Wu Ping-nan

Lung is a former member of the national Little League team who lives with his old childhood sweetheart Ah-chin, a traditional family woman. Although they live together, Ah-chin is weary of Lung's past liaison with another girl.

A young couple leave their mining town home for Taipei where they struggle to eke out a living in an industrial wasteland.

Chronicles the last days of Japanese rule in a Taiwanese village, in a quasi-comical style.