Characters
- Shiomi Akutagawa (George Lam): a Japanese photojournalist who returns to Vietnam to report about life after the war
- To Minh (Andy Lau): a young man who hopes to leave the country, sent to the New Economic Zone
- Cam Nuong (Season Ma): 14-year-old girl that Akutagawa meets in Danang
- Officer Nguyen (Shi Mengqi): a French-educated Vietnamese official who gave half his life to the revolution; disillusioned with life after the war
- Nguyen's mistress (Cora Miao): a Chinese woman who is involved with black-market trade, and a contact for people seeking to leave the country, secretly having an affair with To Minh
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