Shih Hsin-chiao (Ling Yun) is a journalist who trained under mentor Lu Tao-jan (Chin Han). Lu's daughter, Chih-pai (Tien Niu) is infatuated with the good-looking and intelligent Shih, but Shih sees her only as a child. When he returns from a long stay abroad, he finds that things have changed. Chih-pai is now an attractive young woman in a relationship with rich boy (Wang Yu). A miscarriage and Lu's death throw Shih and Chih-pai back together again.
Acting
Tien Niu's transformation from childlike crush to wounded woman.
Direction
Sung Tsun Shou's patient, almost cruel unfolding of missed chances.
Director
Sung Tsun Shou
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Part of Taiwan's 1970s 'healthy realism' movement—melodramas that smuggled social critique through emotional spectacle.
Ling Yun and Chin Han were box-office rivals turned frequent collaborators; their mentor dynamic here knowingly subverts their usual heroic pairings.
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