So Long, My Son

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So Long, My Son

"We're waiting to grow old."

2019

3h 5m

7.7(221 votes)

Drama

Overview

Two married couples adjust to the vast social and economic changes taking place in China from the 1980s to the present.

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11 members

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王景春

Liu Yaojun

Acting

咏梅

Wang Liyun

Acting

齐溪

Shen Moli

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杜江

Shen Hao

Acting

艾丽娅

Li Haiyan

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Li Jingjing

Gao Meiyu

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Xu Cheng

Shen Yingming

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王源

Liu Xing

Directing

Zhaoyan Guozhang

Zhang Xinjian

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Shuang Wu

Shen Moli in youth

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张新园

Young Shen Hao

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