This film depicts the life of the 19th-century Portuguese writer Wenceslau De Moraes by means of nine ancient ballads from China. The writer married a Chinese woman after he left his wife and family to go live in Macao. Later, he moved to Japan where he fell in love with a Japanese woman, staying in Japan for the rest of his life. Mixed in with the career and loves of Moraes is the history of Portugal at home and in its colonies.
| Directing | Paulo Rocha | Director |
| Art | Takeharu Sakaguchi | Production Design |
| Writing | Paulo Rocha | Screenplay |
| Production | Paulo Rocha | Producer |
| Sound | Paulo Brandão | Music |
| Art | Cristina Reis | Production Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Takeharu Sakaguchi | Costume Design |
| Writing | Wenceslau de Moraes | Writer |
| Camera | Kōzō Okazaki | Director of Photography |
| Art | Batica | Production Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Batica | Costume Design |
| Camera | Acácio de Almeida | Director of Photography |
| Camera | Elso Roque | Director of Photography |
| Costume & Make-Up | Cristina Reis | Costume Design |
| Production | Etsuko Takano | Producer |
| Directing | M. Asao | Assistant Director |
| Directing | Camilo Azevedo | Assistant Director |
| Directing | Takahashi Koizumi | Assistant Director |
| Directing | Norio Watanabe | Assistant Director |
| Sound | Jorge Caldas | Sound Assistant |
| Sound | Pedro Caldas | Sound Director |
| Sound | João Diogo | Sound Recordist |
| Sound | Yuji Hiyoshi | Sound Director |
| Sound | Maria Paola Porru | Sound Director |
| Lighting | Emílio Castro | Gaffer |
| Lighting | Manuel Carlos da Silva | Gaffer |
| Lighting | João de Almeida | Gaffer |
| Lighting | Carlos Sequeira | Electrician |
| Lighting | Vasco Sequeira | Electrician |
| Writing | Sumiko Haneda | Dialogue |
| Writing | Tai Jung Kok | Dialogue |
| Writing | Luiza Neto Jorge | Dialogue |
| Writing | Moriaki Watanabe | Dialogue |
| Production | Júlia Buisel | Production Secretary |
| Production | João Bénard da Costa | Production Assistant |
| Production | J. Freitas Casaca | Production Secretary |
| Production | Ricardo Cordeiro | Production Assistant |
| Production | João Garção Borges | Production Assistant |
| Production | José Mazeda | Production Assistant |
| Production | Gabriela Mesquita | Production Secretary |
| Production | Paulo Rocha | Executive Producer |
| Production | Etsuko Takano | Executive Producer |
