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.
| Camera | 顾长卫 | Director of Photography |
| Directing | 陈凯歌 | Director |
| Writing | 李碧華 | Screenplay |
| Editing | Xiaonan Pei | Editor |
| Writing | 李碧華 | Novel |
| Writing | 芦苇 | Screenplay |
| Sound | 張國榮 | Theme Song Performance |
| Production | Jun-Nian Tang | Executive Producer |
| Production | 徐楓 | Executive Producer |
| Directing | 张进战 | Action Director |
| Directing | Bai Yu | Assistant Director |
| Directing | Jin Ping | Assistant Director |
| Sound | 李宗盛 | Original Music Composer |
| Sound | Jiping Zhao | Original Music Composer |
| Crew | Zhao Faquan | Cinematography |
| Art | Yang Yu-He | Art Designer |
| Art | Tingxiao Huo | Art Department Assistant |
| Art | 杨占家 | Art Designer |
| Sound | Wei Junhua | Foley Artist |
| Sound | Nakamuka Tawishiko | Sound Recordist |
| Sound | Shen Jianqin | Sound Engineer |
| Editing | 孔劲蕾 | Editorial Production Assistant |
| Sound | Hu Bingxu | Conductor |
| Art | Xianchun Zhang | Prop Designer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Song Shan-Ming | Dresser |
| Costume & Make-Up | Jinming Jiang | Dresser |
| Lighting | Kang Xiaotian | Lighting Director |
| Costume & Make-Up | Wang Chi-Min | Dresser |
| Sound | 李宗盛 | Music |
| Sound | 李宗盛 | Songs |
| Sound | 林憶蓮 | Songs |
| Costume & Make-Up | 黄宝荣 | Dresser |
| Directing | 张金庭 | Assistant Director |
| Costume & Make-Up | Chen Changmin | Costume Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Xu Guang-Rui | Makeup Artist |
| Sound | 陶经 | Sound Recordist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Fang Qing-Shan | Makeup Artist |
