Eighteen Springs
It's based on a book by Eileen Chang. It's a story of love and fate set in 1930s Shanghai. During her work in a Shanghai factory, Manjing (Wu Chien-lien), the daughter of wealthy Nanjing merchants, meets Shujun (Leon Lai), the son of the same family. They become friends. The fact that Manlu (Anita Mui) works at a nightclub as a "hostess" doesn't bother Shujun. They fall in love in stages. First, Manjing isn't sure if she wants to get married. Then, Shujun doesn't want to be married to her family, and the family abuses and enslaves Shujun in a way that looks like it was planned. Shujun and Manjing meet again after a long time apart. They realize that their happiness is only in their memories, a nostalgic re-imagining of opportunities that never came, and understandings that never happened.
Released: 1997-09-12