Platform
Aug 29 2001
•3h 35m
•Drama, History
China's rapid changes from the late 1970s to the early 1990s, as seen through the lives of four performers in a theater troupe.
Cast
See allZhao Tao
Yin Ruijuan
Wang Hongwei
Cui Minliang
Liang Jingdong
Chang Jun
Tian Yi Yang
Zhong Pin
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