Acting
Facing a trail of murders staged as chilling word games, a rookie police captain and a goofy detective race to solve a serial killer's deadly puzzles.
Jay, an urbanite kid of Taipei, is compelled to move to a remote small town and reside with his eccentric grandfather Wang Po in a peculiar grocery store. There, he encounters his lively yet unkempt roommate A-Le, the mischievous Hsiao Ko who loves to feast, and the rational girl with a mind for science, Ta-Ko.
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.
Qian Qian, a shy girl with a stutter, finds courage and self-acceptance by overcoming her fear of speaking. She carries a bottle of marble soda, "Doepy," and diligently practices her pronunciation, only to encounter numerous challenges along the way. This is a touching story about self-acceptance and the courage to grow.
Douzi misses her dad very much, but he never appears in her dreams. She believes she can still talk to him, so she carries a paper phone to school on Parent-Child Day. After her mom misses the event, Douzi heads home all by herself. This is when an unexpected journey begins—a journey where she gets to play with her father again.
When Mom comes home with a newborn baby, a relative brings over a "live chicken" to make soup for Mom during her postpartum confinement. Little Monkey wants to help, so she asks Grandpa to secretly turn the clucking chicken into chicken soup. Should the chicken be killed or not?
