Hak-ming heads the Ko Family, but he and his brothers, Hak-ting and Hak-on, and the second wife of the late Master Ko quarrel. Young Cousin Mui, who has tuberculosis, is forced by to marry an older woman. Kok-sun is guilty of being unable to stop the marriage. Sun and maid Chui-wan are wary of their feelings for each other due to class difference. Cousin Mui dies of illness. Hak-ting has his eyes on Wan. His wife, Wong, complains to their daughter, Shuk-ching, who cannot take it and commits suicide. Wong blames herself for her death. Undergone these tragedies, Cousin Kam's mother let Kam have a modern wedding with Kok-man. When Ming is ill, Ting and On want to sell the ancestral home. Hak-ming dies of angst. When the fifth uncle of Sun forces Wan to be his concubine, Wan tries to kill herself but is intercepted by Sun. Pressurised by people of the house over the issue of inheritance, Sun protests by declaring his love for Wan and leaves the family, with his mother, brother Man and Wan.
Chun Kim
Director
Chu Tsi-Kwai
Producer
Si Ma Choi Wah
Screenplay
Chow Chi-Sing
Ko Hak-ting
Fung Yik-Mei
Heung Hoi
Western medical doctor
Ng Cho-Fan
Ko Kok-sun
Ho Chung-Fong
Madam Sham
Yan Yan
Ko Shuk-ching
Nam Hung
Chun Lan
Shih Kien
Ko Hak-ming
Lai Man
Madam Cheung
Hung Sin-Nui
Chui-wan
Lee Yuet-Ching
Madam Chow
Yu Wai-Fun
Cheung Bik-fong
