Ryoko, born to an indigenous Amis mother and Japanese father on Taiwan’s Pacific
Coast, spends her teenage years in Japan. However, increasingly alienated from the
ideals and expectations of Japanese society, she dreams of moving to her mother’s
home village in Taiwan.
Ryoko finally makes the move but finds, although surrounded by childhood friends,
she is not yet ready to settle down. She slips away without warning to the city and
reboots her life again with a new boyfriend.
Several years later, she again abandons urban bustle to return to her mother’s home
village. But this time, her growing reputation as an internationally acclaimed artist
as well as her vocal activism against construction of a seaside resort hotel complex
nearby leave many in the community wondering sanguinely whether she is now finally
ready to settle down…and whether the romance with her former hometown boyfriend
will ignite once more.