Casting: Hsiao-Fen LU、Fu-Chien CHANG、Ching-T'ao MA
Synopsis The story depicts a dwarf who wanted to get married. Through the arrangement of his family, he was going to marry a girl, Peach. Peach rejected him in the beginning and gradually she was touched by his talents and thoughtfulness and finally accepted him. The dwarf’s age was about twentyish, a nice-looking, child-like man. He was very kind and usually he grazed the cattle and blew Suo Na, a Chinese brumpet in the funeral procession for a living. His family lived in a vallage where sugar cane was the main product. In this rather well-off family there were the parents, a brother, a sister and the dwart himself. Peach was born and grew up in the neighboring vallage and was usually busy with the work on the farm and in the house. Her father was a gambler, deep in debt. Once the creditors, some rascles, pushed her father to return the money and threatened that they would sell Peach to the whore house if her father can not return the money. The dwarf learned this and told his parents and his parents thought they could persuade Peach’s parents and let her marry the dwarf.
Synopsis In a sunny rain, the 17-year old Nan-sun Chiang and Chu Su su met each other while borrowing the umbrella. Nan-sun was born in a rather well-off family and Su-su was an orphan. Though living in different environments, their friendship was deeply rooted. Later, when they both met Chia-ming Sung, at the age of being unaware of love, they thought they could share Chia-ming’s friendship. Affter a short getting together, Chia-ming went back to Japan, While Nan-sun went on with his study and Su-su by mistake tell into the social circle. Five years went by. Nan-sun became a designer of a fashion company and Su-su became a renouned woman in the social world. Nan-sun met Chia-ming again. Nan-sun found that Chia-ming had fallen in love with Su-su but himself also wanted to get Su-su’s love. Finally, he found that he should not be so selfish and decided to bring Chia-ming to Su-su. When Su-su met Chia-ming again, she was about to marry the son of a King of Sea Liners, Mr. Hsie. They regretted for having met too late. For the promised marriage, Su-su had to leave Chia-ming and marry. Mr. Hsie reluctantly. Chai-ming, with a broken heart, went back to Japan. When they were 27 years old, Nan-sun had become a famous fashion designer in Hong Kong. Due to her unhappy nuptial life, Su-su went to Japan to sec Chia-ming and the spark of love flared up again. Su-su decided to give up everything for love. However, economic recession swept over Hong Kong and in order to help a Mr. Lee who ever helped herself, Su-su resolutely severed the love with Chia-ming and became a social butterfly again.
Casting: Hsiao-Fen LU、Ta-Hua JEN、Hsiu-Ling LIN、Feng-Sheng HU
Synopsis American Kid, Mouthless, Windowman and Red Hair were the ill-fated tour, 3 men and 1 girl, who had suffered from the bitter reality of the society. They then formed a grave digging group to steal money from the dead. American Kid was in charge of the main work, Mouthless and Windowman were the helpers and Red Hair was the gurad in the disguise of a ghost. Once they wanted to make a big deal when they learned that a rich man’s mother had just been buried and millions worth of valuables were buried together. After planning carefully, these four drove to the graveyard in the middle of the night. Opening the coffin they saw the valuables and they put them all in a bucket. American Kid want to look for Red Hair leaving the secne for Mouthless and Windowman to clear. When Red Hair and American kid were compassionately making love on the grass, three cow robbers, being frightened by Red Hair’s disguise as a ghost, came up indignantly and killed American Kid. Mouthless and Windowman came and dragged Red Hair into the car and drove off. Red Hair was sad and Windowman who once had an affair with Red Hair blamed sarcastically and the two tangled in a fight. Mouthless was holding the steering-wheel tight while an on-coming truck was driving near. However, one of the tires exploded and their car rammed into……… “THE SUONA PLAYER “The Late Spring” is mainly designed for the dramatic expression of characters and the rebellion of the leading actress is derived from her longing for love. Chuen Yen was a newly-widowed farm girl and under the old-fashioned social teaching, she was often oppressed by her memory of the old times. Under her mother’s arrangement, she remarried a Mr. Chiang, son of an officer in town. Chuen Yen’s purity and simplicity could not get herself accustomed to the new marriage and she often complained about being neglected. However, her longing for love made her fall in love with a young man who was her neighbor and was about the same age. They planned to run away. In 1916, China was in the transition period of monarchical and constitutional rules. Her husband used his ranking friend’s power to force away the young man and Chuen Yen was, bitterly beaten and locked up. The Mr. Chiang’s family reputation was thus saved without anyone’s knowing. In the dark room Chuen Yen spent 3 months for recovery and gradually accepted the practical life arranged by her mother and her husband. Her rebellious attitude was replaced by her charming appearance. Only unconsciously would Chuen Yen had her rebellion and uneasiness glimmer in her eyes.
Casting: Tao WANG、Yueh-Yun LIN、Wei-Hsin CHEN、Pa AN
Synopsis Story Synopsis of “When the Ocean Is Blue” Hsiao Tung and Hsueh are two very lovable brother and sister, but as their parents are determined to divorce, it brings about very great injury to them psychologically. Hsiao Tung and young aunt Lo Pi-Wen are very friendly, and Pi-Wen ofter tells nursery stories to Hsiao Tung, and before and after the divorce, Pi-Wen and her boy friend Hisao I-Heng just play the role of consoling these two brother and sister. On an occasion, Hsiao Tung and Hsueh Hsueh go to the home of Grandfather-in-law and Grandmother-in-law, at the seaside of Tanshui, the sea water is a piece of blue, and that is the happiest time for Hsiao Tung and Hsueh Hsueh. Young Aunt tells Hsiao Tung a story about “Lai Pao”, making Hsiao Tung deeply believe, if only he goes to be the son of the sea god, then it may save the crisis of his parents’ marriage. Finally, in the evening of Hsueh Hsueh’s birthday, Hsiao Tung promises Hsueh Hsueh to go to fined Mother, then he goes to the sea, never returning. Young Aunt henceforward never believes in marriage, and separates from her boy friend, and when her boy friend goes to the United States to study, she still stays in Taiwan alone, remembering Hsiao Tung, and writes a book for him known as “When the Ocean Is Blue”. Original Author: Liao Ching-Sung, Chang Man-Chuan Narrated by: Hsiao Yeh, Wang Tao, Lin Yueh-Yun, Chen Wei-Hsin, Pa An
