The Crossing I

At the end of the World War II and the middle of the Chinese Revolution, three couples from different backgrounds with different nationalities flee from China to the island of Taiwan.

Cast

Huang Xiaoming

as Lei Yifang

Song Hye-kyo

as Zhou Yunfen

Takeshi Kaneshiro

as Yan Shikun

Tong Dawei

as Tong Daqing

Zhang Ziyi

as Yu Zhen

Masami Nagasawa

as Masako Shimura

Yu Zhen

Miura Kenichi

Li Xin-Meng

Bowie Lam Bo-Yee

as Peter Yuan

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