In the wake of his father’s heart attack, Ken must battle his father’s mistress — who persuaded her lover to transfer the grand master title to her in the event of his death — for the rightful claim to the family fortune in a riveting game of mah-jong.

Cheng Pei-pei plays Golden Swallow, a fighter-for-hire who has been contracted by the local government to retrieve the governor’s kidnapped son. Holding him is a group of rebels who are demanding that their leader be released from prison in return for the captured son. After a brief encounter with the gang at a local restaurant, Golden Swallow is joined by an inebriated wanderer Drunken Cat (Yueh Hua) who aids her in her mission.