From 65438 to 0926, the young actor Song Danping (Leslie Cheung) fell in love with thousands of women for starring in this opera, but he was not attracted by them, except Du Yunyan (Jacklyn Wu), a pure rich girl. But because of his player status, their relationship was forcibly stopped by Du Yunyan's father, and Du Yunyan was kept at home and betrothed to a rich family.
At the engagement dinner with the powerful son, Du Yunyan pretended to be ill and left to have a private meeting with Song Danping. After the powerful son knew it, he was jealous and sent someone to beat Song Danping and set fire to the theater. Du Yunyan has since become a crazy woman in the eyes of outsiders. The dilapidated theater is rumored to be the ghost of Song Danping because it has illusory songs every full moon night.
Ten years later, a small troupe moved into a haunted theater. Young actors Wei Qing (Huang Lei) and Song Danping met like ghosts, and the elegy of love was staged again.
PS: Can you tell me more about other plots or actors? It's hard to find with only one mask.