In 1945 the 50-year Japanese rule of Taiwan ended, and the next year the 25-year-old Tsai Jui-yueh got onto a boat to keep the promise she had made when leaving Taiwan: She would return to broaden the vistas for dance in her homeland.
民國三十四年，台灣結束五十年殖民歲月，隔年二十五歲的蔡瑞月搭上貨船實現了她十六歲前來日本學舞時的許諾﹘﹘一定要回到台灣開拓故鄉的現代舞空間。