The Tide Rises in 1978

Back in 1978, in a fishing village on the East China Sea, every regret from his previous life comes rushing back.

The tidal flats are treacherous, and the tides merciless. The East Shoal, where no one else dares to venture, is his only way out.

He heads to the sea in the dead of night. Mud pits threaten their lives, and brothers stand shoulder to shoulder, risking everything for a mouthful of food.

Using the memories of his previous life, he scrapes a living from the sea and, little by little, lifts his precarious family out of poverty.