Hak-ming heads the Ko Family, but he and his brothers, Hak-ting and Hak-on, and the second wife of the late Master Ko quarrel. Young Cousin Mui, who has tuberculosis, is forced by to marry an older woman. Kok-sun is guilty of being unable to stop the marriage. Sun and maid Chui-wan are wary of their feelings for each other due to class difference. Cousin Mui dies of illness. Hak-ting has his eyes on Wan. His wife, Wong, complains to their daughter, Shuk-ching, who cannot take it and commits suicide. Wong blames herself for her death. Undergone these tragedies, Cousin Kam's mother let Kam have a modern wedding with Kok-man. When Ming is ill, Ting and On want to sell the ancestral home. Hak-ming dies of angst. When the fifth uncle of Sun forces Wan to be his concubine, Wan tries to kill herself but is intercepted by Sun. Pressurised by people of the house over the issue of inheritance, Sun protests by declaring his love for Wan and leaves the family, with his mother, brother Man and Wan.
Chow Chi-Sing
as Ko Hak-ting
Fung Yik-Mei
as
Heung Hoi
as Western medical doctor
Ng Cho-Fan
as Ko Kok-sun
Ho Chung-Fong
as Madam Sham
Yan Yan
as Ko Shuk-ching
南紅
as Chun Lan
石堅
as Ko Hak-ming
Lai Man
as Madam Cheung
Hung Sin-Nui
as Chui-wan
Lee Yuet-Ching
as Madam Chow
Yu Wai-Fun
as Cheung Bik-fong
