Season 1 • Episode 3
LatestVic Zhou plays a Taiwanese medic in World War II who was deployed to China as a Japanese military doctor. He endured much internal turmoil as his allegiance was split between his Japanese ruler and his Chinese ancestry. At the end of the war, a Chinese general saved him from being executed with the rest of Japanese soldiers. Ever since his rescue, he had been searching for a way to get back home. Back to Taiwan.
Acting
Vic Zhou's silently shattered expressions say everything.
Production
Period detail that makes 1940s China feel lived-in, not costume-party.
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This rare drama centers the suppressed history of Taiwanese forced to serve Japan, a perspective almost never seen in mainland or Taiwanese media.
The real 228 Incident aftermath haunted Taiwan for decades; Su Tai-ying's fictional journey mirrors thousands who never made it home.
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