A silent film classic starring Li Lilli, one of the biggest silent film stars of the period, recounts the story of a young woman who leaves her war-torn fishing village for the bright lights of Shanghai. Danger lurks in the big city, where she is raped, sold into prostitution, but eventually becomes a high class call girl who uses her newfound wealth to help those less fortunate.  But when she helps her former lover, a revolutionary, escape from the police, things take a turn for the worse…