The play is adapted from the novel of the same name by Shi Yifeng, winner of the Lu Xun Literature Prize.

《a life for a life》 is a novel by Shi Yifeng, a Chinese version《The Shawshank Redemption》, a uniquely wonderful police story!A man fights and then fails. The world has changed. Should he succumb to his fate, or endure the pain and face life head-on?

A theft case in 1988 and two suspects who escaped from prison put Du Xiangdong, a prison guard at the detention center, on the road of pursuit.

As time goes by, this chase penetrates into the lives of the parties involved, and even changes the underlying tone of their fate.

In the ordinary years, there were waves. They faced life forcefully and performed a different kind of thrilling...