In this drama, the harsh treatment of women in Chinese society is examined and subtly commented upon as it tells the tale of an impoverished woman living in Shanghai, circa 1910 who tries to support her brother and sister-in-law. A marriage to a wealthy man is arranged for her, and reluctantly she endures it, even though she does not love the man who is as cruel as he is wealthy. His mother is also brutally unkind to her. She then has a son, but her struggles are not over when her husband dies and only leaves her a modest inheritance. Her wretched life has made her bitter, and so she begins making her son suffer as she die; she also becomes addicted to opium.
Genre: Drama
Stars: Pat Ha, Hsu Ming, Emily Y. Chang, Sha-Li Chen, Ching-ting Hsia, Hsiao Ai
Crew: Fred Tan (Director), Yi Liu (Supervising Producer), Eileen Chang (Novel), Fred Tan (Screenplay), Yang Wei-han (Director of Photography), Hui San-Chi (Producer)
Country: Taiwan
Language: 普通话
Studio: Central Motion Picture Corporation
Runtime: 106 minutes
Quality: HD
Released: Mar 26, 1988
IMDb: 5.8
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