A person's life is destined to be shorter than that of a city. Having spent her whole life in Shanghai, Qiyao has her moments of prosperity and her fair share of loneliness. She finally fades and disappears but Shanghai remains a metropolitan city. Shanghai in the 1930s is glamorous and seductive.
Sammi Cheng
Tony Leung Ka-fai
Hu Jun
Daniel Wu
Huang Jue
Su Yan
Wu Hai-Re
Huang Yi
Yumiko Cheng
Wu Jing
Elsa Chan Kit-Ling
Yolande Yau Pui-Ling
Cheng Haofeng
Wang Weihua
Liu Zhi-Yun
Yang Zhi Ping
Cai Gang
Wu Li