Hong Kong New Wave filmmaker Yim Hos 1990 classic Red Dust swept eight prizes at the 27th Golden Horse Film Awards including Best Film, Best Director, Best Actress, Best Supporting Actor & Best Supporting Actress. Spanning from the Sino-Japanese War to postwar China, the melodrama stars Brigitte Lin, Chin Han & Maggie Cheung. The tumultuous story of love in the time of war is the only film screenplay ever written by renowned Taiwanese author Sanmo.
Shen Yuhua (Brigitte Lin) gets locked up at home by her father because of her relationship with a classmate. She pours all her suppressed emotions into writing & becomes a well-known novelist. After her fathers death, she meets & falls in love with Zhang Nengcai (Chin Han), a Chinese official who collaborates with the Japanese. Along with Yuhuas friend Yuefeng (Maggie Cheung), the three enjoy a brief period of happiness. After Japan is defeated, Yuhua & Nengcai are forced to part ways. When Yuhua finally finds him again, he is already with another woman. With Civil War breaking out, everyones fates will again be upturned.