第一部由英语舞台剧改编成电视剧的新加坡年代剧,讲述五六十年代新赛凤戏曲名伶“剃头刀”温亚签成名的故事。亚签在一个小农村诞生,因父亲怀疑她是妻子遭日军性侵后所生下来的,原本要将她丢弃,在母亲力保下侥幸活了下来。亚签因此从小不获父亲喜爱,但她乖巧懂事,希望因此能获得父亲的疼爱,母亲也很心疼她,对她特别照顾。阿爸多次丢弃亚签无果,决定卖掉她,牙签幸运逃过。
亚签决定出去工作,到火柴厂当女工。她工作勤奋,获得奖金也只想着要给不喜欢她的爸爸,令同事阿南很佩服。
阿母再次临盆,却在产下第12个孩子后,难产而死。阿爸将气发泄在亚签身上,指她给这个家带来不幸,将她赶走。亚签决定投靠柔佛的远亲,踏上不可知的未来……
Wayang legend, Oon Ah Chiam suddenly finds herself on the down and out when her marriage gets unexpectedly cancelled, and she is left without a Wayang family after being banished by her previous troupe. She struggles with her lifelong "curse", and begins a new journey into the unknown world of movies and the realm of Bangsawan, all while in search of a place to belong.