The Turbulent Decade(1986)

The Turbulent Decade is a Hong Kong drama set across the volatile 1970s and 1980s, following a group of ambitious young people navigating a rapidly transforming city. After accidentally killing someone, Tian Yongtai serves time in prison, where he forms a close bond with fellow inmate Xu Weikang. Upon release, Tian becomes entangled in a complicated love triangle involving his ex-girlfriend and a mutual friend—a situation that transforms Weikang into a dangerous rival. As old loyalties fracture and new tensions emerge, Tian must confront impossible choices that test the limits of friendship, love, and his sense of justice. The series explores how ambition and circumstance can reshape relationships and force ordinary people into extraordinary moral dilemmas.