It's true as the poster says, this move is banned in China, and along with that the director was banned from working for several years. ZhuangZhuang Tian wanted to make sure his work saw the public though, so he had it smuggled to Japan where they then began to put the film together. Though this movie isn't the most exciting movie to watch, the fact that so much was put into making sure it got to the screen shows the passion there was for the movie, and the important story it tells. It takes a little bit of researching China's history before watching, but once you have a little bit of knowledge of what was happening in the 1950s the story is a lot clearer including why the character's lives change so much.
It's 1953 in Beijing and Chen and Lin have just married shortly after the Communist Party has began in China. There lives are changed by the visits from the neighborhood committee, Mao's photograph that hangs in their house, and the loud speak announcements that come through their neighborhood. Chen and Lin continue on with their new lives, and begin a family. The Party continues to grow though after Teitou's birth.
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