Hill of No Return

Why does a woman with a tragic past, already talked about by everyone around her, bet her life on a man named Che? That is the question hanging over Jou (Yang Kuei-mei) in 1920s Taiwan, where Wei (Pin-Yuan Huang) is also trying to buy the freedom of Fumiko, a dying young woman. Wang Tung keeps both stories close, and Jou keeps hoping for a different life.