A man fights to save his culture and preserve harmony between mankind and nature. Deep in the remote forest of Eastern Taiwan, Sakinu spends a happy childhood among the Paiwan Indigenous. When his community is threatened by a proposed development of an express way that will lead through their tribal land and ancestral burial site, he is determined to protect their land and their heritage; Sakinu moves to the capital, Taipei, to fight for the rights of his people. Based on the best-selling novel of the famous indigenous leader Ahronglong Sakinu.
