Overview: Somewhere on the coast of Taiwan is Hotel Iris, a mouldering seaside establishment run by a cold and thrifty Japanese woman (Nahana) and her lonely half-Taiwanese daughter Mari (Lucia). One night, Mari hears the cries of a woman from the upper floors. Heading up to investigate, she witnesses a distraught woman in a red camisole dress escape an impeccably dressed but violent man (NAGASE Masatoshi) whose cold voice is entrancing. Mari’s initial shock turns into a strange fascination which drives her to follow the man to discover more about him. He is a translator who lives on an isolated island one can only reach by boat and rumours swirl around him and recent murders. The closer she gets to the man, the more a hidden layer of Mari’s personality awakens as she allows herself to be engulfed by his strange passions…
Overview: In 1990, college student Ing, who accidently gets pregnant, returns to Lishan to spend the summer with her father. Ing notices the conflicts between her father and the farmers. She meets a young farmer Wen, and affection slowly grows between them. As summer ends, Ing leaves, and no one knows what the future will hold. To promote a new fertilizer, Ing's father gets a hot-air balloon, but hard as they try, it just can't fly.
Overview: Captured and imprisoned by the government, Liu Yao-ting is forcefully separated from his wife Shih Yueh-hsia. During this time, they write to keep their love alive. Eighty one letters, lipstick-smudged and sweat-stained, are the vessel for their passion and the embodiment of their spirits.
Overview: At twenty, A Wen, directionless and lacking skills, leaves home after an argument with his father, never expecting to return. Twelve years later, he comes back as a man with a criminal record. Fifteen-year-old Li Ming, a gifted student, is constantly bullied by local thugs because of his close friendship with Wang Yu-ting, the girlfriend of the gang leader. When A Wen saves him from the thugs, Li Ming asks him to be his bodyguard, hoping for protection from further bullying.