Set in a bustling alleyway during the Japanese occupation of Shanghai in the 1940s, the film centres on a wife, Zhan Zhou, who was being charged with the bloody dismemberment of her husband – a killing that seems impossible for her to have committed alone. The murder thrusts Zhan into the spotlight and the court of public opinion, forcing her towards a fate intertwined with that of her own country.
Zhang Ziyi
Zhan Zhou
Eric Wang
Zhan Yunying
Jackson Yee
Blind Song
Mei Ting
Wang Chen
Zhao Liying
Xi Lin
Lei Jiayin
Xue Zhiwu
Zhang Yu
Dr. Liang
Yang Mi
Wang Xumei
Peng Yuchang
Cai
Yin Fang
Zhang Yan
Chen Guoqing
Prosecutor
Zhou Yemang
Wang Yiyang
Dong Chengpeng
He Huixian
Xu Xiang
Supervisor
Li Xian
Zhang Baofu
Sun Qiang
Judge
Fan Wei
Ye Boxiu
Ci Sha
Chen Kaizhou
Wang Yang
Zhang Zifeng
Ye Nianzhi
Bai Yufan
Lin Yongjian