Stretching across the canvas of the Sino-Japanese War of the 30s, the subsequent Japanese surrender in 1945, and the onslaught of Communism, this film depicts an ill-fated romance between a talented lady novelist and a Chinese traitor working with the Japanese who fall victim to the mayhem of war and their tragic inability to reconcile political differences.
林青霞
as Shen Shao-Hua
秦漢
as Chang Neng-Tsai
張曼玉
as Yueh-Feng
吳耀漢
as Yu
顧美華
as Shao-Hua's Editor
Yim Ho
as Yueh-Feng's Boyfriend
Li Xiaoli
as Hua's neighboring wife
Zhang Guowen
as Hua's neighboring husband
Zhang Yuan
as Jade Orchid
