Guan Zeqiang

A story of three couples and their intertwining love stories set in 1940s Taiwan and Shanghai, centered around the 1949 sinking of Taiping.

At the annual Jinmen Reminiscence Fair, the Joker uses magic to steal the golden silk coat. The three major families of jugglers in Jinmen: the Tang Clan, who are known for their speed and expertise in blindfolds, the Li Clan, who make juggling machines and props, and the Qi Clan, who are good at breaking all kinds of illusions.

The script is composed of three stories set in three different time periods and three different locations. One story takes place during an ascent of the Himalayas, another on a crossing of the Atlantic Ocean, while the third happens on an ocean-going fishing trip. The motivation/objective in every story is a quest, and hiding underneath under every motivation is the deepest level of human nature.