The draught had been going on for three months already on the Loess Plateau. Village girl KAR Chun-fun knelt beside a parched well and prayed for rain. Up on the hills, at the YIMs, SUNG Tung-sing and his mistress MAU SIU-CHEUK were being punished by the elders and brethrens of the YIMs and the SUNGs for committing adultery. They were put to suffer the cruelest punishment, the Penalty of Torching. SING defended his innocence and angered YIM MAN-HEI, the Superintendent of the YIMs. While poor CHEUK was scorched to death, SING, badly burnt, was saved by the sudden but timely rain. FUN came across SING when she was carrying water back home. Despite the rain, she helped him pick up the remains of CHEUK at the punishment site. When FUN arrived home, she was shocked to learn that her fiancee had called off their engagement – she was even more shocked to know that her fiancee turned out to be SING! Two years have gone by.… ...
Bowie Lam
Yim Man-Hei
Charmaine Sheh Sze-Man
Ka Chun-Fun
Gigi Lai Chi
Kai Ming-Fung
Moses Chan Ho
Sung Tung-Sing
Ada Choi Siu-Fan
Chiu Yuk
Maggie Siu Mei-Kei
Su Long-Yuet
Rebecca Chan
Yim Siu-Hung
Tsui Wing
Yim Kwok-Gei
Kenny Wong Tak-Ban
Sung Tung-Yeung
Helen Ma Hoi-Lun
Gwai Lan
Chen Hung-Lieh
Chung King-Fai
Catherine Chau
Vinci Wong
Florence Kwok Siu-Wan
Ling Lai-Man
Lee Hoi-Sang
Alice Fung So-Bor
Rachel Kan
Max Cheung Tat-Lun
Lily Lai-Lai Liu
Andy Shiu Cheuk-Yiu
Yu Chi-Ming
Chan Dik-Hak
Vincent Cheung
JoJo Shum Po-Yee
Pang Hao-Feng
Bryant Mak
Eddy Law Tin-Chi
Thomas Sin Ho-Ying
Mark Kwok
Akai Lee
Yu Miu-Lin
Suen Kwai-Hing
Chan Min-Leung