

106 minutes
9/29/2005
A person's life is destined to be shorter than that of a city. Having spent her whole life in Shanghai, Qiyao has her moments of prosperity and her fair share of loneliness. She finally fades and disappears but Shanghai remains a metropolitan city. Shanghai in the 1930s is glamorous and seductive.

Sammi Cheng
as Wang Qiyao

Tony Leung Ka-fai
as Mr. Cheng

Hu Jun
as Officer Li Zhong De

Daniel Wu
as Kang Ming Xun

Huang Jue
as Kela

Su Yan
as Lili Jiang
Wu Hai-Re
as Lili's Cousin

Crystal Huang Yi
as Weiwei

Yumiko Cheng
as Zhang Yong Hong

Wu Jing
as Mrs. Wang
Elsa Chan Kit-Ling
as Mrs Wang's Housekeeper

Yolande Yau Pui-Ling
as Yao's Aunt

Cheng Haofeng
as Yao's Cousin

Wang Weihua
as Officer Li's Deputy
Liu Zhi-Yun
as Boss Wei

Yang Zhiping
as Nightclub Manager

Cai Gang
as Master Four
Wu Li
as Ms. Mu