Last Eunuch in China

Chaos during the late Qing Dynasty, Liu Lai-shi envies the glory of his fellow townsman and eunuch Siu-tak-cheung and asks his parents for purification. Soon, the Qing dynasty collapses, Liu failed to become an imperial eunuch and was sent to Beijing to study opera. Subsequently he meets his childhood friend Chiu Tai. Liu intends to lead a normal family life, but unable to do so after his identity of a eunuch was exposed. The opera troupe leader sympathizes Liu's life experiences and tried to arrange him to the palace to be China's last eunuch. In 1924, Xuantong Emperor was expelled from the Forbidden City and Liu also began his wandering career.
(Source: Wikipedia)