Chiang Lang

Xiao-pin, an orphan since young, wanders and begs with her blind father. After her father's death in a car accident, Xiao-pin is taken in by Old Liu, the owner of a tailor shop. Old Liu dotes on Xiao-pin, but when she is twelve years old, he rapes her. At the age of nineteen, Xiao-pin falls in love with Dr. Kwok in the small town. When Old Liu finds out, he becomes jealous.

The Silent Thrush is a fascinating mixture of exoticism and eroticism. It tells the story of Mu Yun, a young woman who joins a Taiwanese opera company. Ka-hung, the company's star actress (who is Mu Yun's childhood idol) soon falls in love with Mu Yun. This provokes the intense jealousy of Ka-hung's longtime lover, Ai-cheng. Their melodrama of lesbian love is played out against the backdrop of the troupe's day-to-day problems.