Kevin Lin

Not far from Shanghai, in a country town stands the palatial home of the Pang family. Old Master Pang is an addict who brings up his beautiful daughter Ruyi on opium smoke. Her older brother, Zhengda, is addicted as well, and then paralysed and effectively brain-dead. Zhongliang, Zhengda’s brother-in-law, is a successful gigolo in Shanghai who seduces older married women and then blackmails them. When Older Master Pang dies, the clan elders make Ruyi take over the role as the head of the household. Zhongliang returns to the Pang family on the death of Old Master Pang, re-encounters Ruyi, and they are secretly attracted to each other. Wanting to seem sophisticated, she succumbs to Zhongliang’s attempts to seduce her. But then an emotional maelstrom follows – for the angry, jealous and sexually frustrated sister (Zhengda’s wife) is also part of the picture.Read More »

After the victory of the War of Resistance Against Japan, the Japanese woman Shuzi committed suicide but was rescued by Kasha, a young Hani army officer, and returned to his hometown in Yunnan with him. Unexpectedly, Ka, who had just arrived home, died of a relapse of an old illness. In order to protect Shuzi from being discriminated by his tribe, Jialuo, the younger brother of Cansha, took good care of Shuzi. Gradually, the two of them developed love, and they married Canluo according to the custom inherited by the local brother, and gave birth to children. Female. As the years passed, Shuzi’s desire for his homeland deepened. On the one hand is the homeland after more than 50 years away, on the other hand is to let go of constant feelings, how should Shuzi decide…Read More »