He had the spirit of a hunter, but was unable to adjust to a changing society in which the old prestige of the hunter was lost. He would drink, lose his temper and beat Sakinu and his two brothers. Their mother would often leave home. These are Sakinu's childhood memories.
打他 8 歲起，父親就為了生活遠赴沙烏地阿拉伯去當一名「外勞」，原有的獵人心境，追趕不上社會的轉變，過去的榮耀埋藏在大時代底下，父親酗酒、情緒失控、打小孩，母親離家出走，那是撒可努童年的記憶。