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A ten-part hour-long series that follows the aftermath of a mass-shooting where all parties involved - the killer, the victims, the victims’ families, the media and the defense teams, whose fates are all intertwined.
The life stories of four firefighters show that, through their daily work, they have not only witnessed various spectrums of Taiwan’s society but also been forced to face their own life lessons.
“And they lived happily ever after” is an ending we are all too familiar with. On Marriage focuses on portraying all those struggles that couples encounter when they give up themselves to fulfill their marriage. In this anthology series, each individual episode explores varying meanings of marriage from five unique perspectives.
Han-ming is afraid of ghosts. After the death of his beloved grandpa, he must work with spirits to cook the “Ghost Festival Feast” to recall the memory between them. Then, he discovers it takes effort to make friends as well. Can he conquer these challenges and grow up?
Reminiscing about his youth in Taiwan's turbulent 1920s, Guo Xuehu reflects on his passion for art, a friendship with a painter -- and a doomed romance.
Da Ai Drama follows Hong Yu-liang, once expected to inherit his father Hong Si-tiao’s political influence and underworld status. After turning away from that past, he joins Tzu Chi as an environmental volunteer and finds a new life in serving others and honoring his parents.
What haunts us is not only death, but aging. Pei-Hua is drawn like a blurred sketch—gray, undefined, embodying the quiet experience of a woman growing older.Mothers often remain fixed in place, becoming a point of reference for their daughters’ journeys. Each of us carries a “carry-on”—unfinished burdens or lessons meant to be faced in this life. When we finally leave, do these carry-ons remain? In the film, a fire becomes a ritual of release, a way of saying goodbye. Life is rarely pure joy or sorrow, and The Carry-On is no exception.
When Li Ling-hui becomes the new principal of Hualien Tzu Chi High School, her bold and unconventional approach disrupts the status quo, inspiring both teachers and students. Years later, Hsu Cheng-lin reflects on how her guidance once changed his life, shaping his journey in ways he never expected.
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On Green Island in the 1950s, the female thought prisoners chose to fight for freedom, but were more forcefully suppressed by the authority. They held on to their beliefs and hoping for true freedom to come.
Born never to cry, Fish seeks his missing mother through the underworld. He believes her ghost is imprisoned within a deity puppet — yet, it conceals neither his mother nor an informant, but a survivor. Through the puppet’s mouth, the seaside street’s buried past unfolds.
Three poetic tales of seeking the true identity. In the first story, Jing, a blind singer, falls in love with her band's tomboy accordionist Diego. In another time and place, Lily, an elderly lesbian and Yen, her gay friend, create an unexpected bond and support each other in a time of crisis. Finally, we see Diego before she joined the band, when as a teenager she came to grips with her gender identity.
Yu-lan came to Taipei from southern Taiwan. She has got a successful career as a dancer. When her foster mother gets dementia, she has no choice but to retire and go back home. However, the trial and tribulation of her new life have reminded her of her childhood memories. During an argument with her mother’s foreign caretaker, the cause of her foster brother’s death and the secrets about her biological mother are gradually being revealed... As a woman of the advanced maternal age, Yu-lan has found herself unexpectedly pregnant with a baby. Following her heart, she has entered the circle of destiny. Departure means coming back, and her starting point is also her finish line. Is birth adjacent to or far away from death? Maybe at last, you’ll see that the shadow you met will be also the light to guide your life.
In 1860s, WEI Zhi-yun could distinguish kinds of tea since the age of 9. To make tea, she unbound her her feet and crossed the Taiwan Strait, leaving her hometown, but couldn’t witness the ‘Oriental Beauty,’ the tea she created, that astonished the world. In 2027, YUAN You-Yuan came back to Taiwan after studying in pastry in England. While she lost herself under the challenges both in career and love, she incidentally made the traditional Taiwanese dessert and tea and finally got back her mind. Zi-Zai, an immortal woman , obeying to ‘Destiny,’ intervened in WEI’s life and met You-yuan — a girl whose life course echoes WEI’s. She decides to defy Destiny, for WEI Zhi-yun, YUAN You-yuan, and for herself.
The Hotel Blackcat's owner, Mang, never leaves the counter. Guests include the immigrant worker, whore, losing-job Japanese, sex-abused man, little Lolita.... The police forces the Hotel to shut down and all guests must leave. What should they do? It's not necessary to lock each room anymore. Keep the door open, you'll find out traces imprinted with figures as well as times.
A high school student who has lost his father is bullied at school while also being misunderstood by his mother. He decides to return to his father’s hometown to find the tobacco field that was painted in the torn painting he takes along on the journey.
The little girl facing her first menstruation met a pretty girl just become a woman. At the junction of women and girl, they are both deeply moved by love. What should they choose? Stay or leave?
Hao-Yang is a young man that loves the sea and loves to surf, but just as his life was about to begin, he was diagnosed with a motor neuron disease that was from his father. After some time, his body will begin to paralyze part by part, not able to move or speak and eventually he will die. His brother refused to take the test and their single-parent mother still tries to find a cure for her boys. One day, Hao-Yang told his brother he wanted to see the ocean and begged his brother to take him surfing again. When Hao-Yang had finally fulfilled his wish and got on the surfboard, he disappeared in the ocean after a big wave.
