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1977, BEIJING, CHINA
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Who are you?
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We're with the opera troupe.
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Oh, I didn't recognize you!
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I'm a great fan of you both.
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Is that so? Thank you.
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It's been over twenty years
since you performed together, hasn't it?
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-Twenty-one.
-Twenty-two.
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Yes, twenty-two years.
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And it's been ten years
since we last saw each other.
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Eleven. Eleven years.
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That's right, eleven years. Yes.
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It's due to the Gang of Four.
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Yeah, that's right.
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Things are better now.
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That's for sure.
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Everything's fine now.
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Please, wait here a moment.
I'll go turn on the lights.
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Farewell, My Concubine...
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Beijing, 1924.
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Yanhong, is that you?
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I've really missed you.
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Whore!
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Ladies and gentlemen, enjoy the show!
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Laizi is trying to run away again.
Brat! See how far you get!
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Quick, go catch him!
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I'm sorry. Gentlemen, please be patient.
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Trash! How dare you
show yourselves around here?
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Just as sure as my name is Shitou...
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I'll give you something to look at.
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What are you screaming for?
I haven't even said hello yet!
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You're a disgrace to the opera troupe.
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You couldn't even play a monkey right.
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Thought you'd get away
with that brick act, didn't you?
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It's garbage.
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Dare you run again!
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Sharpen your knives.
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This child isn't fated to be an actor...
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not with that extra finger.
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He have a good face, but he can't.
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I can afford to raise him, but he's
getting too big to keep at the brothel.
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If only you take him...
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you can do anything you like.
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Don't look down on us.
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Don't be foolish.
Prostitutes and actors...
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are equally despised by society.
Just go away.
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Ma, my hands are freezing.
They feel like ice.
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Ma!
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Get away from us, you son of a whore!
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It's from the whore house!
Drop it on the floor!
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-Drop it on the floor!
-You son of a whore!
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It's cold.
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Are you bullying him?
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Come over here. Sleep with me.
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You're really something.
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Laizi, go snuggle up with the Little Monk.
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Catch!
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It's so cold outside...
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The piss froze on the tip of my dick.
I nearly turned a somersault!
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If you belong to the human race,
you go to the opera.
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Pigs and dogs don't listen to opera.
If you don't go to the opera...
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you're not a human being.
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And where there's opera,
there's work for us actors!
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Stop squealing!
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Straighten that back!
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If you think you're above everyone else,
you'll learn the hard way.
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This is just the beginning.
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Don't worry, Douzi.
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We're already halfway through.
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Shitou...
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-are you helping someone cheat?
-I didn't notice what was on the floor.
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Bullshit! Get me my sword.
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And hurry up!
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Get up!
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Don't you have something to say?
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Yes. Forming cliques is prohibited
and we'll be punished.
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Not fucking scared of anything!
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From the time opera began, it's never
enjoyed such popularity as it does today.
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You're lucky to be part of it!
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We are!
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Heavens make us die,
not due to the wars or anything else.
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I've been practicing Kung Fu
to keep myselfwarm.
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It's cool outside, quite cool.
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But I've become a man offire.
Get away from me.
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I am so strong I can uproot the mountains.
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My courage is renowned.
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-I've fallen on bad times.
-I am so strong...
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My courage is renowned.
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I've fallen on bad times.
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These are our rules.
We must learn them well.
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From ancient times,
man has needed a skill.
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If you devote yourselfto this,
you'll get paid off.
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Pushing yourselfhard is the only way
to become famous one day.
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Now go off and practice!
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Let's hear Fleeing by Night.
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I look back at the Celestial Court
and hurry on wards in fight.
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-Heedless of... heedless of...
-Heedless ofwhat?
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Heedless of loyalty and filial piety.
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I am so strong I can uproot the mountains.
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I've fallen on bad times.
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Yet even my horse won't
run away to save itself.
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And my beloved concubine
What shall I do about her.
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Excellent, not a word out ofplace.
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Give me your hand.
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So you'll remember to
do the same as well the next time.
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At sixteen, I am a nun
My hair is shorn at youth's prime.
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Go on.
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I am by nature a boy...
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You are by nature a girl!
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I'll punish you, Laizi!
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You still can't get it right, can you?
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Why can't you be right?
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Don't hit me! I won't do it again!
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It's your turn.
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I am... I am by nature...
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Spit it out!
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I am by nature a boy...
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Is a nun a male or a female?
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Aboy.
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You really are in character.
You can't even tell male from female.
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I... I am by nature a boy.
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You've forgotten everything
the master has taught you!
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Do it again, and I'll beat you
within an inch of your life.
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Don't make the same mistake ever!
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You'd better remember this.
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Lfby chance I'm beaten
to death tomorrow...
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you shall take the three copper coins
hidden under my pillow.
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Careful!
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Don't water your hand!
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Douzi, in a few days,
you'll be initiated into the troupe.
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Just pretend you're a girl,
and don't mess up the lyrics again.
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-Laizi, have you ever eaten pea cakes?
-What's the big deal about pea cakes?
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-How about millet rolls?
-Basin cakes?
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They're as fucking special as dog farts.
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So what do you like?
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There's nothing yummier
than sugar-coated haws.
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If I make it big, I'll eat
sugar-coated haws every day for dinner.
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Don't look at us like that.
We're not sticks ofhaws.
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Laizi, you're drooling!
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-Laizi, what the hell are you doing?
-Wow, so many big kites!
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Go back! Go back!
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Douzi.
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Run for it!
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Come back!
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Douzi!
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Don't forget the money under my pillow.
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You're worthless. Get out of my sight!
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Where'd you get that?
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Forget about Shitou.
I'm spending your money now.
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Ten haws on each stick.
I'll give you two.
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-What's wrong with you?
-I have to pee real bad.
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Not in the middle of the street.
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The stars have arrived!
Here, come this way.
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My dear sir, this is
like a visit from heaven!
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All you need to do is sneeze
and you get a standing ovation.
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We'll be lucky ifno one is
trampled to death in there!
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I'll sit on your shoulders for a while,
then you sit on mine.
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The King of Chu!
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What does it take to become a star?
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How many beatings?
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When will I ever enjoy such fame?
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You're pissing all over me! Are you nuts?
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I knew you'd go back.
You couldn't live without Shitou.
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We're going to get a taste of the sword.
But I'm not afraid.
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For me, it's like having
an itch scratched.
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I've eaten my sugar-coated haws.
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I'm a fucking star already.
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You little runts,
you've come back after all.
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I deserve it!
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-Good! I deserve it!
-Good! I deserve it!
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Why the hell did you let them go?
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Die you runts!
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Skipping class and running away
must be punished!
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Master, I'll never do it again.
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Please let me go!
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You let them get away? Assholes!
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How dare you!
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-Get him!
-Master, I'll never do it again.
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I wouldn't dare do it again, master.
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Master, it was my fault.
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Beat me instead!
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Didn't you think you'd get yours?
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I'll beat you to death!
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Douzi, speak! Say something!
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Beg for mercy! Come on!
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Speak! Beg for mercy!
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Let's just disband the troupe!
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You're killing Douzi!
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I won't let you do this!
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Master! Laizi, he...
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This opera tells the story of the war
between the Chu and the Han kings.
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What sort of a man was the King of Chu?
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A peerless and invincible hero;
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A bold and resourceful general
capable of defeating vast armies.
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But fate wasn't on his side.
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At Gaixia he was
outwitted by the Han king.
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As they prepared for battle...
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Han's troops sang victory songs
because of Han's military tactics...
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the Chu armies fed in a great panic,
had their country taken by Han.
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Even the king was weeping.
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No matter how resourceful you are,
you can't fight against fate.
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The king had once been
all-powerful, but in the...
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end, all he had was one
woman and one horse.
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He tried to get his steed to run away,
but it wouldn't go.
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He wanted his concubine to free,
but she wouldn't leave.
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For the very last time, Concubine Yu
poured wine for her king...
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danced for him with a sword; And then cut
her throat with it, to keep her fidelity.
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There's a lesson in this story.
You better keep that in mind.
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Each person is responsible
for his or her own fate.
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I am so strong I can uproot the mountains.
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My courage is renowned.
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I've fallen on bad times.
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Yet even my horse won't
run away to save itself.
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Old Man Zhang has commissioned you
to hire an opera troupe.
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I truly congratulate you.
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With your patronage, the children
will have new clothes to wear.
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Good opera, however, is not so simple.
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When he was a palace eunuch, Old Man Zhang
attended operas with the Empress Dowager.
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I could lose a lot of respect...
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if anything goes wrong.
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You realize that if the performance
doesn't make the grade...
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This kid's got something.
How long has he been in training?
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Douzi, come here and pay your respects.
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He's got a nice little figure too.
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Can you sing any old-style operas?
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Yes, two.
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Fleeing by Night is for male and
Outside the Nunnery is for female.
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Let's hear a bit of the latter.
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At sixteen, I am a nun
My hair is shorn at youth's prime.
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Yet I am by nature a boy...
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not a girl.
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Why...
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Mr. Na, I am terribly sorry!
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He's usually very good.
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Master Guan, I'll see
you some other time.
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You idiot! Idiot!
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Open your mouth. Open it!
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You've screwed it up for all ofus!
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Such a fool!
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I'll teach you.
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I am by nature a girl...
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not...
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At sixteen, I am a nun.
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My hair is shorn at youth's prime.
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Yet I am by nature a girl not a boy.
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Why must I wear these sexless robes.
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I see the joyful couples pass...
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in their splendid brocades.
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Despite myself...
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00:35:50,583 --> 00:35:52,582
desire burns in my heart.
251
00:35:53,125 --> 00:36:00,082
Year after year.
252
00:36:01,750 --> 00:36:09,750
All over the land.
253
00:36:23,541 --> 00:36:28,915
I've followed my king...
254
00:36:29,833 --> 00:36:34,790
on his military campaigns...
255
00:36:36,708 --> 00:36:41,832
enduring the wind and frost and hard toil.
256
00:36:43,000 --> 00:36:49,665
Our people are fallen
into abyss of misery.
257
00:37:07,708 --> 00:37:09,082
Master Guan, come here.
258
00:37:10,333 --> 00:37:13,624
Mr. Zhang, wish you health and longevity.
259
00:37:21,666 --> 00:37:24,207
The king is here.
260
00:37:29,875 --> 00:37:33,582
Your highness.
261
00:37:41,333 --> 00:37:49,333
The people have suffered
untold hardship and pain...
262
00:38:00,833 --> 00:38:02,707
This is Old Man Zhang's...
263
00:38:03,458 --> 00:38:09,499
special reward for two kids. Take this.
264
00:38:09,775 --> 00:38:10,608
Yes, sir!
265
00:38:10,708 --> 00:38:14,157
The Chu King would
have won with this sword.
266
00:38:14,257 --> 00:38:17,332
If I were emperor, you'd be the queen.
267
00:38:18,375 --> 00:38:20,749
Someday, I'll give you a same one.
268
00:38:21,125 --> 00:38:23,665
Careful, kids!
269
00:38:24,166 --> 00:38:25,915
That's a real sword!
270
00:38:29,916 --> 00:38:30,832
No need to run.
271
00:38:31,833 --> 00:38:33,415
We're coming.
272
00:38:37,250 --> 00:38:40,249
-What's wrong?
-The sweat stings the scratches.
273
00:38:40,833 --> 00:38:42,790
Have them go together.
274
00:38:44,666 --> 00:38:48,374
No way. It's an old rule around here.
275
00:38:49,125 --> 00:38:49,958
Master Guan...
276
00:38:50,333 --> 00:38:52,499
I'm sorry if you don't understand.
277
00:38:53,208 --> 00:38:59,040
The concubine has to die
one way or the other. Isn't it so?
278
00:39:05,583 --> 00:39:06,416
Master?
279
00:39:07,958 --> 00:39:11,665
Douzi! Douzi!
280
00:39:47,833 --> 00:39:50,499
What year is this year?
281
00:39:52,625 --> 00:39:56,749
-This is... this is 1932.
-No!
282
00:39:57,333 --> 00:40:00,665
This is still the Qing dynasty!
283
00:40:03,625 --> 00:40:05,082
Come over here.
284
00:40:06,666 --> 00:40:12,040
I... I want to find Shitou.
I need to pee.
285
00:40:23,291 --> 00:40:24,832
Pee into this.
286
00:40:25,500 --> 00:40:31,207
Don't waste it. Just pee into this.
287
00:41:09,708 --> 00:41:12,832
Come to me!
288
00:41:49,166 --> 00:41:49,999
Douzi!
289
00:41:55,291 --> 00:41:59,790
What happened to you?
290
00:42:01,666 --> 00:42:04,749
Talk to me!
291
00:42:29,750 --> 00:42:34,999
Douzi. Fate has
determined each of our lots.
292
00:42:36,500 --> 00:42:38,457
Leave him to his destiny.
293
00:43:21,416 --> 00:43:24,665
All right, look at the camera!
294
00:43:36,875 --> 00:43:39,540
Gentlemen, you have done
grandly for yourselves.
295
00:43:39,791 --> 00:43:46,707
You look so dignified and stunning
in any style of clothing.
296
00:43:53,750 --> 00:43:56,915
That's it!
297
00:43:59,250 --> 00:44:01,150
Oppose Japan's invasion ofNorth China!
298
00:44:03,625 --> 00:44:05,707
Damn! Those students again.
299
00:44:07,916 --> 00:44:09,999
Down with Japanese imperialism!
300
00:44:11,041 --> 00:44:15,790
The year 1937,
the eve of Lugou Bridge Incident.
301
00:44:24,041 --> 00:44:25,915
Aren't they the opera actors?
302
00:44:28,500 --> 00:44:30,582
Do you have any feeling for your country?
303
00:44:31,166 --> 00:44:35,207
How can you put on makeup
and sing opera at a time like this?
304
00:44:35,458 --> 00:44:42,082
We're Chinese too!
305
00:44:43,416 --> 00:44:45,040
Look at us, goddamn it!
306
00:44:48,416 --> 00:44:51,249
That's true. We're all Chinese.
307
00:44:51,916 --> 00:44:53,966
We Chinese mustn't fight among ourselves!
308
00:44:56,500 --> 00:44:57,707
We're all Chinese here!
309
00:44:59,416 --> 00:45:01,749
All Chinese here!
310
00:45:06,208 --> 00:45:08,290
How dare they pretend to be patriotic!
311
00:45:08,833 --> 00:45:11,483
Why don't they go out
and fight the Japanese soldiers?
312
00:45:12,166 --> 00:45:14,016
Why don't they actually do something?
313
00:45:14,208 --> 00:45:17,790
They're penniless, you know...
314
00:45:18,000 --> 00:45:20,457
for women and marriage.
315
00:45:20,625 --> 00:45:23,582
Just want to find a way out.
316
00:45:25,125 --> 00:45:28,207
The one who was yelling the loudest
would make a good actor.
317
00:45:29,041 --> 00:45:32,749
Remember the first time
we performed Farewell, My Concubine?
318
00:45:32,916 --> 00:45:35,566
It was long ago.
Only you remember that kind of thing.
319
00:45:35,666 --> 00:45:37,332
I know.
320
00:45:37,666 --> 00:45:39,624
It was for Old Man Zhang, remember?
321
00:45:40,291 --> 00:45:44,249
It was the lucky day for you.
322
00:45:44,416 --> 00:45:47,874
It's now a coffin shop.
323
00:45:48,291 --> 00:45:49,499
I went there yesterday.
324
00:45:50,125 --> 00:45:52,275
I know you've been
looking for the sword...
325
00:45:52,625 --> 00:45:53,915
but it's long gone.
326
00:46:02,708 --> 00:46:04,999
Deyie! Deyie!
327
00:46:05,791 --> 00:46:12,540
Sugar-coated haws for sale!
328
00:46:13,875 --> 00:46:15,665
We've got huge crowds of people.
329
00:46:16,291 --> 00:46:19,341
They're craning their necks
to catch a glimpse of their idols.
330
00:46:20,166 --> 00:46:25,040
Even Master Yuan is here to see you.
It's a great honor for us.
331
00:46:33,041 --> 00:46:37,540
Go away! Go away!
332
00:46:57,333 --> 00:46:58,166
Mr. Duan.
333
00:46:59,750 --> 00:47:02,540
They're becoming impatient, please hurry!
334
00:47:03,250 --> 00:47:06,874
Trust me.
335
00:47:07,750 --> 00:47:10,207
They won't feel like
they are wasting their money.
336
00:47:26,458 --> 00:47:34,458
Year after year.
337
00:47:35,583 --> 00:47:41,332
All over the land.
338
00:47:58,250 --> 00:48:03,915
I've followed my king...
339
00:48:05,208 --> 00:48:12,624
on his military campaigns.
340
00:48:15,291 --> 00:48:20,207
Has he blurred the distinction
between male and female?
341
00:48:20,958 --> 00:48:22,040
You be the judge.
342
00:48:43,166 --> 00:48:46,832
Your highness...
343
00:48:59,750 --> 00:49:02,707
I've caused you...
344
00:49:04,333 --> 00:49:12,333
so much grief.
345
00:49:18,458 --> 00:49:21,249
Master Yuan has come to see us tonight.
346
00:49:22,708 --> 00:49:24,665
I know. I sang so loudly...
347
00:49:25,500 --> 00:49:26,957
I drowned out the horns.
348
00:49:28,125 --> 00:49:34,707
I'll show him how great we are
without his patronage.
349
00:49:34,875 --> 00:49:37,415
-But Duan...
-Don't worry.
350
00:49:38,291 --> 00:49:39,374
At key moments...
351
00:49:39,916 --> 00:49:43,082
I squeezed my waist with my hands,
helping me raise my voice.
352
00:49:45,333 --> 00:49:46,665
-Here?
-No.
353
00:49:48,333 --> 00:49:49,166
Here?
354
00:49:52,666 --> 00:49:53,499
Stop it!
355
00:50:09,000 --> 00:50:09,833
Master Yuan!
356
00:50:10,583 --> 00:50:17,374
-It's an honor that you come to see us.
-You deserve this.
357
00:50:27,458 --> 00:50:31,374
I've got a gift for you.
358
00:50:41,750 --> 00:50:46,915
The Empress Dowager herself...
359
00:50:48,083 --> 00:50:53,749
never bestowed such a stunning gift
upon her favorite actors.
360
00:50:58,250 --> 00:51:01,915
Master Yuan, how can Dieyi
be worthy of your favor?
361
00:51:06,250 --> 00:51:10,332
Farewell, My Concubine
has a long history.
362
00:51:11,083 --> 00:51:16,290
It evolved from the old-style opera,
Story of the Precious One.
363
00:51:17,000 --> 00:51:20,290
Many famous actors
have failed in performing this.
364
00:51:21,875 --> 00:51:27,374
I've never seen an
actor as great as you are.
365
00:51:33,166 --> 00:51:34,582
Impressive.
366
00:51:41,791 --> 00:51:47,749
For a moment or two, I was so entranced.
367
00:51:49,458 --> 00:51:52,999
I believed Concubine Yu
had actually come back to life.
368
00:51:58,583 --> 00:51:59,540
Master Duan.
369
00:52:00,458 --> 00:52:04,915
When the king returns to camp
and meets Concubine Yu...
370
00:52:05,916 --> 00:52:07,457
custom has it...
371
00:52:07,791 --> 00:52:08,624
Excuse me.
372
00:52:11,666 --> 00:52:15,957
He shall take seven steps.
You took fivejust now.
373
00:52:17,208 --> 00:52:22,040
Lfthe King of Chu fails to
bear himselfwith majestic dignity...
374
00:52:22,375 --> 00:52:25,374
he's little better than a gangster
putting on airs!
375
00:52:26,125 --> 00:52:28,999
Master Yuan, you are a master
of the theater arts.
376
00:52:29,791 --> 00:52:32,691
You are an expert in all
the varieties and facets of opera.
377
00:52:32,958 --> 00:52:34,758
I may probably be wrong as you said.
378
00:52:35,916 --> 00:52:39,957
What you said was like the Bible of Opera.
379
00:52:40,416 --> 00:52:44,249
Please give us the benefit
of your advice and criticism.
380
00:52:47,291 --> 00:52:52,874
If it's not beneath you, I'd like to
invite you to my home for some wine.
381
00:52:54,000 --> 00:53:01,415
-There is still so much to be said...
-I'm terribly sorry, Master Yuan.
382
00:53:01,916 --> 00:53:04,290
I have another drinking engagement...
383
00:53:06,541 --> 00:53:08,290
with a courtesan.
384
00:53:15,666 --> 00:53:19,707
With a courtesan... Nice taste you have.
385
00:53:21,250 --> 00:53:22,457
And Mr. Cheng?
386
00:53:30,250 --> 00:53:34,999
Then we'll share our thoughts later.
387
00:53:36,708 --> 00:53:37,582
Bye.
388
00:53:39,375 --> 00:53:40,540
Thank you for coming.
389
00:53:47,250 --> 00:53:50,207
Dieyi, I gotta go.
390
00:53:55,625 --> 00:54:00,207
Girls! Come entertain our guest!
391
00:54:02,125 --> 00:54:03,832
Mr. Duan, this way please.
392
00:54:04,000 --> 00:54:09,624
Long time no see.
Mr. Duan, we've missed you.
393
00:54:11,125 --> 00:54:12,707
I'd like to see Miss Juxian.
394
00:54:12,875 --> 00:54:18,874
How shall I put it?
You should've said that earlier.
395
00:54:19,958 --> 00:54:24,874
She's not here at the moment.
She's out, with other guests.
396
00:54:25,041 --> 00:54:29,790
What can be done?
Let me find someone else for you.
397
00:54:30,791 --> 00:54:34,207
Caifeng, come keep Mr. Duan company.
398
00:54:35,333 --> 00:54:37,957
Enjoy!
399
00:54:50,708 --> 00:54:56,790
Tell me the truth. Where is Juxian?
400
00:54:58,875 --> 00:55:03,124
Upstairs? Or down?
401
00:55:04,416 --> 00:55:07,707
The phoenix roosts on
the highest branches for sure.
402
00:55:09,666 --> 00:55:14,665
But she's pretty high-class.
You reckon she'll go for you?
403
00:55:19,541 --> 00:55:24,540
You bet! I specialize in high-class.
404
00:55:29,166 --> 00:55:30,374
Miss Juxian...
405
00:55:33,666 --> 00:55:36,624
Why don't you go there and see her?
406
00:55:37,000 --> 00:55:39,457
How dare you!
407
00:55:44,333 --> 00:55:45,999
Cut it out!
408
00:55:46,250 --> 00:55:48,832
What can you do?
409
00:55:49,875 --> 00:55:50,708
Cut it out!
410
00:55:52,333 --> 00:55:53,483
Cut it out or I'lljump!
411
00:55:53,625 --> 00:55:58,707
Jump! I'll follow you.
412
00:55:58,958 --> 00:56:03,540
No matter where you are...
413
00:56:04,041 --> 00:56:07,707
even after death, I'll be there for you.
414
00:56:12,291 --> 00:56:13,124
Xiaolou!
415
00:56:28,500 --> 00:56:29,993
These guys are revolting!
416
00:56:30,093 --> 00:56:33,500
They were forcing me to
drink wine from their mouths.
417
00:56:35,375 --> 00:56:40,957
Come on, assholes. Jump!
Now it's your turn!
418
00:56:41,541 --> 00:56:45,290
Bastards! Jerks!
419
00:56:46,750 --> 00:56:48,332
All right, let's go!
420
00:57:07,541 --> 00:57:09,790
Oh, it's Mr. Duan!
421
00:57:10,666 --> 00:57:15,207
Listen, we're all here
to have a good time...
422
00:57:15,666 --> 00:57:20,124
spending lots of money.
423
00:57:21,791 --> 00:57:24,540
So let's not pick fights, ok?
424
00:57:28,291 --> 00:57:30,415
Come on.
425
00:57:31,083 --> 00:57:33,082
Keep out of it, and get lost.
426
00:57:33,250 --> 00:57:34,083
Don't get upset.
427
00:57:34,833 --> 00:57:35,666
Scared?
428
00:57:43,250 --> 00:57:46,749
Juxian, you are to blame.
429
00:57:48,125 --> 00:57:50,875
Didn't you tell these gentlemen
today's a special day...
430
00:58:07,958 --> 00:58:10,749
that we decided to get engaged?
431
00:58:18,916 --> 00:58:19,749
That's right!
432
00:58:21,208 --> 00:58:24,749
We are to get engaged.
433
00:58:26,333 --> 00:58:29,624
Have a toast to me!
434
00:58:30,541 --> 00:58:33,915
Aren't you going to congratulate me?
435
00:59:24,125 --> 00:59:27,249
You think you can fool us?
436
00:59:28,083 --> 00:59:31,749
Gentlemen, today is my happiest day;
437
00:59:32,333 --> 00:59:33,933
Allow me to drink to all of you.
438
00:59:35,916 --> 00:59:37,666
And now, I'll give you something...
439
00:59:39,958 --> 00:59:41,290
to sober you up.
440
00:59:41,666 --> 00:59:42,499
Mr. Cheng!
441
01:00:00,375 --> 01:00:04,665
I heard you got into a fight
at the House of Blossoms.
442
01:00:07,458 --> 01:00:11,915
You know the old story,
Pan Jinlian's husband and Ximen Qing?
443
01:00:13,041 --> 01:00:16,124
Does this means there's
a Pan Jinlian in your life?
444
01:00:16,416 --> 01:00:18,957
-What are you saying?
-What do you want to hear?
445
01:00:20,750 --> 01:00:24,165
I was just fooling around.
It's not serious.
446
01:00:25,541 --> 01:00:26,374
Dieyi...
447
01:00:27,291 --> 01:00:31,040
come with me sometime.
You'll see what it's like.
448
01:00:44,750 --> 01:00:49,290
I'm sorry. I really am!
449
01:00:50,958 --> 01:00:55,207
I wasn't thinking. It just came out.
450
01:00:57,208 --> 01:00:58,457
I'm a damn fool.
451
01:01:02,833 --> 01:01:06,457
Have you forgotten the
secret of our success?
452
01:01:08,958 --> 01:01:10,908
Don't you remember our teacher's words?
453
01:01:14,250 --> 01:01:15,083
What words?
454
01:01:17,291 --> 01:01:19,141
Stick together until the day you die.
455
01:01:20,375 --> 01:01:23,165
I want you to be with me...
456
01:01:24,375 --> 01:01:25,208
No.
457
01:01:26,000 --> 01:01:29,249
How about we staying together forever?
458
01:01:31,208 --> 01:01:36,790
-We've come this far together, haven't we?
-It's not enough. Should be a lifetime.
459
01:01:37,083 --> 01:01:41,207
One day, even one second less,
makes it less than a lifetime!
460
01:01:49,375 --> 01:01:53,665
Dieyi, you really are obsessed.
461
01:01:54,750 --> 01:01:59,957
Your obsession with the stage
carries over into your everyday life.
462
01:02:00,666 --> 01:02:07,665
But how are we going to get through
the days and make it in the real world?
463
01:02:09,875 --> 01:02:12,457
Give me a hand with my makeup.
464
01:02:39,083 --> 01:02:40,374
Concubine Yu...
465
01:02:42,375 --> 01:02:44,749
the song was sung everywhere...
466
01:02:45,000 --> 01:02:47,665
our country is being ruined by the enemy.
467
01:02:47,875 --> 01:02:51,249
Go live out this goddamn fantasy, then.
468
01:02:52,666 --> 01:02:53,665
My king...
469
01:02:53,833 --> 01:02:56,083
I'll tell you even though
it's heart breaking.
470
01:02:56,183 --> 01:03:04,183
Today is the day we say goodbye.
471
01:03:54,625 --> 01:03:56,832
You think you'll become a lady ofvirtue?
472
01:04:00,625 --> 01:04:02,415
Wake up!
473
01:04:02,708 --> 01:04:06,499
You think you can
get away with your past?
474
01:04:06,750 --> 01:04:10,050
You think the wolves and tigers
won't recognize your scent anymore?
475
01:04:12,000 --> 01:04:15,207
I am so, so scared.
476
01:04:17,291 --> 01:04:22,540
Let me tell you something.
Once a whore, always a whore.
477
01:04:24,250 --> 01:04:30,540
Keep that in your mind.
478
01:04:36,000 --> 01:04:38,624
Fine. See you around.
479
01:04:47,916 --> 01:04:55,916
Mr. Yuan has presented you with a pennant.
"The Beauty of the Age."
480
01:05:46,208 --> 01:05:49,540
What are you doing here?
481
01:05:53,333 --> 01:05:54,707
What is it, Juxian?
482
01:05:55,208 --> 01:05:58,874
-Come on in!
-No, you come out!
483
01:06:03,000 --> 01:06:06,374
What are you doing barefoot
on such a cold day?
484
01:06:10,000 --> 01:06:10,957
What happened?
485
01:06:12,291 --> 01:06:13,491
The House of Blossoms...
486
01:06:14,416 --> 01:06:16,499
won't keep an engaged woman.
487
01:06:22,625 --> 01:06:23,458
Mr. Cheng.
488
01:06:33,625 --> 01:06:37,665
Come. Let me introduce you.
489
01:06:38,750 --> 01:06:40,665
This is Miss Juxian.
490
01:06:41,458 --> 01:06:45,374
This is my stage brother, Dieyi.
You may have seen him as Concubine Yu.
491
01:06:46,458 --> 01:06:51,332
Xiaolou speaks of you so often,
I feel like we were old friends.
492
01:06:53,000 --> 01:06:56,874
Miss Juxian...
Excuse me, I must be going.
493
01:07:07,250 --> 01:07:11,749
Xiaolou, at the House of Blossoms...
494
01:07:12,166 --> 01:07:16,957
if you hadn't saved me,
I"d be six feet under by now.
495
01:07:21,708 --> 01:07:25,665
Remember, it was you who proposed to me.
496
01:07:26,625 --> 01:07:33,249
I'm used to hardship. If you take me in,
I"ll do whatever you want me to do.
497
01:07:35,208 --> 01:07:41,332
If you ever abandon me, I'll just
kill myself as if you never saved me.
498
01:07:56,250 --> 01:07:58,499
What a dragon lady!
499
01:08:00,250 --> 01:08:05,332
Truely dramatic!
500
01:08:07,666 --> 01:08:11,082
When's the performance of
Candle-lit-night in the Bridal Chamber?
501
01:08:13,583 --> 01:08:15,290
-Tonight.
-Yes!
502
01:08:15,500 --> 01:08:16,582
Hold on.
503
01:08:18,125 --> 01:08:23,415
I want a formal engagement ceremony
to which the entire company is invited.
504
01:08:24,291 --> 01:08:26,665
I want to enter your home
as a proper bride.
505
01:08:28,000 --> 01:08:30,250
You don't think
I plan to cut corners, do you?
506
01:08:30,791 --> 01:08:36,207
The engagement ceremony will be tonight.
We request the pleasure of your company.
507
01:08:42,791 --> 01:08:47,874
Miss Juxian, where did you study opera?
508
01:08:49,083 --> 01:08:51,540
Me? What makes you think that?
509
01:08:53,625 --> 01:08:57,040
Just the way you overplayed your part.
510
01:09:01,750 --> 01:09:05,790
Dieyi, she's going to
be your sister-in-law.
511
01:09:06,583 --> 01:09:10,290
Also, at the engagement party tonight...
512
01:09:14,125 --> 01:09:17,540
I haven't learned the opera
Gangster King and His Whore.
513
01:09:19,791 --> 01:09:23,749
-Our teacher never taught us that one.
-What are you talking about?
514
01:09:23,958 --> 01:09:30,665
Dieyi, Xiaolou has spoken
good of you. Always.
515
01:09:35,125 --> 01:09:35,958
Don't leave!
516
01:09:40,333 --> 01:09:41,499
Where are you going?
517
01:09:43,791 --> 01:09:47,207
None of your business.
518
01:09:49,125 --> 01:09:50,040
Don't.
519
01:09:52,333 --> 01:09:53,790
Please, don't go.
520
01:09:55,291 --> 01:10:00,874
Master Yuan invites us tonight.
He wants to become our patron.
521
01:10:01,541 --> 01:10:04,249
Who does he think he is?
No one tells me what to do!
522
01:10:06,666 --> 01:10:10,332
I'm just a fake king.
You really are Concubine Yu.
523
01:10:10,791 --> 01:10:12,624
Let him patronize you if you like.
524
01:10:13,083 --> 01:10:15,832
Xiaolou! Xiaolou!
525
01:10:40,375 --> 01:10:43,999
This feather headpiece
is rare and precious.
526
01:10:46,291 --> 01:10:51,457
The feathers are collected
from the tails oflive peacocks.
527
01:10:53,333 --> 01:11:00,124
That's the secret to keep
the feathers soft and colorful.
528
01:11:01,708 --> 01:11:03,540
I'll be waiting for you.
529
01:11:42,541 --> 01:11:48,457
In this world, there is foulness
in both men and women.
530
01:11:49,416 --> 01:11:53,457
Only the Bodhisattva embodies
both male and female essences.
531
01:11:57,291 --> 01:11:59,415
Such ecstasy!
532
01:12:15,791 --> 01:12:18,165
This sword has a history.
533
01:12:18,833 --> 01:12:21,582
It once belonged to the eunuch Zhang.
534
01:12:22,416 --> 01:12:27,082
When Zhang went bankrupt,
I went to great trouble to acquire it.
535
01:12:28,708 --> 01:12:34,624
I can see from this,
you're old acquaintances.
536
01:12:36,750 --> 01:12:42,624
Amazing! One searches
far and wide for something...
537
01:12:50,583 --> 01:12:53,790
-Like it?
-I...
538
01:12:55,208 --> 01:13:00,082
Let's not have any vulgar talk
of money between us.
539
01:13:02,458 --> 01:13:05,808
A precious sword is the classic gift
for one's most intimate friend.
540
01:13:08,375 --> 01:13:09,208
Mr. Cheng.
541
01:13:10,916 --> 01:13:14,165
Will you be my most intimate friend?
542
01:13:14,750 --> 01:13:22,750
The soldiers of Han have invaded.
543
01:13:24,833 --> 01:13:31,332
The songs of Chu can
be heard on all sides.
544
01:13:37,750 --> 01:13:45,290
Since the good king
has lost his fighting spirit...
545
01:13:48,750 --> 01:13:56,750
why should his humble concubine
value her life.
546
01:14:04,666 --> 01:14:07,874
Don't! It's a real sword!
547
01:14:28,500 --> 01:14:32,749
A smile ushers in the spring.
548
01:14:35,250 --> 01:14:39,499
A tear does darken the world.
549
01:14:41,750 --> 01:14:45,332
How truly does this befit you.
550
01:14:47,291 --> 01:14:53,207
Only you are possessed of such charm.
551
01:15:36,333 --> 01:15:40,249
Mr. Cheng, I knew you'd come.
552
01:15:40,416 --> 01:15:42,466
We saved a seat
at the head table for you.
553
01:15:55,958 --> 01:15:57,207
You came back?
554
01:15:58,291 --> 01:16:03,249
It's a good thing you showed up.
555
01:16:03,583 --> 01:16:04,583
Have a look at this.
556
01:16:10,250 --> 01:16:11,083
What a sword!
557
01:16:16,541 --> 01:16:20,540
How did you acquire this
out of nowhere tonight?
558
01:16:33,708 --> 01:16:36,832
Dieyi, you've come so late.
559
01:16:37,291 --> 01:16:41,207
-You better drink up!
-Yes, drink up!
560
01:16:50,916 --> 01:16:52,415
My gratitude, Miss Juxian.
561
01:16:54,083 --> 01:16:55,957
Dieyi? Mr. Cheng!
562
01:16:59,541 --> 01:17:05,832
Xiaolou, from now on,
we'll no longer perform together.
563
01:17:06,291 --> 01:17:08,957
Mr. Cheng, you can't do this!
564
01:17:12,041 --> 01:17:14,915
This is terrible!
565
01:17:15,875 --> 01:17:18,790
Japanese troops have entered the city!
566
01:17:41,625 --> 01:17:43,374
Dieyi? Where is Dieyi?
567
01:17:48,708 --> 01:17:53,540
I'll fill up your glass with finest wine.
568
01:17:57,500 --> 01:18:05,500
So what is this wine called?
569
01:18:06,916 --> 01:18:11,124
Wine of overnight drinking.
570
01:18:11,416 --> 01:18:19,416
Fill it up.
Who will be serving me tonight?
571
01:18:22,250 --> 01:18:26,832
You shall make it as Dieyi's method
of doing the makeup for me.
572
01:18:29,166 --> 01:18:35,832
A man's life is meaningless
It's just like dream.
573
01:18:41,958 --> 01:18:45,124
One shall do whatever he wants.
574
01:18:46,916 --> 01:18:54,916
I will keep on drinking
until the night is over.
575
01:19:45,416 --> 01:19:48,332
Well, Mr. Duan...
576
01:19:54,375 --> 01:20:01,165
Don't waste my time.
Tell him to take it off.
577
01:20:01,333 --> 01:20:02,166
Xiaolou!
578
01:20:26,583 --> 01:20:28,290
How dare you!
579
01:20:28,958 --> 01:20:36,915
Even if it belongs to your ancestor,
you should let him put it on. Low life!
580
01:21:12,333 --> 01:21:16,665
Tell the Japanese,
I'll be there right away.
581
01:21:18,958 --> 01:21:24,624
It's not some private party. They're
blackmailing you to sing for them.
582
01:21:26,500 --> 01:21:31,082
On the other hand, you're
the only one who can save Xiaolou.
583
01:21:31,666 --> 01:21:36,207
But, if anything happened to you...
584
01:21:37,291 --> 01:21:42,707
This theater of mine would...
All right, go then.
585
01:21:44,166 --> 01:21:47,582
-Miss Juxian, what are you doing?
-Mr. Cheng isn't at home.
586
01:21:49,083 --> 01:21:54,540
Where's Dieyi? Dieyi, hurry! I've heard
the Japanese feed prisoners to their dogs!
587
01:21:55,291 --> 01:21:58,290
If you delay, he might not
have a life to save. Please!
588
01:22:00,666 --> 01:22:01,499
Dieyi!
589
01:22:14,625 --> 01:22:18,749
You allowed them to
take him away in the first place.
590
01:22:20,000 --> 01:22:24,290
What you talking about! Xiaolou has
looked after you since you were small.
591
01:22:29,125 --> 01:22:30,999
So you know we're pretty close.
592
01:22:47,791 --> 01:22:49,165
-Mr. Na.
-I'm here.
593
01:22:49,750 --> 01:22:54,832
Would you mind leaving for a moment?
I've something to say to Dieyi in private.
594
01:22:56,416 --> 01:23:00,415
Everyone says Miss Juxian is quite clever.
595
01:23:01,166 --> 01:23:04,499
We're all trying to help Xiaolou.
Talk it easy.
596
01:23:09,000 --> 01:23:13,540
How about a clear answer?
Are you going or not?
597
01:23:32,625 --> 01:23:33,582
Say something!
598
01:23:43,166 --> 01:23:47,915
I know what's on your mind.
I have a proposal.
599
01:23:49,666 --> 01:23:55,749
If you can get Xiaolou out of there,
I'll go back to the House of Blossoms.
600
01:23:57,041 --> 01:24:00,999
I'll keep away from both of you.
How's that?
601
01:24:04,875 --> 01:24:09,957
At the House of Blossoms,
you don't have to worry about anything.
602
01:24:12,750 --> 01:24:14,415
Life is much easier there.
603
01:24:21,250 --> 01:24:23,790
Just remember, you said it, not me.
604
01:24:25,583 --> 01:24:26,416
I give my word.
605
01:24:27,541 --> 01:24:35,541
The flowers have blossomed.
606
01:24:52,500 --> 01:25:00,500
Their season is past.
607
01:25:17,541 --> 01:25:25,541
All has fallen.
608
01:25:33,416 --> 01:25:41,416
Only the sun is still the same.
609
01:26:05,583 --> 01:26:10,415
-Xiaolou!
-My brother!
610
01:26:12,708 --> 01:26:15,758
-Xiaolou, are you all right?
-Did you sing for the Japanese?
611
01:26:15,875 --> 01:26:18,175
There's one called Aoki,
genuinely likes opera.
612
01:26:19,750 --> 01:26:20,583
Xiaolou!
613
01:28:07,291 --> 01:28:10,207
All right. Come here!
614
01:28:10,375 --> 01:28:14,665
-Let me have another drink!
-Okay, I'll drink one for you.
615
01:29:01,708 --> 01:29:03,808
I think this opera,
Farewell, My Concubine.
616
01:29:06,708 --> 01:29:13,499
But it has turned into Farewell, My King.
617
01:29:14,041 --> 01:29:15,790
The king's really irrelevant.
618
01:29:34,250 --> 01:29:41,040
Drink this.
Your voice will pierce the heaven.
619
01:29:47,041 --> 01:29:48,165
Alright, come.
620
01:30:29,416 --> 01:30:30,665
Forget the opera.
621
01:30:32,833 --> 01:30:37,165
Let's just live a quiet life.
622
01:30:38,625 --> 01:30:40,332
We'll have a fat little baby boy.
623
01:30:41,500 --> 01:30:45,332
Then I'll have everything I want.
That's enough.
624
01:30:47,458 --> 01:30:48,540
No more opera.
625
01:31:11,083 --> 01:31:18,165
Sugar-coated haws for sale!
626
01:31:22,650 --> 01:31:23,483
Let's go!
627
01:31:23,583 --> 01:31:25,124
Just go.
628
01:31:25,291 --> 01:31:27,499
Bye, then.
629
01:31:30,708 --> 01:31:31,541
Give me!
630
01:31:33,000 --> 01:31:36,957
Not the crickets, my money.
631
01:31:37,583 --> 01:31:42,540
You borrow the money
on your host's credit, right?
632
01:31:44,833 --> 01:31:49,332
Go!
633
01:31:53,875 --> 01:31:56,124
I can't believe such
a grown-up like you...
634
01:31:56,625 --> 01:32:01,249
is busy playing with bugs
and not working!
635
01:32:03,333 --> 01:32:06,874
Work? I'm an actor!
636
01:32:07,791 --> 01:32:10,790
What else can I do
other than acting on stage?
637
01:32:11,625 --> 01:32:14,082
Shall I carry coffins?
638
01:32:18,250 --> 01:32:20,999
You should be satisfied by now.
639
01:32:23,000 --> 01:32:26,415
No need to shout like that.
640
01:32:27,666 --> 01:32:31,249
Here's the money. What? Don't need it?
641
01:32:33,125 --> 01:32:36,040
I'll apologize if I were going too far.
642
01:32:37,875 --> 01:32:42,749
Unless you take caution,
they will get you.
643
01:32:44,625 --> 01:32:47,999
The master wants to see you.
644
01:32:48,666 --> 01:32:50,707
No, I won't.
645
01:32:57,750 --> 01:33:04,790
Look at this sword.
646
01:33:10,416 --> 01:33:12,957
Master, they've just arrived here.
647
01:33:14,541 --> 01:33:17,124
Who?
648
01:33:17,333 --> 01:33:20,665
Dieyi and Xiaolou,
whom you've wanted to meet.
649
01:33:20,833 --> 01:33:24,624
What a great fucking honor.
650
01:33:24,958 --> 01:33:28,124
-Super stars have arrived!
-Master.
651
01:33:28,291 --> 01:33:32,665
Well, I finally got
something to brag about.
652
01:33:33,500 --> 01:33:35,665
A great fucking honor.
653
01:33:35,916 --> 01:33:39,624
Take your seats there, I'll bow to you.
654
01:33:40,208 --> 01:33:41,258
Master, please don't.
655
01:33:45,541 --> 01:33:50,290
You are finally here.
656
01:33:52,375 --> 01:34:00,375
Dieyi, without Xiaolou's help,
you are nobody.
657
01:34:02,500 --> 01:34:06,249
And now, he left the stage...
658
01:34:07,958 --> 01:34:11,915
it's your turn to help him.
659
01:34:16,166 --> 01:34:17,832
You hear me?
660
01:34:26,750 --> 01:34:28,665
Come on!
661
01:34:40,958 --> 01:34:42,415
Douzi!
662
01:34:43,666 --> 01:34:45,415
Shitou!
663
01:34:47,791 --> 01:34:54,290
You are now all grown-ups...
664
01:34:57,583 --> 01:35:03,249
and great actors with fame.
665
01:35:05,250 --> 01:35:06,790
Don't remember your youth?
666
01:35:07,791 --> 01:35:12,457
What's worrying you? Just hit him hard.
667
01:35:18,583 --> 01:35:22,707
When did I tell you to look down on me?
668
01:35:23,500 --> 01:35:26,290
Are you going to ruin operas?
669
01:35:27,666 --> 01:35:29,165
It's your fault!
670
01:35:31,833 --> 01:35:33,665
Master!
671
01:35:34,875 --> 01:35:35,874
I am to blame.
672
01:35:37,416 --> 01:35:38,249
Hit me instead!
673
01:35:39,958 --> 01:35:43,457
Wait, I have to tell you this.
674
01:35:44,208 --> 01:35:49,874
Xialou is my husband. If you want to
hit him, you need my permission.
675
01:35:50,041 --> 01:35:50,874
Knock it off!
676
01:35:52,708 --> 01:35:56,499
I've heard of one bitch, and it was you!
677
01:35:57,291 --> 01:36:00,915
So you must be the VIP today, right?
678
01:36:01,125 --> 01:36:07,832
Take your seat and drink a cup oftea.
Make yourself comfortable.
679
01:36:09,416 --> 01:36:10,249
Here you are.
680
01:36:18,000 --> 01:36:20,250
-Alcohol, gambling and women!
-I deserve it!
681
01:36:21,083 --> 01:36:23,332
-And now crickets?
-I deserve it!
682
01:36:24,125 --> 01:36:26,915
-You didn't cherish your costume!
-I deserve it!
683
01:36:27,500 --> 01:36:30,200
-You fucking ruined opera's tradition!
-I deserve it!
684
01:36:30,708 --> 01:36:33,790
I deserve it! I deserve it!
685
01:36:35,458 --> 01:36:36,308
Hold on a moment.
686
01:36:38,000 --> 01:36:42,040
Nothing's wrong to beat him
with the stick for his disgrace.
687
01:36:43,416 --> 01:36:50,374
-But for an opium addicted brother...
-Juxian!
688
01:36:53,583 --> 01:36:58,332
I know it's not time
for a whore to interfere...
689
01:36:59,708 --> 01:37:03,665
but you have to look at
both sides of everything.
690
01:37:03,833 --> 01:37:04,683
Shut the fuck up!
691
01:37:05,375 --> 01:37:07,374
Don't be so stupid!
692
01:37:21,458 --> 01:37:25,749
Well, you are such a nice guy.
693
01:37:27,291 --> 01:37:31,499
-Go on, hit me.
-Quiet, or I'll cut your throat!
694
01:37:31,958 --> 01:37:33,707
Calm down! Calm down!
695
01:37:34,833 --> 01:37:40,624
Alright. You could kill me,
but you'd also kill your child.
696
01:37:43,208 --> 01:37:45,165
Your family will be over.
697
01:37:50,541 --> 01:37:52,165
Did I tell you to stand up?
698
01:37:55,458 --> 01:38:02,374
Shitou, were you listening?
You are becoming a father.
699
01:38:03,375 --> 01:38:06,795
If you stay away from
being an actor, you won't...
700
01:38:06,895 --> 01:38:10,415
be able to buy a birthday
present for your kid!
701
01:38:12,000 --> 01:38:12,833
Come closer!
702
01:38:16,291 --> 01:38:18,082
Closer!
703
01:38:28,125 --> 01:38:29,540
Practice! Use your heart!
704
01:38:31,750 --> 01:38:32,650
Don't be slacking.
705
01:38:34,000 --> 01:38:36,915
Stretch out your legs!
706
01:38:49,500 --> 01:38:50,624
Wait. Wait.
707
01:38:53,500 --> 01:38:55,582
This play is called Fleeing by Night.
708
01:38:56,333 --> 01:38:59,290
You are acting Linchou in this.
709
01:39:00,208 --> 01:39:04,040
He's the head of the palace guard,
not some sneaky little thief.
710
01:39:05,125 --> 01:39:05,958
Take this.
711
01:39:07,000 --> 01:39:08,040
Attention, everyone!
712
01:39:09,291 --> 01:39:12,665
This is what a great hero should be like.
713
01:39:16,666 --> 01:39:23,040
A man doesn't lightly shed his tears.
714
01:39:24,958 --> 01:39:32,958
Unless his heart has broken into pieces.
715
01:40:51,333 --> 01:40:54,915
Leave me alone.
I'm taking master's punishment.
716
01:40:55,208 --> 01:40:58,874
The troupe has disbanded.
You shall leave, too.
717
01:40:59,041 --> 01:41:02,591
Master said that one should learn
how to endure to become a great actor.
718
01:41:03,000 --> 01:41:06,345
Everyone else has left.
You ought to go too.
719
01:41:06,445 --> 01:41:09,290
I was found on the street as a baby.
720
01:41:12,916 --> 01:41:18,457
-Do you know who found you?
-No. They wouldn't tell me.
721
01:41:20,000 --> 01:41:22,100
Do you still want to sing opera?
722
01:41:22,283 --> 01:41:24,683
Yes, even if I have to
beg to support myself.
723
01:41:29,250 --> 01:41:30,207
What's your name?
724
01:41:33,125 --> 01:41:39,582
Xiao Si.
725
01:42:48,083 --> 01:42:51,082
Xiao Si, go tell the
manager to avoid trouble.
726
01:43:04,541 --> 01:43:06,241
What's this? Why you stop singing?
727
01:43:09,166 --> 01:43:10,116
Don't make trouble!
728
01:43:19,708 --> 01:43:21,999
Don't go, Xiaolou.
729
01:43:42,416 --> 01:43:43,665
Gentlemen...
730
01:43:47,583 --> 01:43:52,124
waving flashlight is not
allowed in the theater.
731
01:43:52,708 --> 01:43:55,058
Even the Japanese
didn't do this sort of thing.
732
01:43:55,333 --> 01:43:57,249
Everyone's here for the opera.
733
01:43:57,791 --> 01:43:59,415
Please return to your seats.
734
01:44:03,916 --> 01:44:06,540
Well put. Back to your seats!
735
01:44:09,958 --> 01:44:14,290
But can we let him get away
with speaking up for the Japanese?
736
01:44:14,583 --> 01:44:16,165
-No!
-Beat him!
737
01:44:26,875 --> 01:44:30,165
Xiaolou! Xiaolou!
738
01:44:51,000 --> 01:44:52,874
Let go ofhim. Let go!
739
01:45:06,416 --> 01:45:07,290
Juxian!
740
01:45:11,708 --> 01:45:13,165
I got you.
741
01:45:19,083 --> 01:45:20,374
So much blood...
742
01:45:21,083 --> 01:45:23,874
Get her to a hospital.
Save her first! Hurry up!
743
01:45:29,666 --> 01:45:30,749
Make way.
744
01:45:33,666 --> 01:45:37,582
There was only a minor disturbance.
745
01:45:37,750 --> 01:45:40,499
There's no need to come and check.
746
01:45:41,208 --> 01:45:43,249
You can fine us.
747
01:46:01,416 --> 01:46:03,066
Why do you need to arrest anyone?
748
01:46:03,333 --> 01:46:07,083
The theater's been trashed, people beaten;
And you still want to arrest him?
749
01:46:07,291 --> 01:46:09,040
You can't do that!
750
01:46:16,416 --> 01:46:17,540
What for?
751
01:46:19,791 --> 01:46:20,999
Are you asking me?
752
01:46:22,833 --> 01:46:25,332
Cheng Dieyi betrayed the country
to the Japanese.
753
01:46:28,166 --> 01:46:28,999
Move it!
754
01:46:30,083 --> 01:46:31,499
On what base?
755
01:46:32,958 --> 01:46:34,124
Master!
756
01:46:37,083 --> 01:46:37,916
Mr. Duan.
757
01:46:38,958 --> 01:46:43,457
I'm afraid she's lost the baby.
758
01:46:52,416 --> 01:46:57,540
Honey, I'm so sorry.
759
01:47:00,166 --> 01:47:02,366
Go, help Dieyi.
Lfhe's more important to you.
760
01:47:24,916 --> 01:47:29,915
I don't know whether Dieyi
goes looking for trouble...
761
01:47:30,875 --> 01:47:33,125
or if it's trouble
that comes looking for him.
762
01:47:34,000 --> 01:47:37,165
He's always making troubles.
763
01:47:38,291 --> 01:47:42,749
Whenever you're with him,
my heart's in my throat.
764
01:47:47,416 --> 01:47:48,999
Now that I've lost our child...
765
01:47:51,500 --> 01:47:53,665
you're all I have left.
766
01:47:54,791 --> 01:47:57,665
I don't care if I have to
beg with you on the streets.
767
01:47:58,875 --> 01:48:00,374
All I ask...
768
01:48:01,708 --> 01:48:07,249
is peace of mind.
769
01:48:13,041 --> 01:48:15,991
If you help him this time,
we'll no longer owe him anything.
770
01:48:16,500 --> 01:48:18,050
Don't perform with him anymore.
771
01:48:21,166 --> 01:48:22,374
Promise me.
772
01:48:23,750 --> 01:48:26,165
No more performance after this.
773
01:48:53,708 --> 01:48:54,749
Master Yuan...
774
01:48:56,541 --> 01:49:01,165
Dieyi's life is in your hands.
775
01:49:02,541 --> 01:49:07,165
Count this. If it's not enough...
776
01:49:09,750 --> 01:49:12,874
If only you'll save Dieyi...
777
01:49:13,875 --> 01:49:16,832
we'll give you all our earnings
for the next three years.
778
01:49:18,125 --> 01:49:21,165
You think I need your money
to keep my birds from starving?
779
01:49:25,958 --> 01:49:27,332
And this gentleman is?
780
01:49:29,625 --> 01:49:31,374
Don't you recognize Xiaolou?
781
01:49:34,291 --> 01:49:37,249
He plays the king to Dieyi's concubine.
782
01:49:39,541 --> 01:49:41,957
Then it should be him
who saves Concubine Yu.
783
01:49:43,833 --> 01:49:46,332
My dear man, that's only a play!
784
01:49:47,416 --> 01:49:52,207
All Beijing knows that you Master Yuan
is the true king of the theater.
785
01:49:53,750 --> 01:49:56,124
Yeah, it's true.
786
01:49:56,500 --> 01:49:59,665
Speaking ofwhich, I'd like to
ask Mr. Duan something.
787
01:50:01,000 --> 01:50:08,665
When the king returns to see Concubine Yu,
how many steps should he take?
788
01:50:12,458 --> 01:50:13,582
Seven.
789
01:50:13,791 --> 01:50:15,124
Show me.
790
01:50:19,625 --> 01:50:20,915
Come on, show me!
791
01:50:22,833 --> 01:50:23,915
Master Yuan...
792
01:50:32,583 --> 01:50:34,832
Is this the home ofMr. Yuan?
793
01:50:38,875 --> 01:50:41,525
When a man called Cheng Dieyi
was arrested, he said...
794
01:50:41,625 --> 01:50:46,332
the owner of this sword
would be able to rescue him.
795
01:50:48,041 --> 01:50:51,124
Do you recognize it?
796
01:51:05,083 --> 01:51:08,707
From your facial expression,
I see I've come to the right place.
797
01:51:10,375 --> 01:51:15,332
Good. I'll put the sword here.
798
01:51:16,916 --> 01:51:20,665
I'm so relieved to have found its owner.
799
01:51:26,458 --> 01:51:29,749
But sometimes one's hopes are misplaced.
800
01:51:30,750 --> 01:51:34,624
Master Yuan, you mustn't blame Dieyi.
801
01:51:39,375 --> 01:51:41,332
Hey, wait!
802
01:51:42,875 --> 01:51:46,066
The reason why Dieyi
performed for Japanese...
803
01:51:46,166 --> 01:51:49,457
wouldn't be by someone's
request, would it?
804
01:51:51,416 --> 01:51:56,249
If it would, he wouldn't
have been arrested.
805
01:51:57,000 --> 01:51:58,124
True!
806
01:52:04,333 --> 01:52:06,874
There's a roomful of reporters
waiting at home.
807
01:52:07,333 --> 01:52:09,332
Xiaolou, Mr. Na, let's go.
808
01:52:09,875 --> 01:52:11,415
Wait a moment! Let's talk.
809
01:52:21,041 --> 01:52:22,915
Master Yuan asked me to talk to you.
810
01:52:25,583 --> 01:52:26,957
Tomorrow in court...
811
01:52:28,000 --> 01:52:31,124
say the Japanese put a gun to your head;
812
01:52:32,041 --> 01:52:34,332
Say they tortured you.
813
01:52:35,375 --> 01:52:38,290
Master Yuan has made arrangements
for everything else.
814
01:52:48,416 --> 01:52:50,415
This is from Xiaolou.
815
01:53:00,708 --> 01:53:03,207
Dieyi, don't blame us.
816
01:53:03,958 --> 01:53:05,290
Xiaolou's child...
817
01:53:15,500 --> 01:53:18,550
It's karma! Your twisted partnership
with Xiaolou caused this!
818
01:53:28,500 --> 01:53:33,415
After you getting out of here,
just go your own way.
819
01:53:39,416 --> 01:53:45,874
During the resistance against Japan...
820
01:53:46,333 --> 01:53:50,832
Cheng Dieyi betrayed the country
by performing...
821
01:53:51,291 --> 01:53:54,790
for Aoki and his colleagues.
822
01:53:55,208 --> 01:53:59,874
You performed for their immorality.
823
01:54:00,291 --> 01:54:03,749
The defendant also encouraged the enemy
and disgraced your people.
824
01:54:05,958 --> 01:54:10,290
Aoki continued to resist
even after Japan officially surrendered.
825
01:54:10,625 --> 01:54:14,957
We've collected these
pictures as evidence...
826
01:54:15,375 --> 01:54:20,832
and they confirm the defendant
sang for the Japanese.
827
01:54:23,333 --> 01:54:30,249
We call on the witnesses Yuan Shiqing,
Duan Xiaolou and Na Kun.
828
01:54:38,666 --> 01:54:42,624
The government has always been good to me.
829
01:54:43,083 --> 01:54:46,874
Nor would I betray
the laws or my own conscience.
830
01:54:48,791 --> 01:54:53,957
Cheng Dieyi was taken away
in handcuffs by the Japanese.
831
01:54:55,333 --> 01:55:01,332
They put a gun to the back of his neck.
He couldn't do anything.
832
01:55:04,083 --> 01:55:05,790
Duan Xiaolou?
833
01:55:06,875 --> 01:55:10,374
It's true. The Japanese
beat up my stage brother.
834
01:55:11,875 --> 01:55:13,975
Exactly as Master Yuan has just described.
835
01:55:14,075 --> 01:55:14,908
Na Kun?
836
01:55:19,166 --> 01:55:19,999
He...
837
01:55:20,916 --> 01:55:26,665
The prosecutor claims Cheng
performed obscene material.
838
01:55:30,250 --> 01:55:32,874
That is ridiculous!
839
01:55:40,791 --> 01:55:46,040
Cheng performed highlights from
Peony Pavilion that night.
840
01:55:47,375 --> 01:55:50,040
Anyone with any common sense knows that...
841
01:55:50,500 --> 01:55:54,165
Peony Pavilion is the
quintessential Chinese opera.
842
01:55:54,833 --> 01:56:00,749
How can that be obscene
to the prosecutor's eye?
843
01:56:04,583 --> 01:56:07,333
How dare you insult
our tradition and culture like this!
844
01:56:08,583 --> 01:56:13,040
Who's disparaging Chinese tradition...
845
01:56:16,166 --> 01:56:18,540
and its culture?
846
01:56:18,791 --> 01:56:20,082
Well put!
847
01:56:25,375 --> 01:56:27,290
We ask the accused, Cheng Dieyi.
848
01:56:28,916 --> 01:56:31,374
Have the witnesses told the truth?
849
01:56:39,166 --> 01:56:46,999
The court wishes to hear
what the accused has to say.
850
01:56:53,333 --> 01:56:54,582
The accused may say now.
851
01:56:58,291 --> 01:56:59,957
I sang for the Japanese.
852
01:57:03,041 --> 01:57:04,290
I hate the Japanese too.
853
01:57:08,125 --> 01:57:12,082
But they didn't lay a hand on me.
854
01:57:17,000 --> 01:57:18,624
Cheng Dieyi...
855
01:57:19,708 --> 01:57:22,915
You have the right and duty...
856
01:57:23,083 --> 01:57:25,790
to clear your name.
857
01:57:28,000 --> 01:57:34,249
Reconsider carefully and tell us again.
858
01:57:37,791 --> 01:57:44,290
LfAoki had lived, he'd have
taken the Beijing Opera to Japan.
859
01:57:49,708 --> 01:57:51,082
Why don't you just kill me?
860
01:57:55,583 --> 01:57:57,332
Master Yuan, Master Yuan!
861
01:58:03,750 --> 01:58:05,707
What are you doing here?
862
01:58:15,458 --> 01:58:17,790
Please, Master Yuan, don't leave.
863
01:58:18,083 --> 01:58:20,499
What does it matter?
He's as good as dead.
864
01:58:22,333 --> 01:58:25,483
Master Yuan, you can't go.
If you leave, he's finished for sure.
865
01:58:27,333 --> 01:58:28,933
The court has made its decision.
866
01:58:30,208 --> 01:58:34,749
The case of the traitor
Cheng Dieyi is suspended.
867
01:58:36,416 --> 01:58:41,332
The accused is released under bond.
868
01:58:43,250 --> 01:58:44,165
Court dismissed!
869
01:58:47,708 --> 01:58:49,124
What's going on?
870
01:58:53,666 --> 01:58:57,874
Dieyi, are you playing with me?
Goddamn it!
871
01:59:07,750 --> 01:59:12,082
Mr. Cheng, good-bye.
872
01:59:17,791 --> 01:59:19,374
This way, Mr. Cheng.
873
01:59:46,000 --> 01:59:48,540
The commander has arrived.
874
01:59:51,625 --> 01:59:52,957
Attention!
875
02:00:16,500 --> 02:00:17,957
Chunxiang!
876
02:00:18,625 --> 02:00:20,832
Miss!
877
02:00:22,166 --> 02:00:30,166
How can one know the beauty of spring
unless one visits the garden.
878
02:00:36,625 --> 02:00:40,707
To Mom; Did you get my last letter?
879
02:00:41,208 --> 02:00:44,582
Everything's fine here.
880
02:00:45,416 --> 02:00:46,999
Don't worry about me.
881
02:00:47,750 --> 02:00:49,540
Xiaolou's been...
882
02:00:50,125 --> 02:00:52,749
wholeheartedly looking after me.
883
02:00:53,416 --> 02:00:56,165
We rehearse by day...
884
02:00:56,916 --> 02:00:59,374
and perform at night.
885
02:00:59,958 --> 02:01:02,707
Just like before.
886
02:01:03,500 --> 02:01:05,915
The world's not what it used to be...
887
02:01:06,458 --> 02:01:09,207
but all we ask is a peaceful life.
888
02:01:09,750 --> 02:01:15,124
We sing and get paid for.
Keep ourselves safe and that's all.
889
02:01:15,958 --> 02:01:20,790
The kitty is waiting around
for one smell of your smoke.
890
02:01:21,125 --> 02:01:22,832
See? It's satisfied, right?
891
02:01:24,083 --> 02:01:27,249
Dieyi, should I mail this to...
892
02:01:27,958 --> 02:01:29,915
-The usual address.
-Got it.
893
02:01:32,875 --> 02:01:35,665
All you classic vulnerable heroines...
894
02:01:36,125 --> 02:01:37,675
burn your letters and stuff.
895
02:01:41,500 --> 02:01:45,582
Have you seen this?
896
02:01:46,625 --> 02:01:48,790
Do you want it?
897
02:01:49,833 --> 02:01:54,415
You don't want it? Fine, I'll tear it up.
898
02:01:56,916 --> 02:01:59,665
Well, I'm tearing it up. See that?
899
02:02:13,750 --> 02:02:14,583
Xiao Si!
900
02:02:15,791 --> 02:02:17,332
Master Duan took the sword.
901
02:02:38,333 --> 02:02:41,583
The river's course is twisted,
but in the end it flows to the sea.
902
02:02:42,166 --> 02:02:44,966
But what problem lies between
our concubine and our king?
903
02:02:45,875 --> 02:02:48,624
Talk to each other,
or the Han King will take the city.
904
02:03:02,666 --> 02:03:07,624
The year 1948, the eve of
the Nationalist's evacuation to Taiwan.
905
02:03:12,458 --> 02:03:15,908
For better or worse, we Manchus
ruled the country for three centuries.
906
02:03:16,416 --> 02:03:21,832
The Republics only just begun,
and already has being overthrown.
907
02:03:24,208 --> 02:03:26,508
But even the Communists
have to come see opera.
908
02:03:27,833 --> 02:03:32,374
The empire may change hands,
but you two are alwaying superstars.
909
02:03:32,791 --> 02:03:33,624
Right?
910
02:03:34,875 --> 02:03:37,290
Just wait, we'll make a fortune.
911
02:03:38,958 --> 02:03:42,058
Well, do you still want to
pick a fight with the ragtag troops?
912
02:03:42,666 --> 02:03:46,624
I'll fight them
if they don't behave themselves.
913
02:03:46,916 --> 02:03:50,082
Unless you had Master Yuan's class...
914
02:03:51,125 --> 02:03:54,165
we are capable offighting them.
915
02:03:54,500 --> 02:03:55,540
You know that?
916
02:04:13,416 --> 02:04:15,290
Do you recognize me?
917
02:04:16,041 --> 02:04:17,540
Cigarettes! Buy one!
918
02:04:24,000 --> 02:04:28,415
Mr. Zhang, don't you remember us?
919
02:04:29,500 --> 02:04:31,082
Cigarettes! Buy a pack!
920
02:04:51,000 --> 02:04:59,000
Song of sorrow and grief of my king
cause me shed tears.
921
02:05:00,500 --> 02:05:08,500
To console your saddened heart
I'd rather dance and sing a song for you.
922
02:05:17,166 --> 02:05:22,665
Please, my beloved.
923
02:05:23,750 --> 02:05:31,750
A dance for... for my king.
924
02:05:38,708 --> 02:05:44,207
Xiao Si, tell him to
stay calm no matter what.
925
02:05:49,333 --> 02:05:52,999
Honorable guests, I'm very sorry.
926
02:05:55,166 --> 02:05:58,207
Today my fellow actor is...
927
02:06:16,083 --> 02:06:20,040
Let's sing a song, ready?
928
02:06:20,458 --> 02:06:22,749
Marching! Marching! Marching!
929
02:06:23,708 --> 02:06:27,457
Our army is marching for the sun...
930
02:06:27,875 --> 02:06:31,582
stepping on the great motherland.
931
02:06:31,958 --> 02:06:35,624
With hopes of nation on our shoulders...
932
02:06:36,000 --> 02:06:39,665
no enemy can stop us from our course.
933
02:06:41,625 --> 02:06:46,290
Mr. Cheng, if you can't take it,
have another smoke.
934
02:06:47,125 --> 02:06:49,249
Xiao Si, go call Mr. Duan.
935
02:06:49,833 --> 02:06:52,233
Down with the counter-revolutionary
Yuan Shiqing!
936
02:06:55,500 --> 02:06:58,900
Yuan Shiqing is an enemy of the people,
who must be put to execution!
937
02:07:02,208 --> 02:07:09,499
Be alert! Be vigilant!
938
02:07:11,083 --> 02:07:15,165
Yuan Shiqing, the
counter-revolutionary one.
939
02:07:15,666 --> 02:07:18,082
He has harmed his community...
940
02:07:19,000 --> 02:07:22,332
and is guilty of monstrous crimes.
941
02:07:23,166 --> 02:07:25,499
Only execution can
satisfy the people's anger.
942
02:07:28,583 --> 02:07:30,983
Down with the counter-revolutionary
Yuan Shiqing!
943
02:07:34,291 --> 02:07:37,249
Down with the tyrant of
the opera world, Yuan Shiqing!
944
02:07:40,458 --> 02:07:42,499
Death to Yuan Shiqing!
945
02:07:45,333 --> 02:07:47,457
Satisfy the people's anger!
946
02:07:48,333 --> 02:07:49,332
Take him away!
947
02:08:11,208 --> 02:08:14,082
Only execution can
satisfy the people's anger.
948
02:08:17,125 --> 02:08:18,415
Execution?
949
02:08:21,750 --> 02:08:24,124
Yuan's been put to execution?
950
02:08:24,291 --> 02:08:25,341
Keep your voice down.
951
02:08:51,958 --> 02:08:54,374
Let me go! Release me!
952
02:08:58,791 --> 02:08:59,957
Calm down!
953
02:09:11,541 --> 02:09:15,374
Cut it out! Listen to me okay?
954
02:09:16,083 --> 02:09:18,457
You will go through this.
955
02:09:24,541 --> 02:09:26,915
Cut it out or I'll hit you!
956
02:09:47,041 --> 02:09:47,874
Stay clam!
957
02:09:52,166 --> 02:09:54,707
-How is he?
-We may need to wean him...
958
02:09:55,000 --> 02:09:57,540
from the opium slowly.
Stay here and watch him.
959
02:09:57,791 --> 02:09:59,665
Don't leave, Xiaolou.
960
02:09:59,833 --> 02:10:02,083
Lfhe really wants to
overcome his addiction...
961
02:10:02,183 --> 02:10:04,099
he's got a long way to go.
962
02:10:44,458 --> 02:10:45,358
It feels like ice.
963
02:10:51,666 --> 02:10:52,749
Mom!
964
02:10:54,416 --> 02:10:56,124
The river may get frozen.
965
02:11:00,000 --> 02:11:01,082
It feels like ice.
966
02:11:05,333 --> 02:11:06,332
Mom!
967
02:11:07,916 --> 02:11:09,999
It's getting frozen.
968
02:11:13,291 --> 02:11:14,332
So cold...
969
02:11:17,708 --> 02:11:19,165
I got you.
970
02:11:37,416 --> 02:11:38,332
Mrs. Duan!
971
02:11:40,916 --> 02:11:41,999
Where were you?
972
02:11:42,791 --> 02:11:43,874
A meeting.
973
02:11:44,916 --> 02:11:45,957
A meeting?
974
02:11:54,041 --> 02:11:55,691
Xiaolou, the whole troupe's come.
975
02:11:55,958 --> 02:11:57,308
-Come in!
-Please come in.
976
02:11:58,000 --> 02:12:03,457
Ah, a costume change!
977
02:12:07,625 --> 02:12:11,249
Thank you all for coming
to see me. I'm fine now.
978
02:12:11,666 --> 02:12:14,957
Sounds easy now.
You didn't see him suffer.
979
02:12:15,166 --> 02:12:19,707
Dieyi, get out ofbed.
All of Beijing is waiting...
980
02:12:20,041 --> 02:12:22,841
for the next appearance
of the King and his Concubine.
981
02:12:23,583 --> 02:12:26,790
It'll be the goddamn golden hit
of a golden era!
982
02:12:34,791 --> 02:12:38,957
You've asked me to say a few words.
I'm not sure how to put it.
983
02:12:41,125 --> 02:12:44,707
I think these Modern Operas
are quite interesting...
984
02:12:46,083 --> 02:12:48,832
but the costumes aren't very attractive.
985
02:12:49,666 --> 02:12:53,040
The backdrops are too realistic.
986
02:12:54,166 --> 02:12:56,466
Yet Beijing Opera puts
great value on ambiance.
987
02:12:56,791 --> 02:13:00,582
Song recital, movement and acrobatics
are part of this ambiance.
988
02:13:02,916 --> 02:13:05,499
But with these costumes on...
989
02:13:06,916 --> 02:13:08,915
performance won't look good.
990
02:13:10,208 --> 02:13:13,540
You know, it really concerns me.
991
02:13:14,500 --> 02:13:15,624
What do you think?
992
02:13:21,958 --> 02:13:24,999
Are you saying that Modern Operas
aren't Beijing Operas?
993
02:13:25,833 --> 02:13:28,374
Do you really know about Beijing Operas?
994
02:13:28,708 --> 02:13:31,540
No sound is but a song,
no movement is but a dance.
995
02:13:32,041 --> 02:13:35,665
It must have the sense ofbeauty.
For instance...
996
02:13:36,166 --> 02:13:39,332
Teacher, I don't get it.
997
02:13:41,875 --> 02:13:45,332
When you've sweated enough
to fill buckets, you'll get it!
998
02:13:46,416 --> 02:13:48,266
-I still don't understand.
-Xiao Si!
999
02:13:49,625 --> 02:13:50,707
I just don't get it!
1000
02:13:51,541 --> 02:13:55,191
Why is it Beijing Opera when ancient
heroes and beauties take the stage...
1001
02:13:55,291 --> 02:13:57,748
but not when the laboring masses do?
1002
02:13:58,625 --> 02:14:01,125
You're talking apples and oranges.
Don't be stupid!
1003
02:14:01,225 --> 02:14:02,725
What kind of attitude is that?
1004
02:14:05,625 --> 02:14:07,790
I'd like to hear from Teacher Duan.
1005
02:14:08,041 --> 02:14:08,957
Xiaolou!
1006
02:14:17,458 --> 02:14:19,957
It's going to rain.
I've brought you the umbrella.
1007
02:14:21,541 --> 02:14:22,374
Here!
1008
02:14:30,833 --> 02:14:34,665
Yes, yes. Run along home now.
1009
02:14:49,458 --> 02:14:52,290
Questions like these give me a headache.
1010
02:14:53,750 --> 02:15:00,082
I say if it uses the traditional forms,
then it's Beijing Opera.
1011
02:15:01,416 --> 02:15:02,332
Am I right?
1012
02:15:04,333 --> 02:15:05,633
I'd like to say something.
1013
02:15:09,708 --> 02:15:13,124
I've been part of the New Society...
1014
02:15:13,791 --> 02:15:15,791
since giving my theater to the state.
1015
02:15:17,208 --> 02:15:19,108
Comrade Cheng, I believe you're wrong.
1016
02:15:21,958 --> 02:15:27,457
Modern Opera is a new venture.
It deserves our support.
1017
02:15:34,000 --> 02:15:37,749
Opera requires practice,
don't think you know it well!
1018
02:15:38,458 --> 02:15:42,457
It requires practice, skill and talent.
You know that?
1019
02:15:43,625 --> 02:15:44,874
There's no easy way!
1020
02:15:45,458 --> 02:15:47,999
You're breaking the law
for punishing me like this.
1021
02:15:48,916 --> 02:15:51,624
If I don't do this,
you'll always be third-rate.
1022
02:15:52,041 --> 02:15:53,707
Don't even think about success!
1023
02:15:56,708 --> 02:16:00,790
And when did you ever
seriously want me to succeed?
1024
02:16:01,833 --> 02:16:04,790
All you've ever wanted
was a coolie, a stagehand...
1025
02:16:05,500 --> 02:16:07,457
a follower, a bit player!
1026
02:16:08,375 --> 02:16:13,290
How dare you!
How dare you say such rubbish!
1027
02:16:18,250 --> 02:16:19,499
Kneel down!
1028
02:16:21,708 --> 02:16:27,540
Master Cheng, you won't
live to see the day ever.
1029
02:16:37,500 --> 02:16:38,333
Xiao Si!
1030
02:16:51,083 --> 02:16:54,290
Go, then! Be a bit player your whole life!
1031
02:17:00,041 --> 02:17:01,082
Mr. Cheng...
1032
02:17:02,250 --> 02:17:08,082
your saying belongs to the past.
1033
02:17:09,500 --> 02:17:14,124
It's not going to work in the present day!
1034
02:17:15,916 --> 02:17:20,874
If I end up being third-rate,
it'll ruin your reputation!
1035
02:18:06,958 --> 02:18:10,249
So, you know?
1036
02:18:15,000 --> 02:18:16,350
I... I just learned myself.
1037
02:18:16,500 --> 02:18:19,040
That's not true, Teacher Duan.
1038
02:18:19,833 --> 02:18:22,790
You were there at the meeting last night.
1039
02:18:28,041 --> 02:18:31,124
You said you'd notify Dieyi
that you were replacing him.
1040
02:18:31,541 --> 02:18:32,915
I had second thoughts.
1041
02:18:33,625 --> 02:18:37,665
I decided you should tell him.
Don't you agree?
1042
02:18:38,750 --> 02:18:42,749
If you couldn't tell him, who could?
1043
02:18:46,500 --> 02:18:47,499
Take it off!
1044
02:18:51,375 --> 02:18:54,749
-Don't be like that.
-I won't fucking sing anymore!
1045
02:18:55,416 --> 02:18:56,707
Leave me alone!
1046
02:18:59,041 --> 02:19:00,832
Xiaolou, you mustn't go.
1047
02:19:07,958 --> 02:19:09,665
Comrade Duan...
1048
02:19:15,916 --> 02:19:18,874
That audience is made up
of the laboring masses.
1049
02:19:20,125 --> 02:19:24,290
You decide whether you'll
sing for them or not.
1050
02:19:39,541 --> 02:19:41,832
Xiaolou, the Concubine is on stage.
1051
02:19:42,166 --> 02:19:43,415
You'd better hurry.
1052
02:19:47,041 --> 02:19:50,457
Xiaolou? Master Duan?
1053
02:20:11,708 --> 02:20:15,828
I've followed my king
on his military campaigns...
1054
02:20:15,928 --> 02:20:19,708
Enduring the wind
and frost and hard toil.
1055
02:20:29,125 --> 02:20:32,688
I hate only the lawless tyrant who has...
1056
02:20:32,788 --> 02:20:37,125
plunged our people
into an abyss of misery.
1057
02:21:07,041 --> 02:21:15,041
The people have suffered
untold hardship and pain.
1058
02:21:21,458 --> 02:21:25,540
The king has returned to camp.
1059
02:21:27,083 --> 02:21:31,624
I'm here.
1060
02:21:41,208 --> 02:21:43,999
Your highness.
1061
02:22:01,500 --> 02:22:03,624
Thank you very much, Miss Juxian.
1062
02:22:17,291 --> 02:22:18,124
Dieyi!
1063
02:22:21,375 --> 02:22:24,415
Dieyi, open the door!
1064
02:22:29,916 --> 02:22:32,832
Won't you accept my apology?
1065
02:22:40,291 --> 02:22:42,499
That little snake you rescued...
1066
02:22:44,333 --> 02:22:46,233
he has turned into a veritable dragon.
1067
02:22:46,833 --> 02:22:48,283
You have to go along with it.
1068
02:22:49,958 --> 02:22:52,165
What else can you do?
1069
02:22:54,500 --> 02:22:57,450
No matter what, as you told me,
you have to keep on singing!
1070
02:22:58,583 --> 02:23:01,665
It's not like old days.
Just wake up and see the world!
1071
02:23:06,791 --> 02:23:11,290
Douzi, listen to your stage brother.
Go with the times.
1072
02:23:11,875 --> 02:23:14,025
I'll still be the king
and you my concubine.
1073
02:23:16,541 --> 02:23:18,832
Why does the concubine have to die?
1074
02:23:24,375 --> 02:23:30,707
Dieyi, you're way too obsessed.
1075
02:23:33,125 --> 02:23:34,875
That's the play, for heaven's sake!
1076
02:24:46,708 --> 02:24:50,874
The year 1966,
the eve of the Cultural Revolution.
1077
02:24:54,266 --> 02:24:57,816
Central People's Radio will now
broadcast the decision of the Chinese...
1078
02:24:57,916 --> 02:25:01,380
Communist Party Central
Committee regarding...
1079
02:25:01,480 --> 02:25:05,124
the Great Proletarian
Cultural Revolution...
1080
02:25:06,583 --> 02:25:09,374
passed on August 8, 1966.
1081
02:25:11,208 --> 02:25:15,624
The bill for Cultural
Revolution has passed.
1082
02:25:18,208 --> 02:25:21,290
Cultural Revolution will...
1083
02:25:21,791 --> 02:25:24,499
reconstruct people's mind.
1084
02:26:40,208 --> 02:26:42,749
Why you wanna drink at a time like this?
1085
02:26:44,250 --> 02:26:45,374
I feel like it.
1086
02:26:50,958 --> 02:26:54,499
Jade cups were part of the Old Society.
1087
02:26:56,750 --> 02:27:01,374
We can't keep them anyway,
so use them for one last time.
1088
02:28:07,833 --> 02:28:08,999
It still won't break!
1089
02:29:01,750 --> 02:29:02,707
I'm so afraid...
1090
02:29:06,708 --> 02:29:09,158
I dreamed I was on top of
a tall building alone...
1091
02:29:11,083 --> 02:29:12,540
amongst the clouds.
1092
02:29:14,541 --> 02:29:18,582
I wanted to jump.
1093
02:29:19,541 --> 02:29:22,124
Jump! I'd catch you.
1094
02:29:24,958 --> 02:29:29,374
You weren't there.
1095
02:29:34,416 --> 02:29:37,999
Xiaolou, don't leave me.
1096
02:30:43,041 --> 02:30:44,707
Where did you get this sword?
1097
02:30:46,958 --> 02:30:49,790
Cheng Dieyi gave it to me.
1098
02:30:50,416 --> 02:30:52,266
How many times did he give it to you?
1099
02:30:53,250 --> 02:30:54,332
Twice.
1100
02:30:55,291 --> 02:30:57,249
When was the second time?
1101
02:30:58,208 --> 02:31:01,124
Shortly before the liberation of Beijing.
1102
02:31:01,458 --> 02:31:02,291
Where?
1103
02:31:04,750 --> 02:31:06,650
On the street in front of the theater.
1104
02:31:06,916 --> 02:31:09,207
What did you say to each other?
1105
02:31:11,541 --> 02:31:16,207
It was quite chaotic. I don't remember.
1106
02:31:17,208 --> 02:31:18,457
Try it.
1107
02:31:20,750 --> 02:31:22,207
We didn't say anything!
1108
02:31:22,666 --> 02:31:23,915
Keep thinking.
1109
02:31:24,791 --> 02:31:27,915
Lfwe did, I can't recall.
1110
02:31:28,291 --> 02:31:32,082
Something about what
you'd do to the Communists?
1111
02:31:32,500 --> 02:31:37,582
No! Certainly not!
1112
02:31:38,416 --> 02:31:40,040
I'd stake my life on it.
1113
02:31:41,958 --> 02:31:44,082
But what ifwe've got a witness?
1114
02:31:44,291 --> 02:31:47,290
Who? Bring out the bastard!
1115
02:31:56,916 --> 02:32:01,832
Na Kun! What did I say?
1116
02:32:02,583 --> 02:32:09,832
I'll give you a hint.
Something about ragtag troops.
1117
02:32:13,916 --> 02:32:16,582
Na Kun! This is pure slander!
1118
02:32:17,000 --> 02:32:20,350
You reactionary old theater boss!
You only want to protect yourself!
1119
02:32:20,916 --> 02:32:23,415
You said you'd take on the ragtag troops.
1120
02:32:23,583 --> 02:32:25,415
No! I never said that!
1121
02:32:29,625 --> 02:32:30,707
What I meant was...
1122
02:32:31,291 --> 02:32:32,391
I was trying to say...
1123
02:32:33,500 --> 02:32:35,207
No, I said nothing at all!
1124
02:32:36,875 --> 02:32:39,832
Mr. Na, help me.
1125
02:32:44,041 --> 02:32:48,540
You've been smashing bricks
since you were a boy, haven't you?
1126
02:32:49,916 --> 02:32:51,207
Do it for us.
1127
02:32:53,416 --> 02:32:54,457
Do it!
1128
02:32:58,250 --> 02:32:59,582
Come on!
1129
02:33:27,208 --> 02:33:30,749
Duan Xiaolou, aren't you the King?
1130
02:33:33,416 --> 02:33:35,415
No, I'm not.
1131
02:33:36,125 --> 02:33:38,375
But you've always been
the King, haven't you?
1132
02:33:40,625 --> 02:33:41,790
That's just an opera.
1133
02:33:45,416 --> 02:33:46,457
It's not real life.
1134
02:33:47,000 --> 02:33:49,165
Did you go to brothels in the Old Society?
1135
02:33:51,291 --> 02:33:52,415
Yes.
1136
02:33:53,375 --> 02:33:54,975
Don't you think that's shameful?
1137
02:33:56,708 --> 02:33:59,582
Yes.
1138
02:34:00,250 --> 02:34:02,874
What did Juxian do when you married her?
1139
02:34:05,416 --> 02:34:06,790
A prostitute.
1140
02:34:10,458 --> 02:34:11,291
Good.
1141
02:34:13,583 --> 02:34:16,083
Now tell us what we need to know
about Cheng Dieyi.
1142
02:34:16,416 --> 02:34:18,665
Of course, you don't
have to tell anything.
1143
02:34:19,750 --> 02:34:23,040
You saw what happened to Yuan Shiqing.
1144
02:34:24,208 --> 02:34:25,624
Make your own decision.
1145
02:34:28,125 --> 02:34:30,874
Sweep away all sorts ofbad characters!
1146
02:34:31,416 --> 02:34:34,165
Destroy our enemy!
1147
02:34:38,208 --> 02:34:40,957
Uncover the black gangs!
Cut off the vacious hands!
1148
02:34:44,541 --> 02:34:47,641
Seize the black hands that
have infiltrated the cultural world!
1149
02:34:50,875 --> 02:34:53,874
Revolution is the only way to the truth!
1150
02:34:57,958 --> 02:35:00,165
Sweep away all sorts ofbad characters!
1151
02:35:29,250 --> 02:35:30,457
Xiaolou!
1152
02:35:59,208 --> 02:36:01,058
Duan Xiaolou is the reactionary king!
1153
02:36:01,333 --> 02:36:03,124
Duan Xiaolou is vicious!
1154
02:36:03,416 --> 02:36:06,040
Duan Xiaolou and Cheng Dieyi
are anti-Party elements!
1155
02:36:06,958 --> 02:36:12,040
Down with Duan Xiaolou!
Down with Cheng Dieyi!
1156
02:36:13,041 --> 02:36:16,249
Talk! Talk!
1157
02:36:17,875 --> 02:36:19,775
Sweep away all sorts ofbad characters!
1158
02:36:25,375 --> 02:36:26,540
Talk! Talk!
1159
02:36:26,791 --> 02:36:28,041
All right, I'll tell you.
1160
02:36:30,041 --> 02:36:34,374
He's totally mad about opera.
1161
02:36:34,666 --> 02:36:36,165
Who? Make yourself clear.
1162
02:36:40,250 --> 02:36:41,083
Cheng Dieyi!
1163
02:36:42,708 --> 02:36:44,108
All he cares about is opera.
1164
02:36:44,791 --> 02:36:48,207
No matter who was in the audience
or which class they belonged to...
1165
02:36:48,500 --> 02:36:51,415
he'd still do his utmost.
1166
02:36:52,625 --> 02:36:56,332
You're not being straight with us!
1167
02:36:58,416 --> 02:37:01,165
If you don't give in,
we will annihilate you.
1168
02:37:07,250 --> 02:37:11,082
At the start of the War of Resistance...
1169
02:37:13,500 --> 02:37:17,499
he sang for the Japanese.
1170
02:37:18,250 --> 02:37:20,665
He was...
1171
02:37:23,083 --> 02:37:25,124
He was a traitor!
1172
02:37:25,583 --> 02:37:27,249
Down with Cheng Dieyi!
1173
02:37:31,291 --> 02:37:35,665
He sang for the Nationalist soldiers;
1174
02:37:35,958 --> 02:37:38,558
He sang for capitalists, landlords
and the idle rich;
1175
02:37:38,791 --> 02:37:41,082
He sang for the reactionaries;
1176
02:37:41,333 --> 02:37:44,415
He sang for the tyrant of
the opera world, Yuan Shiqing!
1177
02:37:44,625 --> 02:37:45,915
Down with Cheng Dieyi!
1178
02:37:47,375 --> 02:37:48,540
What else? Tell us.
1179
02:37:51,416 --> 02:37:54,665
He smoked opium
like there was no tomorrow...
1180
02:37:55,166 --> 02:37:59,249
he smoked away the blood and sweat
of the laboring masses.
1181
02:37:59,791 --> 02:38:01,540
Keep going! Get to the point!
1182
02:38:02,958 --> 02:38:04,415
Say it! Say it!
1183
02:38:05,958 --> 02:38:07,582
Down with Cheng Dieyi!
1184
02:38:16,541 --> 02:38:17,374
Come on.
1185
02:38:28,291 --> 02:38:31,249
In order to get on Yuan
Shiqing's good side...
1186
02:38:33,250 --> 02:38:34,374
he...
1187
02:38:35,600 --> 02:38:37,600
Did you or did you not?
1188
02:38:39,541 --> 02:38:42,707
He became Yuan Shiqing's...
1189
02:38:42,875 --> 02:38:46,957
-Xiaolou!
-You were his... Didn't you?
1190
02:38:52,458 --> 02:38:54,358
Sweep away all sorts ofbad characters!
1191
02:39:00,833 --> 02:39:03,290
Scholars and Beauties?
Kings and Ministers?
1192
02:39:06,500 --> 02:39:07,874
Monsters and Demons!
1193
02:39:26,875 --> 02:39:28,415
You've all betrayed me!
1194
02:39:31,416 --> 02:39:33,165
Betrayed me!
1195
02:39:39,958 --> 02:39:41,808
I've got something to unmask as well!
1196
02:39:42,458 --> 02:39:46,624
I'll reveal everything.
1197
02:39:49,666 --> 02:39:54,624
Xiaolou, you've no conscience.
1198
02:39:55,250 --> 02:39:57,332
You are as greedy as a wolf!
1199
02:39:58,750 --> 02:40:01,250
From the moment you
got involved with this woman...
1200
02:40:01,500 --> 02:40:05,457
I knew you were finished.
1201
02:40:07,250 --> 02:40:10,874
You think disasterjust falls from the sky?
1202
02:40:11,750 --> 02:40:13,790
No. No way.
1203
02:40:15,125 --> 02:40:20,207
We have come step
by step towards this fate.
1204
02:40:20,375 --> 02:40:21,874
It's retribution.
1205
02:40:23,625 --> 02:40:26,125
I'm despicable,
and I have been so for a long time.
1206
02:40:26,333 --> 02:40:29,665
But now even the King of Chu
is on his knees begging for mercy!
1207
02:40:31,000 --> 02:40:33,124
Can Beijing Opera survive?
1208
02:40:33,791 --> 02:40:35,415
It's doomed, isn't it?
1209
02:40:38,375 --> 02:40:40,075
This is what's called retribution!
1210
02:40:41,458 --> 02:40:42,749
Karmic retribution!
1211
02:40:44,458 --> 02:40:46,258
And I have something else to unmask.
1212
02:40:47,291 --> 02:40:48,290
See that woman?
1213
02:40:50,875 --> 02:40:54,374
Who is she? I'll tell you.
1214
02:40:56,333 --> 02:41:02,790
Slut! Pan Jinlian!
Top whore at the House of Blossoms!
1215
02:41:04,791 --> 02:41:06,999
Fight against her!
1216
02:41:19,750 --> 02:41:22,050
Duan Xiaolou, is it true
she was a prostitute?
1217
02:41:23,500 --> 02:41:24,457
Well, was she?
1218
02:41:25,583 --> 02:41:26,416
Tell us!
1219
02:41:28,666 --> 02:41:29,499
Yes.
1220
02:41:31,958 --> 02:41:32,915
Do you love her?
1221
02:41:35,333 --> 02:41:36,374
Do you?
1222
02:41:40,916 --> 02:41:46,874
No. No, I don't love her.
1223
02:41:49,083 --> 02:41:50,040
Is this the truth?
1224
02:41:50,500 --> 02:41:52,832
Really! I really don't love her.
1225
02:41:53,375 --> 02:41:55,675
I'll never have anything
to do with her again.
1226
02:41:58,833 --> 02:42:06,833
Nothing at all!
From now on, we got no relation!
1227
02:43:48,375 --> 02:43:53,165
Juxian! Juxian!
1228
02:44:10,291 --> 02:44:16,249
Listen to Grandma
talking about revolution.
1229
02:44:17,083 --> 02:44:22,874
Heroic and encouraging.
1230
02:44:47,125 --> 02:44:55,125
The soldiers of Han have invaded.
1231
02:45:01,416 --> 02:45:09,416
The songs of Chu can
be heard on all sides.
1232
02:45:12,666 --> 02:45:15,790
My king...
1233
02:45:44,125 --> 02:45:48,207
give me your precious sword
to end my life.
1234
02:45:50,541 --> 02:45:57,082
No! You mustn't do that!
1235
02:45:59,125 --> 02:46:04,874
-My king, give me your precious sword.
-No! You mustn't...
1236
02:46:13,458 --> 02:46:14,582
It's not working.
1237
02:46:17,041 --> 02:46:18,124
I can't do it.
1238
02:46:20,375 --> 02:46:21,457
I'm old.
1239
02:46:35,000 --> 02:46:38,040
At sixteen, I am a nun.
1240
02:46:45,708 --> 02:46:48,707
My hair is shorn at youth's prime.
1241
02:46:49,000 --> 02:46:50,749
I am by nature a boy...
1242
02:46:51,000 --> 02:46:52,207
Not a girl.
1243
02:46:52,666 --> 02:46:54,499
You got that wrong again!
1244
02:47:05,666 --> 02:47:11,999
I am by nature a boy, not a girl.
1245
02:47:17,125 --> 02:47:19,790
Let's do it again.
1246
02:47:22,166 --> 02:47:25,874
My king, give me your precious sword
to end my life.
1247
02:47:28,500 --> 02:47:34,707
No! You mustn't do that!
1248
02:47:36,708 --> 02:47:44,708
-My king, give me your precious sword.
-No! You mustn't...
1249
02:47:50,875 --> 02:47:55,957
Han's troops are entering the city!
1250
02:47:56,166 --> 02:47:57,832
Where?
1251
02:48:28,875 --> 02:48:30,374
Dieyi!
1252
02:48:38,000 --> 02:48:39,332
Douzi...
1253
02:48:54,708 --> 02:48:57,915
In Beijing, 1990,
an opera performance was held...
1254
02:48:58,083 --> 02:49:01,183
to commemorate the 200th anniversary
of Anhui Opera Troupes.
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