The City of Memories

Plot Synopsis

In 1937, the ambitious Japanese Imperialism was on the verge of making a move, always ready to launch a full-scale war of aggression against China. The situation at home and abroad was turbulent. During a riot in Beiping, Zhou Zukang, who had endured humiliation by marrying his classmate's fiancée Zhao Manjun, accidentally encountered his daughter Zhou Minrou born to his first wife. Minrou was engaged to Zhu Jinmo, who had the identity of a special agent. Their love was undergoing a severe test in the chaotic currents of the times. Minrou's two elder brothers were Zhou Guanzhong, the division commander of the National Revolutionary Army in North China, and Zhou Guanjie, who later joined the Eighth Route Army. Their national spirits received a cruel baptism in the war-torn era. Zhou Hanying, the son born to Zhao Manjun, also inevitably joined the war of national defense. The Zhou family endured the wanton bombing by the Japanese invaders for five long years in Chongqing. Facing the continuous news of deaths,