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 Sau-Man
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
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 Zhi Ping
as Nightclub Manager
Cai Gang
as Master Four
Wu Li
as Ms. Mu