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 | Hsu Feng | Executive Producer |
| Directing | Bai Yu | Assistant Director |
| Directing | 张进战 | Action Director |
| Directing | Jin Ping | Assistant Director |
| Sound | Jonathan Lee | Original Music Composer |
| Sound | Jiping Zhao | Original Music Composer |
| Crew | Zhao Faquan | Cinematography |
| Art | Yang Yu-He | Art Designer |
| Art | 杨占家 | Art Designer |
| Art | Tingxiao Huo | Art Department Assistant |
| Sound | Nakamuka Tawishiko | Sound Recordist |
| Sound | Wei Junhua | Foley Artist |
| Sound | Hu Bingxu | Conductor |
| Sound | Shen Jianqin | Sound Engineer |
| Art | Xianchun Zhang | Prop Designer |
| Lighting | Kang Xiaotian | Lighting Director |
| Editing | Kong Jinglei | Editorial Production Assistant |
| Costume & Make-Up | Song Shan-Ming | Dresser |
| Costume & Make-Up | 黄宝荣 | Dresser |
| Costume & Make-Up | Wang Chi-Min | Dresser |
| Costume & Make-Up | Jinming Jiang | Dresser |
| Sound | Sandy Lam | Songs |
| Sound | Jonathan Lee | Songs |
| Sound | Jonathan Lee | Music |
| Directing | 张金庭 | Assistant Director |
| Sound | Jing Tao | Sound Recordist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Chen Changmin | Costume Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Fang Qing-Shan | Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Xu Guang-Rui | Makeup Artist |
