China 1927-1977. De negenjarige Chen wordt door zijn moeder naar de operaschool in Peking gebracht en daar achtergelaten. Vol haat en bittere gevoelens ondergaat hij een keiharde training, maar hij vindt een vriend en toeverlaat in de oudere medestudent Duan. Door zijn meisjesachtige uiterlijk moet Chen jarenlang een vrouwenrol spelen en identificeert zich hier zo mee dat hij theater en het echte leven niet meer kan onderscheiden.
Nee, helaas is Ba Wang Bie Ji nog niet beschikbaar op Netflix in Nederland.
| Writing | Lilian Lee | Screenplay |
| Editing | Xiaonan Pei | Editor |
| Directing | Chen Kaige | Director |
| Camera | Gu Changwei | Director of Photography |
| Writing | Lu Wei | Screenplay |
| Costume & Make-Up | Xu Guang-Rui | Makeup Artist |
| Sound | Jing Tao | Sound Recordist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Fang Qing-Shan | Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Chen Changmin | Costume Design |
| Writing | Lilian Lee | Novel |
| Production | Jun-Nian Tang | Executive Producer |
| Production | Hsu Feng | Executive Producer |
| Directing | Zhang Jinzhan | Action Director |
| Directing | Bai Yu | Assistant Director |
| Directing | Zhang Jinting | Assistant Director |
| Directing | Jin Ping | Assistant Director |
| Crew | Zhao Faquan | Cinematography |
| Art | Yang Yu-He | Art Designer |
| Art | Yang Zhanjia | Art Designer |
| Art | Tingxiao Huo | Art Department Assistant |
| Sound | Nakamuka Tawishiko | Sound Recordist |
| Sound | Wei Junhua | Foley Artist |
| Sound | Shen Jianqin | Sound Engineer |
| Editing | Kong Jinglei | Editorial Production Assistant |
| Sound | Jiping Zhao | Music |
| Sound | Hu Bingxu | Conductor |
| Art | Xianchun Zhang | Prop Designer |
| Lighting | Kang Xiaotian | Lighting Director |
| Costume & Make-Up | Jinming Jiang | Dresser |
| Costume & Make-Up | Huang Baorong | Dresser |
| Costume & Make-Up | Song Shan-Ming | Dresser |
| Costume & Make-Up | Wang Chi-Min | Dresser |
| Sound | Jonathan Lee | Music |
| Sound | Sandy Lam | Songs |
| Sound | Jonathan Lee | Songs |
| Sound | Leslie Cheung | Theme Song Performance |
