Thirty Years of Adonis

Nov 27, 2017

1h 37m

★ 4.7

Overview

Yang Ke, a Beijing Opera actor, is fatefully driven into the underworld of masculine sex workers, and becomes a class of his own. He finds himself on a roller coaster between heavenly love with both men and women, and a living hell ensnared by devious villains and hypocrites. Despite his faith, endeavor and willingness to give, he remains a prisoner to his karma. Hell awaits when heaven seems near, and the ultimate truth is revealed only in a heartbreaking moment from which there is no return.

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

Artopians

Thirty Years of Adonis Trailers

Cast

Yang Ke / Boatman

Adonis He

Sister Yin

Susan Shaw Yam-Yam

Yang Ke's Mother

Nora Miao

Vendetta / Elf / Wang Qiang's friend / Model / Boatman / Killer

Eric East

Singer

Amanda Lee Wai-Man

Yang Ke's boyfriend / Thirty men in studio / Businessman

Daniel Benjamin

Calf / Elf / Thirty men in studio

Ting Yu Sheng

Abe / Elf / Thirty men in studio / SM Master

Alan Tang

Elf / Passer-by / Thirty men in studio

Bank Chuang

Xu Jin / Elf / Thirty men in studio

Katashi

Yin's daughter

Cici Lee

Wang Qiang / Businessman

Justin Lim

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