Released:
1996-12-31

Overview:
The story concerns a male youth named Ah Chung (or Diong-ah in the Taiwanese dialect) who graduates from high school and descends into a maelstrom of personal, familial, and communal conflicts. Ah Chung is going through the liminal stage of finding his place and aim in life. He is sent by his mother to a boot camp, training as one of the Eight Generals. This is a job in performing as a god in Taiwanese popular rituals and Ah Chung's mother believes it can bring spiritual and social goodwill to the much-troubled family: Financially strained mother who is a performer of "low-brow" entertainment, a kid brother who is somewhat retarded, a half-sister who is raped by his alcoholic father, and Ah Chung's listlessness which is easily sucked in by the local gang rivalry...

Director:
Chang Tso-chi

Runtime:
1h 37min

Genre:
Drama

• Cast:
• 
  Liu Shengzhong
  as
  Ah Chung
• 
  Chiu Hsiu-min
  as
  Mother
• 
  Tsai Ming-shiou
  as
  Father