Patrick Ho

The stark contrast between city and village life are personified in a father-daughter relationship strewn with misread intentions and emotional distance. Xun-Qing, a longtime city-girl from the country side, revisits her village after some years to see her father, Zhou, a soft-spoken elderly man who owns and still operates his humble brick factory. However, now he does so with visibly aging hands. A worried Xun-Qing wholeheartedly suggests he move to the city to live a "better life" with her. Their already fractious relationship further deteriorates when her offer is met with Zhou's emphatic rejection, thus re-opening past wounds turning conversations into quarrels. Caught in the midst of the storm are the brick factory workers, one of whom is Xiao-Bing - a hard-working, steadfast young man unorphaned by Zhou as a child. Throughout the ordeal, Xun-Qing finds familiar and kindred solace in Xiao-Bing's blunt brotherly advice, just like their childhood years.

剣の英雄たちが群雄割拠する時代。天下の名剣“グリーン・デスティニー”の使い手としてその名を轟かせる英雄リ－と女弟子ユーは、心惹かれ合いながらも長い間人々のため正義に生きてきた。リーは剣を置く決意をしてグリーン・デスティニーをユーに託し、依頼されたティエ氏に無事剣を届けたユーは、そこで貴族の娘イェンと出会う。その夜、グリーン・デスティニーが何者かに盗まれ、ユーはイェンを疑い彼女の家を訪ねる。