A person's life is destined to be shorter than that of a city. Having spent her whole life in Shanghai, Qiyao has her moments of prosperity and her fair share of loneliness. She finally fades and disappears but Shanghai remains a metropolitan city. Shanghai in the 1930s is glamorous and seductive.
鄭秀文
as Wang Qiyao
梁家輝
as Mr. Cheng
胡军
as Officer Li Zhong De
吳彥祖
as Kang Ming Xun
黄觉
as Kela
苏岩
as Lili Jiang
Wu Hai-Re
as Lili's Cousin
黄奕
as Weiwei
鄭希怡
as Zhang Yong Hong
吴竞
as Mrs. Wang
陳潔玲
as Mrs Wang's Housekeeper
Yolande Yau Pui-Ling
as Yao's Aunt
