It's a powerful melodrama about a thwarted romance in 1930s Tientsin, China, during the Japanese occupation, and it stars Linda Lin Dai, one of the era's most popular stars. It was part of Golden Horse's 100 Greatest Chinese-Language Films.
Linda Lin Dai
as Tang Qi
關山
as Zhang Xingya
Angela Yu Chien
as Ji Hui-Ya
Wong Chung
as Ji Zheng-Ya
Ou-Yang Sha-Fei
as Madame Kao
Chiang Kuang-Chao
as Madame Kao's eldest son
Kao Pao-shu
as Madame Kao's eldest daughter-in-law
Carrie Ku Mei
as Madame Kao's second daughter-in-law
Ching Miao
as Mr. Ji
Chen Yan-yan
as Auntie Ji
Chin Han
as He Meng
Wong Ho
as He Li