樓起 The Construction
1990年初,金國際大樓即將落成,工地工人彥博和妻子梅玲因為家裡沒人照顧襁褓中的兒子佑佑,只好偷偷帶孩子上班,被工地主任阿丙發現,阿丙以此脅迫,佔了梅玲便宜後,竟翻臉不認帳依舊要兩人離開...
It is the early 1990s, and the Golden International Building is close to completion. Phok-á and his wife Mei-Ling, workers on the construction site, sneak their infant son Yoyo to work because there is no one else to take care of him at home. The site manager A-piánn discovers this, and coerces the couple for sexual favors. However, after getting his way with Mei-Ling, A-piánn goes back on his words and fires the couple...
孽鏡 The Mirror of Retribution
算命仙邱老師與富商家瑜的兒子旭恆遭到綁票,雖然交出了贖金,但旭恆從此失蹤。邱老師與家瑜最終也以離婚收場,邱老師故意過著很髒亂的生活,想就這樣糟蹋自己的一生,直到他撿到一組來路不明的電話話機...
Hsu-Heng, the son of Chiu, a fortuneteller, and Chia-Yu, a rich businesswoman, has been kidnapped. After paying the ransom, Hsu-Heng is still nowhere to be found. Chiu and Chia-Yu’s marriage dissolves soon after. Since then, Chiu has completely let himself go and lives in squalor. The self-sabotage takes a turn when he finds a mysterious telephone set...
火床 The Bed of Fire
怡慧在金國際大樓的保齡球館打工,與球館小開宗翰、員工阿彰發生了一段三角戀情。1999年,九二一地震使大樓被判定為危樓,所有商業活動終止,球館老闆因負債而自殺,宗翰、怡慧、阿彰的糾葛也隨之走向了悲劇...
Yi-Hui, who works at the bowling center inside the Golden International Building, finds herself in a love triangle with the owner’s son Tsung-Han and her colleague A-Tsiong. In 1999, the Building is deemed a public safety hazard in the wake of the Jiji Earthquake, leading to a halt in all commercial activities. Unable to pay off his loans, the owner commits suicide. Yi-Hui, Tsung-Han, and A-Tsiong’s conflicts also take a tragic turn...
回音 The Echo
金國際的套雅房有管區警察忠明主導與包庇的雛妓生意。百惠將女兒阿棠推入火坑,兒子阿壽則是阿棠的馬伕兼保鏢。家庭理髮設計師純純與阿壽婚後的幸福維持不了多久,阿壽就因吸毒而猝死,忠明為了不讓純純說出毒品來源,惡向膽邊生...
Chung-Ming, the district police officer, runs a clandestine underage prostitution operation in the residential units of the Golden International Building. Pao-Hui forces her daughter A-Tang into the business, with her son A-Siū acting as A-Tang’s personal driver and bodyguard. Chun-Chun, A-Siū’s wife, is a hairdresser. Their short-lived, happy marriage ends after A-Siū dies from a drug overdose. Chung-Ming starts plotting ways to prevent Chun-Chun from revealing the source of the drugs...
針雨 The Rain of Needles
黎月整天想著如何結束這樣的生活,她不能像丈夫文成那樣拋下家人,自己風流快活,黎月決定要在今天將失智的公公、囉唆的婆婆、繭居的兒子建志都迷昏殺掉,然後自殺...八八風災的雨水漏進房間,怎麼也擦不乾...
Li-Yue spends all her time thinking about how to turn her life around. She cannot bear to selfishly abandon her family like her husband Wen-Cheng did, so she decides to render her demented father-in-law, her demanding mother-in-law, and her socially withdrawn son Chien-Chih unconscious before murdering them and committing suicide herself. The rain from the Typhoon Morakot starts leaking into the room...