清廷在甲午战争中失败,签下马关条约割让台湾。一八九五年五月,日本能久亲王赴台接收。同月,丘逢甲建立台湾民主国,反抗日人统治。苗栗地方的秀才吴汤兴(温升豪 饰)受丘逢甲所托,筹备义军。吴汤兴宅心仁厚,深孚众望,妻子黄贤(杨谨华 饰)深明大义,一时间,当地豪杰徐骧、新竹姜绍祖等人纷纷投入麾下,义军同仇敌忾,欲将东洋番打出台湾。 义军利用地形优势与日军展开游击战,部分弥补了武器的劣势,同时,不甘被异族统治的山贼林天霸也带着自己的队伍加入了义军。六月二十四日,日军发动了针对桃园和新竹的进攻,义军的处境愈发困难,但吴汤兴等人的坚决反抗,激发了更多台湾人抵抗的决心。
Yi-jung is in her late twenties and still lives with her mother. Having raised her daughter alone, Su-kyung is now ready to start a new life with her fiancé and leave the past behind. Not so Yi-jung, who from an early age has all too often had to serve as an outlet for her irascible mother’s frustrations. The many years of disregard have left her with a crippling mixture of sup...