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1940年代の中国。資産家の息子だったフークイだが、賭けに負けてしまい全財産を失う。身重の妻チアチェンは愛想をつかして実家へ戻ってしまった。しかし、半年後、長男が誕生したのを機に夫フークイのもとへと戻ってくる。心機一転、困窮する一家の家計を支えようとフークイは得意の影絵の巡業を始める。そんな矢先、フークイは国民党と共産党の内戦に巻き込まれてしまう。フークイがやっと家族のもとに戻ってきたのは、共産党の勝利が決まり内戦が終結した後だった。一家はその後も、中国現代史の荒波にもまれながらも逞しく生きていく……。
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In the first half of this century, young Li Tienlu joins a travelling puppet theatre and subsequently makes a career as one of Taiwan's leading puppeteers.
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China in the 1920s. After her father's death, 19 year old Songlian is forced to marry the much older lord of a powerful family. With three wives already, each living in a separate house within the great castle, there is fierce competition for his attention and the privileges that are gained. This competition gets out of hand.
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The story of a family embroiled in the "White Terror", mainland China's political repression that was wrought on the Taiwanese people by the Kuomintang government in the late 1940s.
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The story of how a high school teacher overcomes all the problems and difficulties with problem students as well as other unfavorable circumstances in his teaching.
