In 1937, the Japanese invasion of China broke out, causing great suffering to the land and the people. Under the ravages of the Japanese invaders, the[Expand All]
In 1937, the Japanese invasion of China broke out, causing great suffering to the land and the people. Under the ravages of the Japanese invaders, the capital Nanjing at that time could not escape the fate of falling. Wei Duanben (played by Shao Feng), a minor civil servant in the Nanjing government, was forced to leave his first wife Wang Yulan behind and follow the fleeing crowd to the secondary capital Chongqing. On the road, Wei happened to meet Tian Peizhi (played by Chen Hao), a beautiful girl six years younger than him. Both of them were vagababers in the vast world. The two lonely people felt a mutual appreciation and eventually got married. Time flies. Six or seven years have passed in the blink of an eye. The Wei couple have a son and a daughter. Wei Duanben worked for a certain government agency. He was honest and sincere, pedantic and taciturn, and supported this small family with a meager salary. Although Tian Peizhi was a mother, she always maintained a naive and lively personality. Unable to bear the poverty and boredom of life and the vanity and extravagance, she became addicted to gambling. From the initial petty squabbling to the later extravagant spending, the family's life became increasingly difficult, and quarrels between husband and wife became a common occurrence. Tian was deeply trapped in gambling and couldn't extricate himself. In order to raise gambling funds, he was willing to befriend unscrupulous merchants and lenders. With the appearance of Fan Baohua (played by Yu Hewei), Hong Wuye (played by Yuan Yuan), Zhu Si 'aolai (played by He Saifei) and others, the Wei family has been sinking deeper and deeper into the dark quagmire ever since... This film is adapted from the original work of the same name by Zhang Henshui.[Collapse]
