在这部不倒翁的奇幻旅程剧情/儿童片中,童書老作家田邊正準備接受國家兒童文學館的獻禮，但這份獻禮卻讓封筆多年的他，勾起了塵封 20 年的過往記憶，田邊感到不安，因為他畢生成就的起點，是童書「不倒翁」的出版，然而這本書的原創，卻是偷來的，他偷了兒子小遠童年玩伴安安的點子，寫就了「不倒翁」，才讓他苦盡甘來地出版了第一本書，並一夕成名。 小遠是田邊最忠實的聽眾，卻因為這件事不願再相信父親，成為田邊此生最大的遺憾，也因此封筆不再創作，田邊萌發了還書的念頭，他堅決在接受獻禮之前，找到當年兒子玩伴安安，歸還這本書，為自己的創作生涯做出交代。 正在此時，因罹患骨肉瘤而左腳完全被切除、剩下一隻腳只能跳的小咖，因緣巧合的跳進了田邊的生命，於是、老人和小孩展開了一段奇妙的旅程，南部鄉下充滿美麗的驚奇、小咖獨腳跳躍的身影，深深打動了田邊，讓田邊以為凋零的想像樹再度萌芽，田邊最後能夠重新面對自己，再度提筆嗎？
Tian Bian (Shih-Chieh King), a celebrated children's book author who rocketed to fame with his first published story, Roly-poly. But few people know that 20 years previously, the then-aspiring writer was repeatedly turned down by publishing houses and couldn't sell any of the stories he wrote for his son, who was his most dedicated fan. One day, a friend of his son told Tian Bian a tale about a roly-poly doll. The writer took the story and passed it off as his own. Roly-poly became a best-selling book that brought Tian Bian fame and fortune, but the writer was never able to regain his son's trust after the incident. Back in the present day, Tian Bian decides to go back to his hometown in Tainan to find the boy he stole from and make amends. But instead of the boy, the aging writer meets Ka (Hao-Wei Mai), an elementary school student who lost a leg to bone cancer. A friendship quickly develops between the two as they explore the pastoral town together and find strength in each other's ...
