出生中國河北的老李因為戰爭來到台灣，一待六十年，再也沒回去故鄉。但是在夢裡，他早已踏上故鄉千百回，每回都是血流成河的景象。對老李來說，從軍不是為了政治，是為了吃飯；在誰家吃飯，就說誰家好。韓戰爆發，老李在南北韓交界被俘虜，來到台灣。老李結婚，有了家庭。但一顆心總是懸著，怕別人知道他當過共產黨。每每照鏡子，都無法忍受已是白髮蒼蒼的自己，於是他戴上假髮，穿上女裝，想彌補錯過的所有年華⋯⋯。

Li, a former soldier who's family broke apart during wartime, was born in Hebei Province in China. He joined the army since youth, never about any political beliefs, but to survive by fighting for those who fed him. The war brought him to Taipei Taiwan, a place where he spent six decades to fit in. Li never had a chance to return to his hometown Hebei, but has revisited it countless times in his dreams. whenever he dreams of it, he sees blood flowing all over the place. At the age of sixty, he decided to separate from his wife and children and lived alone for 20 years. He missed all those years wasted in wartime when he was young, at the same time, he had no idea how his eventful life would come to an end...