A critical hit during one of China’s most politically charged periods, Zheng’s follow-up to his 1959 anniversary epics merged Soviet-style socialist realism with his own breakthroughs in film technique, specifically his use of continuous camera movement in the spirit of traditional Chinese scrolls. Tractor-kino at its finest, the film revolves around two rural lovers—one struck with a deadly disease—and their eventual survival thanks to socialist medical advances.
| Actor | Role |
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 You JiaNot listed | Not listed |
| ZZhihua HuNot listed | Not listed |
 Shangguan YunzhuNot listed | Not listed |
 Qianli QianNot listed | Not listed |
 Hongsheng LiuNot listed | Not listed |
 Jiang TianliuNot listed | Not listed |
 Shiming ZhiNot listed | Not listed |
 Wu YunfangNot listed | Not listed |
| SSiqing HuNot listed | Not listed |
 Zhong XinghuoNot listed | Not listed |
 Gao BoNot listed | Not listed |
 Mao LuNot listed | Not listed |
 Han TaoNot listed | Not listed |
 Ming XuNot listed | Not listed |