故事发生在一九零零年的冬天。日本名作家冈川龙一郎有一次在中国游学时，笔仙在南京秦准河柳荫两旁赫然发现了青楼妓寨，笔仙如此繁华昌盛的享乐之地，令冈川为之赞叹不已。在窄巷内的一间藕香院里冈川邂逅了一名少女金花，立即被她明媚清秀的气质所吸引，从此注定了冈川与金花在往后的日子里充满着爱恨纠缠的坎坷历程。由相识至相爱，短短数天，冈川与金花的爱火已像熊熊烈火，到了不可收拾的地步。当冈川回日本的时候，金花苦等不见爱人归来，唯有将精神寄托在基督真神的虚幻中，日夜祈祷，藉此补偿自我迷失的痛苦……
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回复 :Dong-hyeon and Yong-joon coincidentally meet at an acting audition. A strange gentleman appears in front of the both of them who are sick of failing at these auditions and suggests something to them. Meanwhile, Ayaka comes to Korea with her best friend Saori to meet her fiancé, Min-joon's parents. She runs into Dong-hyeon and Yong-joon who ask her to star in something and although she's not up for it, she's ushered into doing it by Shiori who loves handsome men. They move locations to a run-down facility and suddenly all exits are blocked and the four of them are trapped. Ayaka looks for an exit but instead finds cameras put up everywhere and gets the feeling that they are being watched. She suspects Yong-joon and Dong-hyeon of being behind this. Suddenly, young men overdosed with gas appear out of no where and try to rape Ayaka and Shiori. Dong-hyeon and Yong-joon fight them to save the women. All this is recorded live and sent to a crowd who is watching from a theater,enjoying it. Yong-joon and Shiori escape into another room but soon they are gassed and they suddenly want each other so bad. Then Shiori loses her mind and kills Yong-joon. Min-joon is watching this amongst the crowd at the theater. What happened between Ayaka and Min-joon...?
回复 :20世纪60年代末，左翼暴动席卷香港，局势动荡。从乡下来到大都市小玉（张曼玉 饰）是一个苦不见出头的小演员，为了金钱为了上位，真可谓不惜一切代价。在某导演的帮助下，小玉搬入一栋新公寓，偶然机会认识了住在天台的阿恭（钟镇涛 饰）。穷困潦倒的阿恭白天是一名白牌出租车司机，晚上则成为阔太太的性伴侣。两个畸零人从最初的轻视和憎恨，最终走到了一起。他们努力赚钱，经营生活，但动乱的局势仍将他们微小的幸福一次次击碎……本片荣获1990年香港金像奖最佳女主角（张曼玉）、最佳艺术指导和最佳剧本三项大奖。
回复 :2017年に初演された同名舞台を映画化した本作。親友を亡くした引っ込み思案の女子高生・穴森一穂が1通の手紙を受け取り、謎の転校生が待つ夜の校舎へと向かうさまが描かれる。
