1961, post-war Taiwan. Ma Shuisheng, the eldest son of the Ma family, is forced to sell the family's ancestral land to purchase morphine for his ailing parents, providing them relief from pain. Eventually, Shuisheng faces a heart-wrenching decision between their last piece of farmland and his newborn child.
- PUAN VER
Künye
- Chen HungYönetmen
Tsang Shen-chiehYönetmen, Senaryo
Daniel Wang馬水生- Wang Rong-yu馬阿榮
- 莊庭瑜阿霞（水生嫂）
- Li Hsiu-sha阿梅（阿榮嫂）
Lai Chien-tai馬水福（二弟）
Chou Chien-yu馬水祥（三弟）