This film, starring Leslie Cheung, Gong Li and ZhangFeng yi, revolves around the joys and sorrows of two Peking Opera actors for half their lives. /kloc-in the winter of 0/924, the prostitute's son Xiao Douzi gave birth to six fingers. His mother cruelly cut off his sixth finger and sent it to Guanjia troupe to learn to sing. In the hard days of training, only big brother Xiaoshi cares about him. It's just that Xiao Douzi plays Farewell My Concubine because of her delicate appearance. Before a performance, he fully integrated into the role, adjusted his heart and became a concubine.
But because of this performance, he was named by the big eunuch who was watching the play and then sent to his room to be humiliated. Although the eunuch is a rootless man, he has been immersed in the court for most of his life and has many means of humiliating people. On this night, after cruel humiliation, the little bean completely completed the inner gender transformation. That night, he picked up the abandoned baby Xiao Si and took it back to the troupe.
After that, Xiao Douzi and Xiao Shi became famous with their solid foundation and the play Farewell My Concubine. They changed their names to Cheng Dieyi and Duan Xiaolou and agreed to sing together for life. But then Duan Xiaolou took a fancy to Juxian, a prostitute in Gong Li, and wanted to marry each other. Due to the change of inner gender, Cheng Dieyi has always had extraordinary feelings for Duan Xiaolou. After he told Duan Xiaolou that he was humiliated and gave it to him, he decided not to perform with him.