During WWII, a member of Mao Zedong's communist army is sent to a rural area of China to collect the region's folk songs for propagandistic purposes.
| Directing | Chen Kaige | Director |
| Camera | Zhang Yimou | Director of Photography |
| Writing | Ziliang Zhang | Screenplay |
| Writing | Chen Kaige | Screenplay |
| Sound | Jiping Zhao | Original Music Composer |
| Writing | Lan Ke | Novel |
