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9th century China. Ten year old general’s daughter Nie Yinniang is abducted by a nun who initiates her into the martial arts, transforming her into an exceptional assassin charged with eliminating cruel and corrupt local governors. One day, having failed in a task, she is sent back by her mistress to the land of her birth, with orders to kill the man to whom she was promised – a cousin who now leads the largest military region in North China. After 13 years of exile, the young woman must confront her parents, her memories and her long-repressed feelings.
Adapted from the novel by author Wu Hsiao-Le, the series consists of five independent stories about parenting, as well as children's pressures of growing up, when faced with the tragic consequences of social pressure, parental oppression and family dysfunction. Each story is told in two parts in this ten-part series.
After discovering that her son faked his report cards, a single mother uses a device to grant her utter control over his life -- but at a great cost.
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On his 18th birthday, Jan Wen shoots randomly at the crowds in a night market for unknown reasons. The tragic incident causes a strong impact on the lives of his family and friends, the victims and the witnesses. However, if there was a chance for them to make different choices, would the tragedy still happen? Will it be a different outcome if they all changed their behaviour at the crucial moment?
Once a top waterskiing prodigy, a young man alienates his three godfathers and shuts out the world after a career-ending injury. His life finds light again when he meets a mysterious girl, but his desperate need to prove his worth leads him to pawn his late father’s keepsake for a luxury car. Consumed by vanity, he allows materialism to erode their pure love, eventually driving her away. Now hitting rock bottom in a desolate reality, he must decide whether to remain in despair or find the strength to face his past and seek the redemption he so desperately needs.
A series of events that seem to be a long-term curse worries TANG Yu and LI Wu-qing: the secret underground laboratory on the island, and the accidental deaths related to it 14 years ago, plus the fact that the two deceased died in the place of ancient legends. However, among the people trapped on the island by the typhoon, there are more secrets surging like sea water, ready to be revealed.
What does it mean to miss someone? Dolores remembers the time in high school when an unknown pair of siblings nearly drowned. Although the unknown sister and brother were saved, the regret never left... She wipes away her tears and holds on to that summer, that person, in her own way.
From Los Angeles to Taiwan, Rose Luo, a Taiwanese American, is on a journey in search of her lost love, and to reconcile with her unsettled past.
