Overview
Chuk Tai-ming elopes to Hong Kong with Shum Tsui-hung in defiance of his father but soon succumbs to harsh conditions and ill health. Shum becomes a courtesan to fulfil Tai-ming's last wish of funding his younger brother Chi-ming's studies in Australia, while creating the false impression that she is a rich widow. Chi-ming returns in summer and a chance encounter in the nightclub evolves into a budding romance. Tormented by a love doomed from the start, Shum pretends to despise the poor suitor. The rejection is taken hard by Chi-ming, who snubs the woman in public. Shum plunges into despair, taking gravely ill. Her lawyer Lee Chung-ling finally breaks the silence, making Chi-ming attuned to the woman's unspoken suffering after she's been laid to rest.
| Actor | Age then | Age now | |
|---|---|---|---|
 | 55 | December 10, 1985 (75) | |
 | 30 | November 21, 2022 (87) | |
 | - | - | |
 | 23 | 83 | |
 | 51 | December 1, 1999 (85) | |
 | - | - | |
 | 44 | May 21, 1983 (62) | |
 | 44 | December 31, 2004 (84) | |
 | 59 | August 6, 1989 (83) | |
 | 28 | 89 |