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.
Jin Gong-Shou 靳恭绶
Yang Ru-Kuan 杨如宽
Gu Da-Ming 顾达明
Yu Hong-Kui 余宏奎
Zhao Jin-Zhang 赵锦章
Xie Hui 谢辉
Xue Jian-Bai 薛健白
Song Zhu-Ping 宋珠萍
Liu Fen 刘芬
Lao Zhang 老张
Instructor Li Jiao-Guan 李教官
Zhang Da-Rong 张大荣
Sun The Director of Education 孙教育长
Staff Jiao 焦参谋
