Shot in 1995, but banned until 2004, this is an adaptation of Su Tong's novel about a shrewd amoral country boy who arrives in the big city in the 1930s and works at a rice emporium.. Initially pushed around, he learns the ropes in his new environment quickly, eventually climbing to the position of boss by marrying the daughter of the house.
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Tao Zeru , Shi Lan , Yang Kun , Zhu Decheng , Xia Zongyou , Wang Zhenrong
Huang Jian-Zhong
Beijing Film Studio
