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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.
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청조 말엽, 당대 최고의 문파인 무당파의 수장이 자객 푸른 여우에게 목숨을 잃자, 무당파의 무인 리무바이는 강호를 떠날 결심으로 선대부터 전해내려오는 보검 청명검을 오랜 연인이자 동료인 수련에게 맡긴다. 수련은 베이징의 호족 페이러에게 청명검을 전해주려던 자리에서, 고관 옥대인의 딸 용과 첫 만남을 갖는다. 강호의 삶을 동경하는 용은 한때 그녀를 납치했던 마적단 두목 호를 사랑하지만, 집안의 강요로 원치 않는 혼인을 앞두고 있는 처지. 그날 밤, 정체 모를 자객이 청명검에 손을 대고, 수련은 범인의 뒤를 쫓아 결투를 벌이지만, 결국 검을 놓치고 마는데...
