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A young woman finds out that her mother worked as a spy for the British Secret Service during World War II and has been on the run ever since.


Wen Xingyu
Xue Enyuan

Liao Jingsheng
Ling Shaoqian

Sha Jingchang
Zhang Lei

Zhang Jingsheng
Shi Jingyang

Dong Ziwu
Wu Guozhi
Life and Death 1946 is a drama, war & politics series that first aired in 2001 exploring themes of spy, china civil war. it stars Wen Xingyu, Liao Jingsheng, Sha Jingchang.
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