"In the 1940s, when the civil war was coming to an end, Taiwanese doctor Yan Zekun (played by Takeshi Kaneshiro) frequently traveled to and from Taiwan on the "Taiping Ferry" cruise ship leading to the mainland in order to purchase medicines. In order to maintain his family's livelihood, he seemed calm on the surface, but in his heart he never stopped missing his lover Masako, who was forced to separate due to the war..."