A Lifelong Journey

A Lifelong Journey

Details

• Title: 人世间 / Ren Shi Jian
• English title: A Lifelong Journey
• Genre: Drama, life, family
• Episodes: 58
• Broadcast network: CCTV
• Broadcast period: 2022-Jan-28

Synopsis

A story that details the the lives of ordinary civilians amidst the magnanimous changes in Chinese society over the years. At the end of the 1970s, the Zhou family lived in a provincial city in the north. The father, Zhu Zhi Gang, has just participated in the Third Front Movement in Xi Nan. The eldest son, Zhou Bing Yi, responds to national call to become part of the first batch of "educated" youths sent to live and work in the rural areas. The eldest daughter, Zhou Rong, follows her poet husband to the countryside of Guizhou. The youngest son, Zhou Bing Kun, is the only one left at home with their mother.

In the span of 50 years, the Zhou family is swept with the tides of change in China. Zhou Bing Yi enters politics after graduating from university and experiences ups and downs in his career during the drastic reforms. Zhou Rong stays on to teach after receiving her Ph.D. She has a difficult love life and ends up living in France for twelve years. Zhou Bing Kun and Zheng Juan, a beautiful yet misfortunate woman, develop romantic feelings for each other and continue to mature through their own efforts. Relatives and friends in the neighbourhood learn to move forward together. In fulfilling their own missions in life, the Zhou family represents an epic tale about the contemporary Chinese people.

User/Viewer Ratings

3.00

(one vote)

Cast

• Lei Jia Yin as Zhou Bing Kun
• Xin Bai Qing as Zhou Bing Yi
• Song Jia as Zhou Rong
• Yin Tao as Zheng Juan
• Ding Yong Dai
• Cheng Tai Shen
• Sa Ri Na
• Song Chun Li
• Zhang Kai Li
• Yu Zhen
• Feng Lei
• Wang Yang
• Sui Jun Bo
• Bai Zhi Di
• Huang Xiao Lei
• Hu Lian Xin
• Wu Xing Jian
• Shen Xiao Hai
• Xing Yu Fei
• Zhang Yi Cong as Zhang Zhao Po
• Li Wei as Xiao Jia He
• Yu Yue as Wang Zi
• Yin Jian as Gong Bin
• Wang Jing Hua as Ma Li Li
• Pan Yang as Guo Cheng

Production Credits

• Original Writing: Ren Shi Jian (人世间) by Liang Xiao Sheng
• Director: Li Lu
• Screenwriter: Wang Hai Ling
• Company: Tencent Pictures, New Classics Media

Recognitions

• 2022 31st China TV Golden Eagle Award:
  • Outstanding TV Series
  • Best TV Drama Director (Li Lu)
  • Best Actress (Yin Tao)
  • Best Actor ([Lei Jia Yin]])
• 2022 Golden Guduo Film & Television Awards: National Drama of the Year

External Links

• Baidu Baike
• Douban
• Weibo