Brigitte Lin is Sung Hsiao Yu, a young girl in love with Wen Hsing Yu (Charlie Chin), a botanist who's trying to cross-fertilize flowers to create a perfect breed of rose. But Hsing Yu has a rival, Tsui Wen Lun, who despises Wen Hsing Yu for being on better terms with his father AND capturing Hsiao Yu's heart. But when Wen Lun gets in with Hsiao Yu's father, that may be all she wrote. Can Hsiao Yu safely choose her preferred man - Wen Hsing Yu - if it ends up leaving her father in trouble? Or will Hsiao Yu sacrifice love for family?
Acting
Young Brigitte Lin's luminous pre-wuxia dramatic presence
Production
Lush greenhouse sets doubling as emotional pressure cookers
Director
William Wen Shi-Ling
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This film captures Taiwan's 1970s 'healthy realism' movement—melodramas that packaged social issues in accessible romance, before Brigitte Lin became the queen of wuxia.
Charlie Chin was part of the 'Two Chins, Two Lins' superstar quartet that dominated Taiwanese cinema; he and Brigitte made over a dozen films together, though they reportedly couldn't stand each other off-screen.
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