"Ten miles away from home, the fog is deep. There are countless injustices committed at the bottom of the Huangpu River, but he wants to be the lantern-wielding rogue."
In the turbulent early years of the Republic of China, Shanghai in the 1920s. This is a melting pot where East and West collide, a quagmire where prosperity and evil coexist. The bells on the Bund, the jazz at Paramount, the hawkers in the alleys, and the gunshots of gang fights all compose the strange symphony of this city.