In three separate segments, set respectively in 1966, 1911, and 2005, three love stories unfold between three sets of characters, under three different periods of Taiwanese history and governance.
Shu Qi
May / Courtesan / Jing
Chang Chen
Chen / Mr. Chang / Zhen
Su-jen Liao
Hostess / Madam / Jing's Mother
Mei Di
May's Mother / Madam / Aunt
Chen Shi-Zheng
Haruko / Ah Mei / Blue
Lee Pei-Hsuan
Yue / Mickey
Mei Fang
Old Woman
Lawrence Ko Yu-Luen
Acting
Tania
Boty plné vody
Out of the Blue
Nixon
Escape from Alcatraz
Sullivan's Travels
Millennium Mambo
All About Lily Chou-Chou
Café Lumière
Sex and Zen II
Tale of Cinema
Bobby
Hamlet
The Sweet Ride
Tin Men
Heaven's Gate
The Muppets' Wizard of Oz
Beauty and the Bull
Nobody Knows
Tomboy