She agrees but arrives too late at the hotel to accompany him. When Chow takes a job in Singapore, he asks Su to go with him. As time passes, they acknowledge that they have developed feelings for each other. Their increased time together draws the attention of their neighbors, leading Chow to rent a hotel room where they can work together undistracted. Although they initially are friendly to each other only as need be, they grow closer as they realize that their spouses are sleeping together.Ĭhow invites Su to help him write a martial arts serial. Suen, and their bustling, mahjong-playing neighbours, Chow and Su are often alone in their rooms. Due to the friendly but overbearing presence of a Shanghainese landlady, Mrs. Each has a spouse who works and often leaves them alone on overtime shifts. In 1962 British Hong Kong, Shanghai expatriates Chow Mo-wan, a journalist, and Su Li-shen, a secretary at a shipping company, rent adjacent rooms in an apartment. He does not have the courage to come close. She has shyly kept her head lowered, giving him a chance to come close. That was a type of embarrassing encounter. The following intertitle begins the film:
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