In 1942, Henan Province was devastated by the most tragic famine in modern Chinese history, resulting in the deaths of at least three million men, women and children. Although the primary cause of the famine was a severe drought, it was exacerbated by locusts, windstorms, earthquakes, epidemic disease and the corruption of the ruling Kuomintang government.

• Zhang Guoli
• Xu Fan
• Zhang Mo
• Zhang Hanyu
• Chen Daoming
• Adrien Brody
• Tim Robbins
• Wang Ziwen
• Fan Wei
• Feng Yuanzheng