Yian Gao

The life and story of Lin Zexu and the First Opium War.

The young poet Xin Baihe flees Shanghai with his friend, Liang. Liang soon joins the resistance against the Japanese invaders, but Xin chooses to pursue a relationship with a glamorous and westernized widow in Qingdao. After hearing that Liang has been killed, Xin has a change of heart and rushes to join the war effort.

A young woman finds employment in a department store, only to attract the unwanted advances of the manager and his son.