A person's life is destined to be shorter than that of a city. Having spent her whole life in Shanghai, Qiyao has her moments of prosperity and her fair share of loneliness. She finally fades and disappears but Shanghai remains a metropolitan city. Shanghai in the 1930s is glamorous and seductive.
| Directing | Stanley Kwan | Director |
| Production | Jackie Chan | Producer |
| Writing | Anyi Wang | Novel |
| Writing | Elmond Yeung | Screenplay |
| Writing | Xiangdong Gong | Screenplay |