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This Japanese-Chinese production based on a novel by Toyoko Yamazaki tells the story of Lu Yixin, a Japanese orphan left behind in Manchuria after Japan's defeat in World War II. Torn between his love for his Chinese adoptive parents and his love-hate relationship with his Japanese biological father, he navigates the turbulent waters of the Cultural Revolution.
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1996-01-20
S1E11 — Episode 11
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Tatsuya Nakadai
Takaya Kamikawa
Mariko Nagai
Jiang Wenli
Lü Zhong
Zhu Xu
Yoshiko Tanaka
Mayumi Izuka
Ken Utsui
Zheng Zhenyao
Liao Jingsheng
Qian Xuege
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