Liu Hon

The noted actress Li Li-hua, star of more than sixty films since 1947, beautifully portrays the drugged, then disgraced wife of a peddler in the waning days of the Ching Dynasty. To make matters worse, she’s soon framed for her husband’s murder by her rapist - the son of the local magistrate! And even that isn’t the end of her woes. It’s best to have a box of tissues nearby as two expert directors ratchet up the emotional suspense in this consummate tearjerker.

Fong Ching-wah (Josephine Siao) assumes the alias of Annie Yuen and works with the police in investigating the homicide of her father Sau-nin, a jeweller. Befriending Lee Yau-sam (Woo Fung), the adoptive son of gangster Lee Tin-fung (Sek Kin), Ching-wah not only wins his trust but also his affection.