Himself
Based on Naomi Klein's book This Changes Everything: Capitalism vs. the Climate, a look at how people in various communities around the world play a role in the ongoing climate change debate and how they're affecting change in trying to prevent the environmental destruction of our planet.
Innkeeper
During a period of upheaval, an itinerant performer has a troupe of four children, one of whom is his daughter Mu-Lin. Jump ahead 15 years, he's ready to retire and has arranged Mu-Lin's marriage. Someone he recognizes enters his house and murders him. Mu-Lin is brought to a fancy bordello where the most beautiful prostitute, Yeh Hong, takes a special interest in her. One of Yeh Hong's lovers, Kim, who is an assassin, also develops a relationship with Mu-Lin. He and Yeh Hong may be working with the emperor's eunuch; all are power hungry. Things seem more than coincidental: does Mu-Lin have a history with this trio? If so, what is it?
Restaurant Customer
El joven adinerado Leung Chan cree que es el luchador más fuerte de la ciudad pero lo que él no sabe es que su criado ha amañado todos los combates que ha tenido. Cuando se enfrenta por primera vez a un luchador real, un miembro de la Ópera de Pekín, la derrota es inevitable. Leung yee Tai acepta enseñarle sus técnicas, pero durante el entrenamiento los luchadores son amenazados por Lord Ngai. Leung Chan y Leung Yee Tai logran escapar con vida de las tropas de Lord Ngai y le piden ayuda a Wong Wah Bo, el hermano de Leung Yee Tai, que les mostrará una técnica que quizás les de una oportunidad para vencer a Lord Ngai, el estilo de lucha “Wing Chun”...