Women play a heroic role in the Volunteer Army fighting the Japanese in the puppet state of Manchukuo.
Two famous comedians from pre-Revolution days perform a series of sketches in a theatre for a group of Party cadres. The stage performances blend over into absurdist, self-contained fantasy episodes where the two comics allegorically parody Party propaganda and ideological orthodoxy.
The story of Yu Mei, a female communist who sacrifices her life for the good of her people.
