《第36個故事》(第7屆)導演蕭雅全睽違八年再度交出劇情長片。60歲的范保德知道自己生病後，藉故前往日本，兒子大齊一路陪伴照料，直到中途，才知道自己參與了父親的尋父之旅。此時，年輕人Newman從香港來到小鎮，一段意外且傷感的旅程正等待著他。一段橫跨台灣與日本的尋父之旅，道出血濃於水，又微妙難喻的親情，不但談及祖孫三代的關係，更喻示了二戰後台灣歷史的演變。由黃仲崑與傅孟柏飾演父與子，既是尋找源頭，也在尋找未來。由恩師侯孝賢監製，蕭雅全與長期音樂搭檔雷光夏和侯志堅再度聯手，拿下台北電影獎最佳導演、最佳配樂等獎項。

Hsiao Ya-chuan’s follow-up to Taipei Exchanges (HKAFF 7th) touches upon family, history and memory to reveal the invisible ties binding generations of Taiwan people together. Discovering that he is seriously ill, 60-year-old Fan Pao-te refuses treatment, and instead leaves Taiwan to go to Japan with his son. Their goal: to find Pao-te’s father, who abandoned him when he was only a child. Meanwhile, a mysterious young man who’s somehow connected to Pao-te arrives in Taiwan on a journey of his own. Moving between Taiwan and Japan, and the past and the present, Hsiao Ya-chuan weaves an atmospheric and emotional cinema tapestry worthy of his mentor – and the film’s executive producer – Hou Hsiao-hsien.