Set in Taipei, the captivating, 156-minute story follows the aftermath of that initial machete madness. Not so much the lost hand – that’s gone, along with the meal – but the family of A-Ho (Wu Chien-ho). Radish (Liu Kuan-ting) and A-Ho were supposed to frighten their target; to A-Ho’s horror, Radish wielded his weapon, and they’re both locked up for years. The fallout extends to A-Ho’s pregnant girlfriend (Wen Chen-ling); his secretive brother, A-Hao (Greg Han Hsu); and his heartbroken parents (Samantha Ko, Chen Yi-wen). The father disowns A-Ho, even asking the judge, “I hope you put him away to teach him some discipline.” When A-Ho leaves the juvenile detention centre, he’s fundamentally changed, but so are the people he tries to make amends with. “(The slashed hand) shocks the audience in the very beginning, and the rest of the film shows the audience what a normal family life is like,” Chung says. “Many things in life originate from unknown violence and ac