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.
as Xiao Bai-Cai
as Yang Nai-Wu
as Ge Xiao-Da
as Liu Zi-He
as Magistrate Liu Xi-Tong
as Wang Kui-Sheng
as Qian Bao-Sheng
as Yang's Wife
as Yang Shou-Ying
as Magistrate Liu's Wife
as Ge Zu-De
as Hsiao Hu-Tse
as Magistrate Pien Pao-Hsien
as Governor Yang Chang-Chun
as Governor Kuai Ju-Hsiang
as Minister Hsia
as Prince
as Seventh Aunt
as Ko's Third Aunt
as Chen De
as Wu's Friend
as Wu's Friend
as Wu's Friend
as Wu's Friend
as Constable
as Constable
as Constable
as Court Torturer
as Court Torturer
as Court Torturer
as Magistrate Liu's Concubine
as Mrs Ko
as Mrs Ko's Neighbor
as Gossiping Neighbor at Wake
as Curious Neighbor at Wake
as Mourner
as Xiao Bai-Cai (singing voice)
as Court Spectator
as Magistrate
as Royal Decree Reader
as Matchmaker
