At the end of World War II AhDee who fought under Japanese command returns to the mountains of central Taiwan and resumes his activities as a bamboo farmer Traumatized by the war he is unable to marry but adopts a son named Spring and later on a young woman Tangerine for her to become his wife But when Spring must leave for military service Ah Dees long repressed desires reappear he falls madly in love with his daughterinlaw