Fugui and Jiazhen endure tumultuous events in China as their personal fortunes move from wealthy landownership to peasantry. Addicted to gambling, Fugui loses everything. In the years that follow he is pressed into both the nationalist and communist armies, while Jiazhen is forced into menial work.
En un país regit per una corrupta democràcia, on el govern utilitza la Policia i l'Exèrcit per eradicar qualsevol amenaça esquerrana, un diputat de l'oposició és assassinat al mig del carrer quan acabava de presidir un míting de caràcter pacifista. De la investigació del cas se n'encarrega un jove magistrat conscient que es tracta d'un crim polític comès per dos sicaris a sou. Alhora, un ambiciós periodista se servirà de mètodes poc ortodoxos per acumular proves que inculpin diversos militants d'un partit d'extrema dreta, els quals, alhora, atribueixen la responsabilitat de l'atemptat a alts càrrecs de la policia i de l'exèrcit.
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