殷超凡(秦祥林 飾)出身富裕之家，有個美麗的未婚妻，他卻愛上了貧窮且和智障弟弟相依為命的芷紜(林青霞 飾)，兩人的戀情不被殷家許可，受到父母百般阻擾，芷紜因此離開了超凡，但殷超凡對芷紜的愛始終不變，這份堅持終於感動父母。

高凌风（秦祥林 饰）是一名年轻有为意气风发的大学生，一天，他邂逅了美丽温柔的夏小蝉（林青霞 饰），从未知晓爱情是何种滋味的他就这样轻而易举的坠入了情网。很快，高凌风就发现，夏小蝉的追求着不止自己一个，还有何怀祖（石峰 饰）。何怀祖同样是一个各方面都很优秀的人，为了虏获夏小蝉的芳心，高凌风在方方面面都要同何怀祖争个高下，但总是落败。
最终，高凌风以一曲情歌为自己扳回一城，但无奈最终夏小蝉还是选择了跟何怀祖一起出国深造。高凌风虽然痛恨夏小蝉的背叛，但同时又深爱着她，他陷入了两极的情绪之中，开始自暴自弃起来。

Directed by some of most well known Chinese-language directors of the time, the portmanteau film Four Moods was an attempt to alleviate Li Han-hsiang’s financial troubles during the late 1960s. Arguably one of his best works, King Hu’s short Anger is an adaptation of the famous Peking opera San Cha Kou; set to opera instrumentation and stylishly shot, the film deftly captures the tense showdown between political schemers, avengers and vagabonds inside an inn. Li Han-hsiang’s Happiness, inspired by the Strange Tales of Liaozhai, tells a tale of reprieve for a kind-hearted ghost, while Pai Ching-Jui’s Joy and Lee Hsing’s Sadness both explore the fateful encounters between mortal men and ghostly women.

《金大班的最后一夜》改编自作家白先勇的同名小说。叙述的是三十年代至五十年代，从上海“百乐门”到台北“夜巴黎”的一段风花雪月的故事。它讲述了一位风华绝代的舞女大班及“百乐门”四大美女的风月传奇和悲情因缘。这是一部由轻歌与曼舞、灯红与酒绿、朱颜与白发、香鬓与俪影、西装与旗袍、金钱与爱情、苍凉与华丽交织而成的醉梦人生。

Jointly and respectively directed by King Hu, Lee Hsing, and Pai Ching-Jui, three major Taiwan directors of the 1970s, this film consist of three shorts with the same cast of two actors and one actress, who through reincarnation meet in three different times.