the pursuit, struggle and differentiation of young intellectuals such as Jin Gong-Shou, Gu Da-Ming, and Yang Ru-Kuan in the revolutionary tide.
Yang Yu
as Jin Gong-Shou 靳恭绶
Du Xiongwen
as Yang Ru-Kuan 杨如宽
Jian Ruichao
as Gu Da-Ming 顾达明
刘冠雄
as Yu Hong-Kui 余宏奎
Jin Shi
as Zhao Jin-Zhang 赵锦章
Wang Bei
as Xie Hui 谢辉
Lin Lan
as Xue Jian-Bai 薛健白
Guo Yiwen
as Song Zhu-Ping 宋珠萍
Wu Hui-Ming
as Liu Fen 刘芬
Yu You
as Lao Zhang 老张
Tan Peng-Fei
as Instructor Li Jiao-Guan 李教官
Wang Zhi-Yi
as Zhang Da-Rong 张大荣
