In That Distant Place (2009)

In That Distant Place 2009 / 在那遥远的地方 2009 /

Set in the 1970s during and just after the Cultural Revolution. It follows four childhood friends - three males and one female - as they joined the Kunlun Division of the People's Liberation Army and are posted to Ürümqi and the Kunlun Mountains. The series chronicles their army and love lives as the two of the males become border guards and the female a combat medic. (Source: TMDB, themoviedb.org)