Cast
- Gong Li as Pang Ruyi, the only daughter and de facto ruler of the Pang clan after her brother, Pang Zhengda's mind is destroyed by a dose of opium laced with arsenic
- Kevin Lin as Pang Duanwu, a distant cousin to Pang Ruyi, the family elders "assign" Duanwu to control Pang Ruyi from behind the scenes
- Leslie Cheung as Yu Zhongliang, the brother-in-law to Ruyi's brother, Zhongliang spent his childhood on the Pang compound before fleeing to Shanghai where he becomes employed by a Triad boss
- He Caifei as Yu Xiuyi, Zhongliang's decadent elder sister, married to Ruyi's elder brother
- Zhou Yemang as Pang Zhengda, Ruyi's elder brother and husband to Yu Xiuyi;
- Xie Tian as Biggie, a Triad boss who employs Zhongliang as a gigolo in his extortion schemes
- Zhou Jie as Woman on Zephyr Lane, Zhongliang develops a personal attachment to this woman who the Boss wished to blackmail; her and Zhongliang's rendezvouses always take place on Zephyr Lane
- David Wu as Jingyun, Ruyi's betrothed as a child, the betrothal is broken off by Jingyun's family after they become aware of her opium addiction
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