Season 1 • Episode 20
LatestOld Master Fu urges A Qing’s father to forgive him, but dies after a heart attack. A Qing, haunted by visions of his father, returns home, leaving behind a gift for his father before running away. In New Park, he meets Luo Ping, and together they jog into the night, marking a new chapter in A Qing’s life.
A-Qing, a sensitive youth in 1971 Taipei, is expelled from school and rejected by his family after a same-sex relationship with classmate Zhao Ying is discovered. Alone and searching for belonging, he begins spending time at New Park, a gathering place for gay men, where he meets friends and fellow outsiders navigating love, desire, and survival in a society that ostracizes them. Through his experiences and those of his peers, the story explores identity, friendship, longing, and the struggle for acceptance, offering a nuanced portrait of Taiwan’s gay subculture in the early 1970s and the bonds that sustain a marginalized community.
Direction
Tsao Jui Yuan's patient, unflinching gaze on hidden lives.
Production
Meticulous 1970s Taipei recreation—every neon sign hurts.
Acting
Tou Tsung-hua's magnetic, damaged matriarch of the park.
Creator
Tsao Jui Yuan
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Based on Pai Hsien-yung's groundbreaking 1983 novel, considered the first major modern Chinese gay literary work.
New Park is actually Taipei 228 Memorial Park—filming there required delicate negotiations with city officials unaware of the source material.
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