{ "id": "epr0em8pfd", "slug": "a-boy-named-flora-a", "title": "A Boy Named Flora A", "updated": "2026-11-01", "topic_path": [ { "id": "culture", "label": "Arts and culture", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/topics/culture" }, { "id": "culture.performance", "label": "Screen and stage", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/topics/culture.performance" }, { "id": "culture.performance.screen", "label": "Film and television", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/topics/culture.performance.screen" }, { "id": "culture.performance.screen.films", "label": "Films and standalone screen works", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/topics/culture.performance.screen.films" }, { "id": "culture.performance.screen.films.films.individual-works", "label": "Individual films by title and year", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/topics/culture.performance.screen.films.films.individual-works" }, { "id": "culture.performance.screen.films.films.individual-works.television-films", "label": "Television films", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/topics/culture.performance.screen.films.films.individual-works.television-films" } ], "geo": [ { "id": "geo.chn.t2001.culture.performance.screen.films.films.individual-works", "label": "China · 2001 to 2020: Individual films by title and year", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/geo/geo.chn.t2001.culture.performance.screen.films.films.individual-works", "path": [ { "id": "geo.chn", "label": "China", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/geo/geo.chn" }, { "id": "geo.chn.t2001", "label": "China · 2001 to 2020", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/geo/geo.chn.t2001" }, { "id": "geo.chn.t2001.culture", "label": "Arts and culture", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/geo/geo.chn.t2001.culture" }, { "id": "geo.chn.t2001.culture.performance", "label": "Screen and stage", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/geo/geo.chn.t2001.culture.performance" }, { "id": "geo.chn.t2001.culture.performance.screen", "label": "Film and television", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/geo/geo.chn.t2001.culture.performance.screen" }, { "id": "geo.chn.t2001.culture.performance.screen.films", "label": "Films and standalone screen works", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/geo/geo.chn.t2001.culture.performance.screen.films" }, { "id": "geo.chn.t2001.culture.performance.screen.films.films.individual-works", "label": "Individual films by title and year", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/geo/geo.chn.t2001.culture.performance.screen.films.films.individual-works" } ] } ], "excerpt": "A Boy Named Flora A (花甲男孩轉大人) is a 2017 Taiwanese Q Series drama adapted from Yang Fu-min's novel, directed by Chu Yu-ning, starring Crowd Lu as Zheng Hua-jia in a family deathbed story, with a 2018 film sequel.", "snippet": "A Boy Named Flora A (花甲男孩轉大人) is a 2017 Taiwanese Q Series drama adapted from Yang Fu-min's novel, directed by Chu Yu-ning, starring Crowd Lu as Zheng Hua-jia in a family deathbed story, with a 2018 film sequel.", "node": "culture.performance.screen.films.films.individual-works.television-films", "markdown": "# A Boy Named Flora A\n\n**A Boy Named Flora A** (花甲男孩转大人) is a 2017 Taiwanese television drama series about the extended Zheng family of the fictional Fanxing Township (繁星乡), who gather at their ancestral three-section compound as the grandmother lies dying with one breath left. It was adapted from writer Yang Fu-min's (杨富闵) 2010 short-story collection *Hua-jia Boy* (花甲男孩), directed by Chu Yu-ning (瞿友宁) and Li Ching-jung (李青蓉), and produced by Wang Hsiao-ti (王小棣) as part of the 植剧场 (Q Series) anthology. Singer-actor Crowd Lu (卢广仲) starred as the eldest grandson Zheng Hua-jia in his first television role.[1](https://www.fanily.tw/archives/49322) • [2](https://www.taichung.gov.tw/8868/8872/9962/997256)\n\n| Key fact | Detail |\n|---|---|\n| Original title | 花甲男孩转大人; English title A Boy Named Flora A[3](https://thetvdb.com/series/a-boy-named-flora-a) |\n| Basis | Adaptation of Yang Fu-min's 2010 short-story collection *花甲男孩*; Yang joined the screenwriting group[1](https://www.fanily.tw/archives/49322) |\n| Broadcast | 2017 on Taiwan Television (TTV), premiering May 26, as part of the 植剧场 (Q Series) anthology[1](https://www.fanily.tw/archives/49322) • [4](https://www.ttv.com.tw/drama16/qseries/boynamedflora/default.asp) |\n| Lead cast | Crowd Lu (卢广仲) as Zheng Hua-jia, with Tsai Chen-nan (蔡振南), Wang Tsai-hua (王彩桦), Hsieh Ying-hsuan (谢盈萱), Yen Cheng-lan (严正岚), Lung Shao-hua (龙劭华), Kang Kang (康康), and Ko Shu-yuan (柯叔元)[2](https://www.taichung.gov.tw/8868/8872/9962/997256) • [5](https://www.bobomg.com/a/hua-jia-nan-hai-zhuan-da-ren-8yue-zhong-bo-yi-dao-wei-jian-ban-gei-zu-fu-li.html) |\n| Signature scene | A 3-minute-33-second single-take argument between Hua-jia and his father, widely shared online[6](https://www.cna.com.tw/culture/article/20180208w001) |\n| Reception | Finale rating of 4.16, first in its timeslot nationwide; the series reached a peak rating of 4.58 and drew about 1,472,000 viewers[7](https://www.ttv.com.tw/taiwan/ttvinfo/view/5620/733) • [8](https://www.fountain.org.tw/article/a-boy-named-flora-a) |\n| Film sequel | *花甲大人转男孩* (Back to the Good Times), released February 9, 2018, with box office of NT$102,160,797[9](https://www.tfai.org.tw/Content/TFI/PublicInfo/%E5%8F%B0%E7%81%A3%E9%9B%BB%E5%BD%B1%E5%B9%B4%E9%91%912019%E5%B9%B4.pdf) |\n\n## Spoilers\n\n### Premise\n\nThe story begins when Zheng Hua-jia, the 28-year-old eldest grandson of the Zheng family, receives a call that his grandmother is critically ill and rushes south with his friend A-wei (阿玮). Relatives return to the compound and busy themselves under the funeral company's direction, but after the respirator is removed the grandmother is left with one last breath. The five siblings argue over the estate like children who never finished growing up, while neighbors arrive in groups to say farewell, turning the courtyard into a rural way station. To save her, Hua-jia accepts the destiny assigned to him as a spirit medium (乩童), and the family's unresolved threads, including the long-lost granddaughter Hua-hui and Hua-jia's long-absent mother, come back to the surface.[10](https://www.disneyplus.com/zh-tw/browse/entity-85eac3f6-6187-4588-8b8e-759f91794e81)\n\nThe series frames this deathbed vigil as a story about growing up. Through Hua-jia, it examines family affection, gender equality, and traditional belief, and the title's phrase \"turning into an adult\" (转大人) describes the whole household as much as its protagonist.[11](https://www.ttv.com.tw/taiwan/ttvinfo/ttvinfo7150.htm) • [2](https://www.taichung.gov.tw/8868/8872/9962/997256)\n\n## From novel to screen\n\nYang Fu-min's collection *花甲男孩* was published in 2010 and consists of nine short stories. For the adaptation, the director supplied a family framework that turned characters from the separate stories into members of one Zheng household in Fanxing Township, and Yang himself joined the screenwriting group alongside writers including Zhan Jie (詹杰) and Yang Pi-ying (杨璧莹). Yang described the result less as a faithful transcription than as \"the filming of Yang Fu-min's creative content,\" with the novel and the drama meant to be read as companion texts.[1](https://www.fanily.tw/archives/49322) • [8](https://www.fountain.org.tw/article/a-boy-named-flora-a) • [12](https://funscreen.tfai.org.tw/article/6259)\n\nThe adaptation also moved characters' circumstances: in the drama, Zheng Guang-sheng, having lost a son, quits teaching and drives a school bus, a detail the screenwriters developed beyond the novel. Yang said the director saw in his Hua-jia a melancholy \"old soul\" and added comedic warmth that made the character rounder.[12](https://funscreen.tfai.org.tw/article/6259) • [13](https://talk.ltn.com.tw/amp/article/paper/1174365)\n\n## Cast and production\n\nCrowd Lu, a well-known singer, took his first television drama role as Zheng Hua-jia, a character described as a \"loser\" who spent three years retaking university entrance exams and two extra years in school. Tsai Chen-nan played his father, and the two shared extensive scenes, including the single-take argument that ran 3 minutes and 33 seconds and circulated widely online; CNA noted that the colloquial Taiwanese dialogue in that scene evoked audiences' memories of arguments with their own parents.[11](https://www.ttv.com.tw/taiwan/ttvinfo/ttvinfo7150.htm) • [5](https://www.bobomg.com/a/hua-jia-nan-hai-zhuan-da-ren-8yue-zhong-bo-yi-dao-wei-jian-ban-gei-zu-fu-li.html) • [6](https://www.cna.com.tw/culture/article/20180208w001)\n\nThe production was closely tied to Taichung. Chu Yu-ning, a Taichung native, said filming there felt like coming home, and the Taichung City Government and its film fund supported the shoot. Locations included the Ruijing Community in Dadu, whose old brick houses and winding fire lane appear in the one-take scene, drawing visitors after broadcast.[2](https://www.taichung.gov.tw/8868/8872/9962/997256) • [14](https://www.news.taichung.gov.tw/media/445420/%E6%BC%BE%E5%8F%B0%E4%B8%AD6%E6%9C%88_%E9%9B%BB%E5%AD%90%E6%9B%B8_%E5%AE%98%E7%B6%B2.pdf)\n\n## Reception\n\nThe series premiered in May 2017 and quickly became a talking point on the PTT forum, with each episode generating discussion. Its finale recorded a rating of 4.16, first in its timeslot nationwide, and the Taichung film fund later cited a series-high rating of 4.58. [The Fountain](https://www.edgepedia.org/the-fountain) journal reported about 1,472,000 viewers, making it one of the highest-rated Taiwanese dramas of its period. After the finale, the PTT live-viewing thread reached 422 pages and more than 9,200 comments, and Crowd Lu said fans told him the eulogy scene helped them make peace with relatives they had not been able to bid farewell to.[5](https://www.bobomg.com/a/hua-jia-nan-hai-zhuan-da-ren-8yue-zhong-bo-yi-dao-wei-jian-ban-gei-zu-fu-li.html) • [7](https://www.ttv.com.tw/taiwan/ttvinfo/view/5620/733) • [8](https://www.fountain.org.tw/article/a-boy-named-flora-a)\n\nThe drama also raised the profiles of its cast. Yen Cheng-lan drew wide attention through the series, and Liu Kuan-ting (刘冠廷), who played Zheng Hua-ming, went on to a prominent film career.[15](https://v3.mirrormedia.mg/tag/587739083c1f950d00ce3828)\n\n## Film sequel\n\nRiding the drama's ratings, Chu Yu-ning returned to feature directing after five years with *花甲大人转男孩* (Back to the [Good Times](https://www.edgepedia.org/good-times)), made with the original cast and released on February 9, 2018 for the [Lunar New Year](https://www.edgepedia.org/lunar-new-year) season. The film jumps forward a year: the grandmother's death anniversary rites are underway, Hua-jia has finished military service and reunited with his girlfriend A-wei, and a morning discovery that the two woke up naked in bed together drags both families into an absurd confrontation. The film added a time-travel element and focused almost entirely on Hua-jia as a single protagonist.[16](https://www.cna.com.tw/news/amov/201709280259.aspx) • [17](https://tv.apple.com/tw/movie/%E8%8A%B1%E7%94%B2%E5%A4%A7%E4%BA%BA%E8%BD%89%E7%94%B7%E5%AD%A9/umc.cmc.4v5s7h9iyflgc1fv366zb5t7g) • [18](https://news.agentm.tw/4265/)\n\nThe film passed NT$37 million in its first week, crossed NT$100 million on March 12, 2018, and finished with a total box office of NT$102,160,797, figures the Taiwan Film Institute's yearbook described as a commercial success for the team.[19](https://www.cna.com.tw/news/amov/201802170134.aspx) • [20](https://www.cna.com.tw/news/amov/201803130332.aspx) • [9](https://www.tfai.org.tw/Content/TFI/PublicInfo/%E5%8F%B0%E7%81%A3%E9%9B%BB%E5%BD%B1%E5%B9%B4%E9%91%912019%E5%B9%B4.pdf)\n\n## References\n\n1. [專訪《花甲男孩轉大人》原著/編劇楊富閔, Fanily 粉絲玩樂](https://www.fanily.tw/archives/49322)\n2. [《花甲男孩轉大人》取景台中, 臺中市政府](https://www.taichung.gov.tw/8868/8872/9962/997256)\n3. [花甲男孩轉大人, TheTVDB](https://thetvdb.com/series/a-boy-named-flora-a)\n4. [植劇場－花甲男孩轉大人, 台視官網](https://www.ttv.com.tw/drama16/qseries/boynamedflora/default.asp)\n5. [《花甲男孩轉大人》8月重播, 天天要聞](https://www.bobomg.com/a/hua-jia-nan-hai-zhuan-da-ren-8yue-zhong-bo-yi-dao-wei-jian-ban-gei-zu-fu-li.html)\n6. [花甲男孩楊富閔, 中央社 CNA 文化+](https://www.cna.com.tw/culture/article/20180208w001)\n7. [《花甲男孩轉大人》最終回收視飆4.16, 台視情報](https://www.ttv.com.tw/taiwan/ttvinfo/view/5620/733)\n8. [《花甲男孩轉大人》原著vs.漫畫作者Q&A, Fountain 新活水](https://www.fountain.org.tw/article/a-boy-named-flora-a)\n9. [台灣電影年鑑2019, 國家電影及視聽文化中心](https://www.tfai.org.tw/Content/TFI/PublicInfo/%E5%8F%B0%E7%81%A3%E9%9B%BB%E5%BD%B1%E5%B9%B4%E9%91%912019%E5%B9%B4.pdf)\n10. [觀看花甲男孩轉大人, Disney+](https://www.disneyplus.com/zh-tw/browse/entity-85eac3f6-6187-4588-8b8e-759f91794e81)\n11. [《花甲男孩轉大人口述影像版》, 台視情報](https://www.ttv.com.tw/taiwan/ttvinfo/ttvinfo7150.htm)\n12. [改編，也是轉大人的旅程：專訪《花甲男孩轉大人》編劇群, 放映週報](https://funscreen.tfai.org.tw/article/6259)\n13. [人物專訪：花甲原著vs.男孩導演, 自由評論網](https://talk.ltn.com.tw/amp/article/paper/1174365)\n14. [在知名導演瞿友寧心中，台中是他, 臺中市政府](https://www.news.taichung.gov.tw/media/445420/%E6%BC%BE%E5%8F%B0%E4%B8%AD6%E6%9C%88_%E9%9B%BB%E5%AD%90%E6%9B%B8_%E5%AE%98%E7%B6%B2.pdf)\n15. [花甲男孩轉大人相關報導, 鏡週刊 Mirror Media](https://v3.mirrormedia.mg/tag/587739083c1f950d00ce3828)\n16. [花甲電影版開拍 原班人馬躍上大銀幕, 中央社 CNA](https://www.cna.com.tw/news/amov/201709280259.aspx)\n17. [《花甲大人轉男孩》, Apple TV](https://tv.apple.com/tw/movie/%E8%8A%B1%E7%94%B2%E5%A4%A7%E4%BA%BA%E8%BD%89%E7%94%B7%E5%AD%A9/umc.cmc.4v5s7h9iyflgc1fv366zb5t7g)\n18. [影評《花甲大人轉男孩》, 電影神搜](https://news.agentm.tw/4265/)\n19. [花甲電影版票房破3700萬, 中央社 CNA](https://www.cna.com.tw/news/amov/201802170134.aspx)\n20. [花甲票房破億 導演釋暗槓片段, 中央社 CNA](https://www.cna.com.tw/news/amov/201803130332.aspx)\n\n---\n*Topic: Encyclopedia › Arts and culture › Screen and stage › Film and television › Films and standalone screen works › Individual films by title and year › Television films*\n\n*Initially written Oct 3, 2026 · Reviewed: Oct 25, 2026 · Edited: Oct 15, 2026; Oct 25, 2026; Nov 1, 2026 · Last review: Oct 25, 2026*\n\n*Copyright 2026 EdgeChat AI, a subsidiary of Biostate AI.*\n\nLicense: Edgepedia Community License 1.0, https://www.edgepedia.org/edgepedia/license\n", "same_as": [], "url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/a-boy-named-flora-a", "markdown_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/a-boy-named-flora-a.md", "license": { "name": "Edgepedia Community License 1.0", "url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/edgepedia/license", "summary": "Free with credit, commercial use included. AI training is open to everyone. 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