Shiotsuki Toho

Sinopsis Film

Miyazaki artist Komatsu Takahide stumbled upon a painting of a Taiwanese indigenous girl in a local antique shop. He discovered the painter Shiotsuki Toho had made significant contributions to the Taiwanese art scene although remaining unknown in Japan. Toho arrived in Taiwan as an educator under the colonial government in 1921, harboured a deep love for Taiwanese indigenous people and cultures. Komatsu embarked on a journey to trace this century-ago fellow artist, pondering what "freedom" means to an artist.