現代の台湾・台北を舞台に、三姉妹が繰り広げる三者三様の恋愛模様と、台湾5つ星ホテルのシェフである、彼女たちの父親が作り上げる料理の数々が織りなすホームドラマ。日曜日の晩餐は、中国料理の鉄人だった父の手料理を前に円卓をにぎわすのがこの一家の習わしだ。敬虔なクリスチャンである長女、航空会社勤務のキャリア・ウーマンの次女、女子大生で無邪気な三女。人間の根源的な欲求である“食欲”と“性欲”を通して、彼女たちの初恋や不倫、セックスに妊娠、結婚、父と娘、家族や人間関係、そして“人生”を描きあげた意欲作。
大陸からの移住組の一家がこうむる圧力は、さらに露骨なものとなって少年スーを巻き込んでいく。彼の恋した少女ミンは、彼らのボスの情婦という噂がある。そのボスは、敵グループのボスと一騎討ちの最中、車にはねられて死んでしまう。やがてスーはミンとの交際を注意され、怒って中学を退学する。だがミンは、スーの親友で軍人の息子マーと付き合いはじめていた……。
8歳のヤンヤンは、祖母と両親と姉と台北のマンションで暮している。しかし、祖母が脳卒中で倒れ昏睡状態に陥ったのを機に家族の空気が変わり始める。看病に疲れた母は家を出、偶然昔の恋人と再会した父は過去を思い出し、姉は恋に思い煩う。そんな家族の姿をヤンヤンは冷静に見守り…。
A young woman urgently seeks to navigate the maze of contemporary Taipei and find a future. She hopes that her boyfriend Lung is the key to the future, but Lung is stuck in a past that combines baseball and traditional loyalty that leads him to squander his nest egg bailing her father out of financial trouble.
ローラン・ティエリーをコンゲームの世界に誘った自称天才詐欺師ドロシー。上海龍虎幇とのゲームに敗北し、彼女は命を落とした……はずだった。海辺の小さな村、アジアの都市・台北から少しはなれたその場所に彼女の姿はあった。台北の裏社会に追われ、京都を目指す、その先に待っているものとは―…！？
Defying his parents, disaffected youth Hsiao Kang drops out of the local cram school to head for the bright lights of downtown Taipei. He falls in wit Ah Tze, a young hoodlum, and their relationship is a confused mixture of hero-worship and rivalry that soon leads to trouble.
台北を舞台に、カメラマンとその恋人、小説家の妻と医師の夫、その元恋人、不良少女、刑事…様々な人物が幾重にも錯綜し現代の台湾が抱える問題を浮き彫りにしていく。
Fei works illegally as a hustler in order to support his family, yet when he realizes they are willing to accept his money but not his way of life, there is a major breakdown in their relations. Through his relationship to the headstrong Long, Fei seems able to find a new lease on life, but then he encounters Xiaolai, the love of his youth, who confronts him with the guilt of his repressed past.
On a dark and rainy night, a historic and regal Taipei cinema sees its final film: 1967 martial arts feature "Dragon Inn". As the film plays, the lives of the theater's various employees and patrons intersect, and two ghostly actors arrive to mourn the passing of an era.
In this portrait of small-time hoods rendered in rhythm-of-life anecdotal detail, Gao is the leader of a circle of layabouts including his sidekick, Flathead, and their girlfriends, Pretzel and Ling. He is also the originator of petty crime schemes, which promise to get the gang nowhere fast.
A bachelor who decides to propose to his girlfriend with his mother's ring only to have the ring accidentally knocked into the gutter by a boy. He experiences the crazy nightlife in Taipei and meets many interesting individuals throughout his mission to get the ring back.
Doris simply wanted to open a refined, stylish coffee shop in a bohemian Taipei neighborhood, but when she's stuck with a load of useless gifts from the opening celebration, her younger sister Josie turns the café into a burgeoning bartering business. There, even a soulful song (by Japanese singer Atari Kosuke in a cameo) is a tradable commodity. One day, a traveler brings in 35 soaps from around the world with a story for each of them, awakening Doris' imagination about the outside world that she has never seen.
Winston Chen, a prominent businessman, goes missing after racking up $100 million in debts to the Taipei underworld. Two enforcers sent to find him, and they track down his son, Red Fish, the leader of a street gang.
Hao, a chubby gay man, works as a janitor at a gay spa. For him, romantic relationships are an unreachable dream. One day, an attractive customer, Kai, walks into the place, and Hao has the opportunity to massage him.
A young woman wandering around meets a young man going to a casting call for a pornographic film.
Even in modern-day Taipei, women feel the societal pressure to get married and have children before the clock runs out. Thankfully, there is a solution: freeze your eggs and prolong your fertility until the right one comes along! Starring Ariel Lin, the film is a glimpse of what millions of working women struggle with: finding the balance between pursuing a career and marriage.
May, a woman singer from the mainland of China, suddenly loses her voice and has conflicts with Ah Lei, her producer and secret lover. In anger she goes to Old Town of Jingtong where she meets Xiao Mo, a warmhearted man. Xia Mo helps May find a place to stay, and finds her work at local restaurant. May finds happiness and consolation in the old streets of the small town, and her voice gets better and better.
Liang Ruoqing is a girl who, after being lied to and dumped by her ideal high-school boyfriend Ai Ren, develops love phobia and vows to never fall in love again. However, she meets a handsome doctor Lu Zhehan at her grandfather's hospital. Lu Zhehan seems to be the perfect guy but since she doesn't believe in "perfect" anymore, she thinks that he is too good to be true. Her new journey begins when she tries to show to all of the women that this doctor is not as good as everyone thinks he is, but fate is playing a trick on her. The more she tries to uncover his hidden evil nature, the more she discovers that he may be the right guy to cure her love phobia.
Three young souls, with different purposes, comes to the coast and search for the meaning of their life, a journey considerably longer than any of them has taken before.
Mr. Lin is a happily retired man who spends his time keeping company with his toddling grandson, walking his dog, and playing golf with his in-laws. Recently, he has been obsessed with houses with river views. In Lin's city of demolitions and reconstructions, money-making investors buy and sell houses at unaffordable prices. Above the skyline of Taipei, will the boundaries between daydreams and reality ever blur?