The memories on the taste buds, are those of growing up, of life, of past recollection, of families. In a sultry morning, on the top floor of an old apartment building in downtown Taipei, where a private kitchen is about to open, the female owner Li Xin-Yue has gone missing, abandoning the male owner of the private kitchen, her boyfriend Ji Wei-Ran, along with the unorganized storefront. In the old town area of Tainan, the roof of the old family Li mansion gets hit by a gusty wind, blowing away a piece of tile and leaving a hole on the rooftop. The wind follows through the hole, blowing into the Li’s, launching an upcoming family storm. The three sons of the Li who live separately have all returned. As they debate about the repair work, the conflicts hidden among their relationships start to surface.

1988年，基隆港烟尘蔽日，林小丽（白小樱 饰）在迷惘中长大，渴望逃离黑暗。 直到遇见无惧眼光、自在生活的李莉莉（林品彤 饰），她才第一次看见世界的色彩。 然而，这份向往却触动了母亲（汤毓绮 饰）的过往创伤。 当年，她也曾憧憬未来，却被现实困住。 女孩与女人，在交错的命运中互相映照，像一面镜子照出彼此的伤却无能为力。

剛成為姊姊的十歲女孩思婷，認為父母只偏愛襁褓中的弟弟，同時又懷疑自己得了可怕的乳癌，面對心中的恐懼，卻無法獲得父母的關注，思婷該如何度過生命最後的三十天倒數？

甫從美國回到高雄的年邁攝影師千惠，向孫女講述埋藏在 1947 年 3月的童年往事。戰後初期，歷經文化和語言的激烈轉變，還是小學生的千惠目睹時為中學生的姊姊映霞與其戀慕對象光瑞被捲入動亂當中。這段無法訴說的回憶，透過千惠腦海中一幀一幀的畫面以及一首日語兒歌，再次浮現。