In 1930s, many small businesses had a
hard time surviving with the confusion generated by the political uncertainty
of the time. Whose law is to be followed, the Japanese occupation forces or the
bureaucrat nationalist government? Lin, who owns a family shop, racks his brain
to save himself from bankruptcy. He tries everything, even cheats a poor widow
out of the meager saving she deposited in his store, but finally loses everything.
| Screenplay | Xia
Yan |
| Director | Shui
Hua |
| Cinematographer | Qian
Jiang |
| Art Director | Chi
Ning |
| Music | He
Shide |
| Cast | Xie
Tian as Lin, the storekeeper Ma Wei as Lin Mingxiu Li Shan as Aunt Lin
Han Tao as Yu Yu Lan as Widow Zhang |