In 1930s colonial Malaya, a dissolute British doctor receives a surprise gift of an eleven-year-old Chinese houseboy.
In their journey to keep a promise and discover the truth, Ren and Ji Lin\'s paths will cross in ways they will never forget..
One night, Ji Lin\'s dance partner leaves her with a gruesome souvenir that leads her on a crooked, dark trail.
As time runs out for Ren\'s mission, a series of unexplained deaths occur amid rumours of tigers who turn into men.
Ren has forty-nine days, or else his master\'s soul will roam the earth forever.
Ji Lin, an apprentice dressmaker, moonlights as a dancehall girl to pay her mother\'s debts.
Sent as a bequest from an old friend, young Ren has a mission: to find his dead master\'s severed finger and reunite it with his body.
In 1930s colonial Malaya, a dissolute British doctor receives a surprise gift of an eleven-year-old Chinese houseboy