1963, Color, 110 mins / in Mandarin with English subtitles

In 1926 many young Chinese intellectuals were confused when confronted with the various philosophies of the time and what direction to follow. A young high school teacher falls in love with his landlord's daughter, but his conscience forces him to decide to marry a poor widow left destitute after the death of her son. This decision causes him to be attacked personally and the widow to drown herself because of shame. These events drive him to plunge into the tide of revolution.

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