一場失敗脊椎手術後，「月亮歌手」李珮菁癱瘓了40年。她告訴蔡明亮：「拍我每天的復健吧，從23歲就癱瘓的下半身，這兩年終於有知覺，會痛了。」李珮菁以一曲〈我愛月亮〉走紅，這四十載，陪伴她的是日復一日的復健。常楓要一百歲了，演員這條路走了半個世紀。蔡明亮看他像一棵樹，說他「越老越漂亮、越瀟灑。」鏡頭望著常楓走過廢樓及廊道，榕樹們早在外頭等候。擁有長青之名的老樹與老者，一靜一動，歷經一場特意又巧合的深遠對視，兩者形象逐漸交疊。影后楊貴媚邀請蔡明亮創作公益短片，將鏡頭探向充滿歲月刻痕的兩個形影。曾在舞台與螢光幕前閃耀的璀璨星光，經歷時光的洗鍊，回到生活本身，是什麼模樣？在看似無為、節制的影像裡，實是一種對生命的凝視。

The expression of emotional desire called love. Everyone is an individual whose spirit and soul cannot be bound. The emotion between people leads to good and bad results, happiness or misery. In the river of natural life, it is the stream injected halfway and the water vapor evaporated halfway. Two very strong individuals, whether they are right or not, whether they need to be morally criticized, whether they need to be examined by us, in the end, death, rebirth, corruption is all part of the river.

二十九岁的打工男功不成名不就，因贸然参加试药，意外变成鱼头人身的变种人。梦想成为报导真相、揭发不义的社会新鲜人，被指派调查鱼男的真伪，意外掀起一波震惊全国的社会骚动。年轻人失业率逐年高涨，对社会感到绝望却也无能为力，鱼男的出现成为新世代的精神寄託。但在大企业与媒体操作下，舆论风向球再次翻转⋯⋯。导演权五光大胆剖开当代社会的丑陋面向，讽刺媒体造神与妖魔化怪象，仔细探究民众闻鸡起舞的分化对立，以荒诞寓言包装人性的残酷冷血。《鱼男悲歌》如同照妖镜一般，映出现今乱象当道的畸形社会，以无畏的眼光捕捉资本主义的变形记。以知名韩国综艺节目〈Running Man〉走红的李光洙首次担纲主角，精彩诠释面临困境的茫然世代。

This film is about haunting memories of Asia's late 20th-century modernization. The story departs from a 1965 United States embargo on the hair trade, known as the "Communist Hair Ban". Yet, in every wig resides a ghost from the imperial past.Wigs were vital for the rise of the Asian economy in the post-war era. In the heyday of the 1960s, it was the number four export in Hong Kong's export-orientated industrialization. Between Mao's China - the largest source of hair supplies, and the insatiable Western market, Hong Kong functioned as the gateway. In 1965, U.S. Treasury Department imposed an embargo on "Asiatic hair", to cut off foreign currency to Communist China in the hair trade. The highly racialized category of "Asiatic hair" was later revised as "communist hair", to enable the wig industry to develop in U.S. allies including mainly South Korea and Japan, which led to a significant reconfiguration of light industry in East Asia. Departing from the moment of the communist hair ban, through stories of movement, diaspora and migration, this project examines the role of Hong Kong as a transient space that mediates and sanitizes the connection between different worlds, and the relationship between U.S. Imperialism and East Asia order in the Cold War era.Produced by: Ruoyao Jane YaoDirector of Photography: Yavuz Selim IslerCameraman (Hong Kong): Fai WanSound Recording: Franco van der LindeCasting Director: Sai-wang LauMakeup: Ika KartikaColor Grading: Bob LemmVoice-over:Jia Zhao, Hamza Junaid, Tommy TseCast:Zoenie Liwen Deng, Ruoyao Jane Yao, Zoe Tang, Michael de Ross, Sidney Vereycken, Sai-wang Lau, Jo-Lene OngProduced by:Geodesic Studio, Vines FilmsThanks toWAAG Society, Amsterdam16mm Film Transfer and ScanningAndec Filmtechnik, Berlin