My Heart Is That Eternal Rose (1989) Plot Summary Explained

Release, runtime and language

1989 · 91 mins · Cantonese

Directed by

Patrick Tam

Starring

Kenny Bee, Gordon Liu Chia-Hui, Cheung Tat-Ming, Paco Yick Tin-Hung, Tony Leung, Richard Ng Man-Tat

After a botched Triad smuggling run, the young couple is torn apart: she is forced into the role of a kingpin’s reluctant moll, while he flees to the Philippines and becomes a contract killer. Six years later a chance meeting reunites them, but lingering feelings and the threats of their former lives drag them into extreme danger.