![all posters](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w140/files/images/film/posters/161/091/161091057_a887de.jpg)
China / France,
2003, 127 min
Directed by:
Ye LouScreenplay:
Ye LouCinematography:
Yu WangComposer:
Jörg LembergPlots(1)
In occupied Shanghai, in the 1920s, two pairs of lovers are confronted with separation and death, caught up in the violent conflict between the Japanese military and the Chinese Resistance. (official distributor synopsis)
Cast
![Ziyi Zhang](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/268/268794_1c729e.jpg)
Ziyi Zhang
China
Best movies:
The Road Home (1999)
Hero (2002)
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000)
![Bingbing Li](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/275/275093_2d4c82.jpg)
Bingbing Li
China
Best movies:
A World Without Thieves (2004)
Snow Flower and the Secret Fan (2011)
Waiting Alone (2004)
![Ye Liu](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/278/278721_2ca379.jpg)
Ye Liu
China
Best movies:
City of Life and Death (2009)
Postmen in the Mountains (1999)
Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress (2002)
![Tōru Nakamura](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/279/279301_02ee10.jpg)
Tōru Nakamura
Japan
Best movies:
Drawing Closer (2024)
Limit of Love: Umizaru (2006)
Purple Butterfly (2003)