Shipwreck survivors are found on Beiru Island (Infanto tô), which was previously used for atomic tests. The interior is amazingly free of radiation effects, and they believe that they were protected by a special juice that was given to them by the island's residents. A joint expedition of Rolisican and Japanese scientists explores Beiru and discovers many curious things, including two women only one foot (30 centimeters) high. Unscrupulous expedition leader Clark Nelson abducts the women and puts them in a vaudeville show. But their sweet singing contains a telepathic cry for help to Mothra, a gigantic moth that is worshiped as a deity by the island people. The giant monster heeds the call of the women and heads to Tokyo, wreaking destruction in its path.

在这部滑稽、干涩、半开玩笑的科幻恐怖喜剧中，一个巨大的模糊手指从外太空落下来，威胁着一个女人，打断了她在家孤独的夜晚。

初中毕业后，因家境不许，15岁的农村少年阿远（王晶文）放弃学业来台北做事，初尝人生的辛苦，却仍为自己的理想努力着。一年后，阿远青梅竹马的恋人阿云（辛树芬）也来到台北，了解到现实的台北同阿远信里所描述的，是两个世界。可是困顿的环境并没减少他们的快乐，因为他们拥有彼此。阿远服兵役时，因为有每日抵达的书信，孤身在台北的阿云起初并没感到有多孤独。然而日子久了，遥远恋人的纸上诉情总比不过现实生活中鲜活男孩的低声耳语，加上对未来怀有的恐慌，阿云在阿远退伍前选择了嫁作他人妇。伤心虽有，阿远也只能选择抑压。

中年失意的儿子田力行（古天乐饰）在生活上遇到了重重危机：母亲病逝、工作不顺、妻子要求离婚。正处在这苦不堪言的困境中时，田力行79岁的痴呆父亲田一雄（吴镇宇饰）却突如一只再生的蝉，接二连三地脱皮并且不断变年轻——60岁、52岁、37岁、28岁、19岁。父亲一生中的六个阶段再现，也使得田力行穿梭了“六个爸爸”的六个年代，从未与父亲认真相处过的田力行重新认识了这六个阶段的父亲，从父亲波折的一生中，他似乎找到了自己的出路和重新起步的方向……