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After careful consideration
the situation inside and outside the borders
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of the Empire, we decided to appeal
to extreme measures.
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Loyal subjects, we asked the Government
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to communicate to the United States,
to Great Britain,
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to China and the Soviet Union,
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acceptance of the stipulated clauses
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from their Joint Declaration.
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Work for safety
and the well-being of our subjects
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and for prosperity and happiness
of all nations, it is for us
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a solemn obligation, which there was
passed down from our ancestors.
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We have declared war
to the United States and Great Britain
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only in the interests of Japan and
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to ensure stability in East Asia.
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We had no intention
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to violate the sovereignty of others
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nor to expand our territory.
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Relax.
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Slowly, or it will be worse.
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Open your mouth when I tell you.
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Close it now.
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You're doing well, very well.
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Are you feeling pain again?
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Close your mouth.
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You have a feeling of
having to go to the toilet?
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Is that so?
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Is that the feeling?
Okay, squeeze tight.
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Prepare the water!
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Move!
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The light has finally returned...
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He's male...
Congratulations.
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On August 15, 1945, Japan
announced unconditional surrender.
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Taiwan was liberated later
51 years of Japanese occupation.
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The elder brother's wife,
Lin Wen-heung, gave birth to a son.
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They called him Kang-ming,
which means Light.
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Bēiqíng chéngshì (Sorrowful City)
a film by Hou Hsiao-hsien
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Are you leaving already?
Sorry for the confusion.
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Unfortunately we didn't succeed
to welcome you as we should.
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Come back again.
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- Ah, welcome.
- A small gift for you.
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Go over there and play.
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Be a good boy or grandpa will have to
play them with the stick.
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Yes, it's me.
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Thank you, thank you.
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I don't want to disturb.
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I'm sorry to bother you.
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Thank you.
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See you tonight then.
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I will wait for you.
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Wen-heung,
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did you tell your brother to come?
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I wrote to Wen-ching.
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He's busy. He won't be able to come.
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Won't he come?
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And who will take the photos then?
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Don't worry, father.
I thought of everything.
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Who did you ask?
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To a photographer friend of old Gao-kun.
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He is a very respectable photographer.
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The best in the area.
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Never as much as Wen-ching.
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- Mr. Xu is here.
- Make him sit down.
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Here's to business and a prosperous future.
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To prosperity!
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Little Shanghai
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Stop, don't move.
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Don't move.
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Smile, please.
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Ready?
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Thank you!
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Eleventh month of the twenty-first
year of the Showa Era.
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Good weather, with some clouds.
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I brought the letter from
my father's recommendation
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for a job at the hospital
of the Kimguishiu mines.
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My brother was busy with lessons,
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so he sent his friend
Wen-ching to pick me up.
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There was fresh air in the mountains,
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and the landscape was gorgeous.
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From now on, I will be able to see him every day.
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I'm really happy.
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A photograph.
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Stupendous.
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Photographs of my two brothers
major before the war.
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They haven't returned yet. My third
brother was spotted in Shanghai.
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While we have no news of the second,
who was stationed in the Philippines.
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This is Wen-ching's study.
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Hinoiei says this is it
Wen-ching's studio.
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How come he's not here?
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Where is Wen-ching?
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In the back, he is taking some photos.
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Come in, please.
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- After you.
- No, after you.
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Are all these books yours?
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Mine and Wen-ching's.
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We are real bookworms.
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Are you reading Marx?
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Progressive stuff, huh?
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They are all very interesting,
this is why we are studying them.
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Mr. Lin, do you remember Wen-ching?
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The deaf boy.
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Wen-ching.
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Let me introduce you
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Mr. Lin.
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It's a pleasure to meet you.
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My mentor.
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We've heard a lot about you.
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It's a pleasure.
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Mr. Ho. He is a journalist.
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He comes from the continent.
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Please, sit down.
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Do you know China?
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There is a lot to learn.
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There is a lot of confusion in China at the moment.
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Since Chen Yi became
governor of Taiwan,
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things have changed.
He has very different ideas from the Japanese.
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In what sense?
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He handles things in a manner
different from the Japanese.
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Our Japanese director
he had a crisis this morning
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but he insisted on going out anyway,
after having an injection.
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Your daughter Shizuko is very sad.
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During the last 3 years,
Dad continued
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to say that he would
went south to Taiwan.
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It said that Mr. Chen
would have welcomed him.
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But Mr. Chen has been dead for years.
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Dad even went to his funeral.
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The other day, the Japanese Agency
for repatriations he communicated to us
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that a ship would arrive
to Keelung to pick us up.
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They told us not to leave.
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But this morning dad did
packed his bags and left.
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We are all very worried.
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Pain... in the head.
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Pain... in the head.
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Pain... in the stomach.
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Pain... in the stomach.
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Where does it hurt?
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Don't worry.
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I don't think it's anything serious.
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Thank goodness he's back.
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Here he will be able to regain his strength.
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Maybe my mother's grave
It's not in a good place.
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She died leaving four children.
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My younger brother is given
missing in the Philippines.
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The youngest is deaf.
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The third has returned from the war,
but he went crazy.
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Wen-leung, what are you doing?
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Wen-leung, don't worry!
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Let me go!
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Wen-leung, you've gone crazy!
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Wen-leung, calm down!
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Wen-leung, calm down!
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Wen-leung, calm down!
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Stay calm! Calm!
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Everything is fine.
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It will be better now.
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When Taiwan returned to China,
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they told us we would have
changed the flag.
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The Japanese flag is white
with a red circle in the center.
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You can hang it differently
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from that of the Chinese flag.
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People began to discuss it:
Should the sun be up or down?
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But the mayor was inflexible:
it had to be low.
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It is at sunset that the sun is red,
therefore the sun had to be low.
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Everyone had to do as he said.
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So he sent someone to check.
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Mostly people had
hung the flags correctly,
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but in the mountains it was different.
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There almost everyone had placed their
flags with the sun facing down.
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The mayor was convinced he was right,
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but then, during the day,
a man came from the city,
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and said he was wrong,
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and that for this reason they would have shot him...
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The mayor surrendered and gave new orders,
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but it was now sunset...
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The sky was completely red.
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It was a fantastic thing.
suddenly the Japanese flags
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they were no longer of any use,
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they weren't even gods
baby diapers.
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They all had red asses.
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Like monkeys.
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Wu has it like that too.
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Moderate the terms.
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This person is a journalist
of mainland China.
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Maybe your wife could do
something with my flag?
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I could write that in Taiwan
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all teachers have red bottoms.
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Enough chatter. Let's drink.
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Cheers.
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Let's change the subject.
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Now that the war is over,
How are things in Taiwan?
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Everything OK.
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We are back under the Chinese flag.
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Reunited with the motherland.
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It's a great feeling.
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But, to tell the truth,
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Governor Chen Yi is a criminal,
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and I don't trust it that much
of the Nationalist Government.
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Enough politics! Let's drink!
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Let's drink.
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Raise your glasses!
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They are singing "The Song of the Exiles".
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Yes it's true.
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On the continent we felt it
on the radio sometimes.
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Let's join them.
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Yes, we sing.
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"September 18th...
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September 18th...
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Since that tragic day...
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September 18th...
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September 18th...
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Since that tragic day
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I've been away from home.
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I have abandoned a mine of treasures
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and began to wander...
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...began to wander.
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Far from home
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I began to wander...
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...began to wander.
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What will be the year,
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when the month,
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where my return
will it happen to the beloved homeland?
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What will be the year,
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when the month,
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where my return
will it happen to the beloved homeland?"
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Good morning, Miss Shizuko.
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Good morning.
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Is Hinomi there?
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He is in service.
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I am sorry.
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- Good morning, can I help you?
- I would like to talk to Hinomi.
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He's in the clinic.
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Maybe he's finished his shift.
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Do you want me to check?
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Wait a moment.
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This sword was the most precious thing
among those belonging to my father.
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Now he doesn't need it anymore.
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Give it to Hinoiei, please.
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I'm sure my brother
will take it into great consideration.
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This is a poem
written by my brother.
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Hinoiei was with him when it was written.
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Give him this too with the
sword, as I remember.
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Thank you.
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This is for you, Hinomi.
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For me?
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A kimono?
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It's wonderful,
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but I can't accept.
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It's such a precious thing.
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Take it, please.
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When I return to Japan,
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you will remember me
every time you wear it.
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Shizuko...
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Hinoiei was so kind
with us for all these years.
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We must not forget each other.
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"A dragonfly, red at sunset.
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Did I perhaps see you the other day?
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While I was picking blackberries in the fields,
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Did I perhaps see you, or was it just a dream?"
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I will never forget you.
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The flowers are blown here and there by the wind.
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Soon I will follow them too.
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The same will happen for all of us.
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The Japanese love it
observe the cherry trees.
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First during flowering,
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then when they fade.
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They believe that also for
life is the same.
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In the Meiji Era
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a woman took her own life
jumping from a waterfall.
267
00:30:21,319 --> 00:30:22,581
In the Meiji Era
268
00:30:22,954 --> 00:30:25,479
a woman took her own life
jumping from a waterfall.
269
00:30:26,925 --> 00:30:30,827
She wasn't tired of life.
He hadn't lost the will to live.
270
00:30:31,696 --> 00:30:34,221
He just couldn't stand it
the loss of one's youth.
271
00:30:34,532 --> 00:30:38,400
Once that is lost,
nothing made sense anymore.
272
00:30:39,537 --> 00:30:41,562
Why not do as
the cherry blossoms then,
273
00:30:41,940 --> 00:30:44,135
and fall right into the middle
of its own splendor?
274
00:30:44,275 --> 00:30:46,470
Pushed by the wind...
275
00:30:47,912 --> 00:30:49,174
The words he left
they became inspiration
276
00:30:49,614 --> 00:30:53,516
for all young people
277
00:30:54,352 --> 00:30:57,788
during the Meiji Era.
278
00:30:58,122 --> 00:31:01,091
A time of idealism and heroic spirit.
279
00:31:19,892 --> 00:31:22,492
"The flowers are blown here and there by the wind.
280
00:31:22,493 --> 00:31:25,493
Soon I will follow them too.
281
00:31:25,494 --> 00:31:27,894
The same will happen for all of us."
282
00:31:39,163 --> 00:31:40,926
What ward is Wen-leung in?
283
00:31:41,032 --> 00:31:43,364
I'll check now.
284
00:31:49,607 --> 00:31:54,374
Wen-leung, men are born
to do business, isn't it?
285
00:31:55,680 --> 00:31:57,739
We can do any job.
286
00:31:58,516 --> 00:32:01,974
Now that you've recovered, you can
do whatever you want.
287
00:32:02,553 --> 00:32:05,920
Your family has six boats,
288
00:32:06,557 --> 00:32:08,991
loaded with rice and sugar
289
00:32:09,060 --> 00:32:12,461
and ready to leave for China,
to earn a lot of money.
290
00:32:13,031 --> 00:32:14,828
Those boats are ideal
for smuggling.
291
00:32:15,533 --> 00:32:19,333
We could make a lot of money,
even with just one trip.
292
00:32:21,205 --> 00:32:22,331
What do you think?
293
00:32:25,843 --> 00:32:30,473
I should ask my brother.
294
00:32:32,717 --> 00:32:34,344
Ask what?
295
00:32:34,452 --> 00:32:37,285
Do you consult him for everything?
296
00:32:37,422 --> 00:32:40,186
Let's keep this matter to ourselves.
297
00:32:40,291 --> 00:32:44,057
We in Shanghai have an excellent one
organization. You don't have to worry.
298
00:32:44,162 --> 00:32:45,390
We'll take care of everything.
299
00:32:46,164 --> 00:32:48,428
Rice and sugar are not a problem.
300
00:32:48,933 --> 00:32:51,060
Come on, be smart.
301
00:32:51,169 --> 00:32:55,071
When luck knocks at the door,
It's crazy not to open them.
302
00:32:59,410 --> 00:33:00,434
Cheers!
303
00:33:02,580 --> 00:33:03,512
To yours, Wen-leung.
304
00:33:09,320 --> 00:33:13,120
Ah-ga, you enjoy the company
some girls, as far as I can see.
305
00:33:16,294 --> 00:33:18,888
Ah-tao, move to table eight.
306
00:33:19,530 --> 00:33:21,020
Excuse me.
307
00:33:21,833 --> 00:33:25,234
Meet Tsun-chu and Yen-hung.
308
00:33:25,470 --> 00:33:28,962
Be nice to these continentals,
and make sure they have fun.
309
00:33:33,277 --> 00:33:34,403
What does this mean?
310
00:33:35,713 --> 00:33:37,374
We're talking business!
311
00:33:37,882 --> 00:33:40,350
What are all these women doing here?
312
00:33:41,119 --> 00:33:43,349
Sit here.
313
00:33:43,454 --> 00:33:44,978
You come.
314
00:33:45,123 --> 00:33:46,283
Leave those continentals alone.
315
00:34:09,347 --> 00:34:11,008
I was waiting for you.
316
00:34:11,315 --> 00:34:13,579
I have a business proposal for you.
317
00:34:21,726 --> 00:34:24,854
Look carefully.
Do you notice any defects?
318
00:34:34,272 --> 00:34:36,672
Red Monkey, won't you introduce us?
319
00:34:37,241 --> 00:34:38,139
He is Ah-ga.
320
00:34:38,242 --> 00:34:39,834
This is my girlfriend, Ah-tsun.
321
00:34:39,944 --> 00:34:40,968
Pleasure.
322
00:34:41,079 --> 00:34:42,068
You are very beautiful.
323
00:34:42,180 --> 00:34:43,704
And you are very kind.
324
00:34:43,981 --> 00:34:45,915
Take a cigarette.
325
00:34:46,617 --> 00:34:47,777
Let me turn it on for you.
326
00:34:49,253 --> 00:34:52,745
Mr. Ah-ga, we hope so
come and visit us more often.
327
00:34:52,857 --> 00:34:53,881
I won't miss it.
328
00:34:53,991 --> 00:34:55,117
Thank you.
329
00:34:55,226 --> 00:34:57,194
I'm going back in, Red Monkey.
330
00:35:02,834 --> 00:35:06,634
These are real Japanese banknotes.
331
00:35:06,838 --> 00:35:09,363
Just put a stamp on it
and they can be cashed.
332
00:35:13,277 --> 00:35:14,938
Is this Kimguishiu stuff?
333
00:35:15,680 --> 00:35:16,704
How many do you have?
334
00:35:18,616 --> 00:35:20,311
A full suitcase.
335
00:35:20,818 --> 00:35:22,547
Can you imagine?
336
00:35:26,120 --> 00:35:27,620
No problem.
337
00:35:37,168 --> 00:35:39,398
Not now, Red Monkey.
338
00:35:40,705 --> 00:35:42,366
I want to sleep.
339
00:35:42,473 --> 00:35:44,304
Let me rest.
340
00:35:45,409 --> 00:35:46,774
I don't feel like it right now.
341
00:35:52,216 --> 00:35:55,049
Later, let me get some sleep.
342
00:35:59,891 --> 00:36:00,789
Who is there?
343
00:37:16,400 --> 00:37:17,799
Hinomi, were you busy?
344
00:37:17,902 --> 00:37:18,869
A bit'.
345
00:37:18,950 --> 00:37:20,014
Here you are.
346
00:37:20,271 --> 00:37:23,570
When I was here, everyone is
be kind to me.
347
00:37:23,774 --> 00:37:25,036
Take this fruit as a thank you.
348
00:37:25,443 --> 00:37:27,411
It's my thanks to all of you.
349
00:37:27,511 --> 00:37:28,409
Thank you.
350
00:38:26,537 --> 00:38:30,200
Mainland police killed a
cigarette seller, did you know?
351
00:38:30,308 --> 00:38:31,434
Yes, I heard.
352
00:38:31,542 --> 00:38:33,567
- You too?
- Yes.
353
00:38:33,678 --> 00:38:37,580
The locals are furious.
Tension is running high on the streets.
354
00:38:37,715 --> 00:38:39,080
They are all beside themselves.
355
00:38:39,183 --> 00:38:40,810
The situation got complicated.
356
00:38:41,052 --> 00:38:42,280
Cigarettes had been
contraband items
357
00:38:43,354 --> 00:38:45,584
by a senior official.
358
00:38:45,723 --> 00:38:47,782
Corruption is rampant.
359
00:38:47,892 --> 00:38:52,795
They pick on small fish,
but leave the big ones alone.
360
00:38:58,302 --> 00:39:00,429
- We have nothing to smoke.
- I have some.
361
00:39:00,538 --> 00:39:04,474
I can't do without cigarettes.
362
00:39:08,846 --> 00:39:13,340
Tobacco is not as important as rice.
363
00:39:14,285 --> 00:39:17,550
Prices are controlled from Shanghai
364
00:39:17,655 --> 00:39:18,952
just to keep their profits high.
365
00:39:19,123 --> 00:39:22,058
Public officials do not limit themselves
to cigarette smuggling.
366
00:39:22,460 --> 00:39:25,429
They don't care if
we have rice or sugar,
367
00:39:25,529 --> 00:39:28,623
but just make money.
368
00:39:30,167 --> 00:39:33,933
Under the Japanese there were times
difficult, but the rice was never lacking.
369
00:39:34,171 --> 00:39:38,130
In less than a year the price
of rice rose by 52%.
370
00:39:38,309 --> 00:39:40,869
But have wages increased by any chance?
371
00:39:41,278 --> 00:39:42,677
You are right.
372
00:39:42,980 --> 00:39:46,677
Let's face it, this is not a
government, but a private enterprise.
373
00:39:47,385 --> 00:39:49,444
Governor Chen Yi is filling
374
00:39:49,687 --> 00:39:52,656
his pockets,
375
00:39:52,757 --> 00:39:54,520
certainly not yours.
376
00:39:55,326 --> 00:39:56,350
Please try some rice cake.
377
00:39:57,862 --> 00:39:59,220
Hinomi did it.
378
00:39:59,225 --> 00:39:59,880
Thank you.
379
00:40:01,031 --> 00:40:03,397
To tell the truth, it isn't
this is the problem...
380
00:40:07,938 --> 00:40:12,272
The real problem is unemployment.
381
00:40:12,376 --> 00:40:13,343
It is true.
382
00:40:14,211 --> 00:40:16,111
After return to China
383
00:40:16,213 --> 00:40:19,080
many Taiwanese have lost their jobs.
384
00:40:19,984 --> 00:40:22,646
Many were intellectuals,
385
00:40:23,487 --> 00:40:26,945
and it won't be easy to silence them.
386
00:40:27,057 --> 00:40:28,581
Without work,
387
00:40:29,593 --> 00:40:32,756
sooner or later there will be chaos.
388
00:40:32,863 --> 00:40:34,728
And not just intellectuals.
389
00:40:34,832 --> 00:40:35,696
Even the soldiers.
390
00:40:35,800 --> 00:40:39,827
Yes, soldiers conscripted from Japan
they can't find work now.
391
00:40:41,839 --> 00:40:44,637
There's a guy from the mainland who
took control of the court.
392
00:40:44,875 --> 00:40:48,470
He kicked the locals out and replaced them
393
00:40:48,879 --> 00:40:52,337
with his wife, uncle and nephew.
394
00:40:52,450 --> 00:40:54,884
The court is now under control
395
00:40:54,985 --> 00:40:56,509
of his family.
396
00:40:57,054 --> 00:40:58,885
Everyone follows his orders.
397
00:40:59,150 --> 00:41:00,550
The Japanese instilled it in you
398
00:41:00,790 --> 00:41:05,130
the mentality of servants.
You have to change.
399
00:41:05,430 --> 00:41:06,900
We can't even speak Mandarin.
400
00:41:06,933 --> 00:41:10,093
Do you serve? Curse.
401
00:41:10,201 --> 00:41:12,999
We have sunk so low
that you want to go back to being servants?
402
00:41:13,270 --> 00:41:15,602
It was the Ching Dynasty that sold us out.
403
00:41:15,739 --> 00:41:20,176
Maybe someone asked us if
did we want to be handed over to Japan?
404
00:41:21,612 --> 00:41:23,136
Let's drink.
405
00:41:26,150 --> 00:41:27,447
If the nationalist government
406
00:41:28,252 --> 00:41:30,812
does not change attitude,
407
00:41:31,489 --> 00:41:33,218
even though we won the war,
408
00:41:33,591 --> 00:41:36,321
we will continue to suffer.
409
00:41:37,428 --> 00:41:40,226
How long before that
to be able to raise your head again?
410
00:41:40,364 --> 00:41:41,092
And who knows?
411
00:41:41,198 --> 00:41:42,062
We must not stop hoping.
412
00:41:42,199 --> 00:41:44,292
Otherwise all would be lost.
413
00:41:44,502 --> 00:41:47,630
If we want a future
414
00:41:48,072 --> 00:41:52,202
the suffering masses must
continue to resist.
415
00:41:52,877 --> 00:41:56,278
If the nationalists continue to leave
do whatever Chen Yi wants,
416
00:41:56,814 --> 00:41:59,146
there will be serious problems in Taiwan.
417
00:41:59,550 --> 00:42:00,517
Lao-he.
418
00:42:01,318 --> 00:42:02,717
There will certainly be some, soon
419
00:42:02,820 --> 00:42:07,348
Mr. Ho's pen will be ready
to tell this story.
420
00:42:09,350 --> 00:42:11,600
You are our witness from the continent.
421
00:43:03,801 --> 00:43:08,801
It's a popular song called Lorelei,
inspired by a Germanic legend.
422
00:43:26,802 --> 00:43:31,802
It's about a beautiful mermaid,
sitting on a rock on the Rhine River.
423
00:43:31,803 --> 00:43:35,803
Sailors are so
taken by his side,
424
00:43:35,804 --> 00:43:39,804
who end up crashing their own
boats on the rock and die.
425
00:44:04,105 --> 00:44:06,805
I was eight years old the first time
time I listened to it.
426
00:44:06,806 --> 00:44:12,806
I remember the sheep bleating
and the voice of a Chinese Opera actress.
427
00:44:12,806 --> 00:44:16,806
I liked imitating her. The master said that
I would have become an actor.
428
00:44:49,806 --> 00:44:53,806
I fell from a tree, hit my head
and then my fever rose.
429
00:44:53,807 --> 00:44:57,807
I couldn't move or not
I knew I had gone deaf
430
00:44:57,808 --> 00:45:01,808
until my father wrote it to me.
431
00:45:01,808 --> 00:45:05,808
I was too young to suffer from it.
432
00:48:04,615 --> 00:48:06,048
What happens?
433
00:48:06,717 --> 00:48:07,843
He has a fever.
434
00:48:08,552 --> 00:48:10,213
Dad loves you.
435
00:48:10,888 --> 00:48:12,185
Wait for me downstairs.
436
00:48:15,492 --> 00:48:16,925
Give him something to calm him down.
437
00:48:51,261 --> 00:48:52,125
At that time?
438
00:48:52,362 --> 00:48:53,522
There he is.
439
00:48:55,260 --> 00:48:56,000
Good evening, Wen-heung.
440
00:48:57,960 --> 00:48:58,940
Give it here.
441
00:48:59,870 --> 00:49:00,802
Give it to me!
442
00:49:11,648 --> 00:49:12,706
What is this?
443
00:49:13,250 --> 00:49:14,308
Things?
444
00:49:14,952 --> 00:49:16,351
This is how they screw you!
445
00:49:19,423 --> 00:49:21,050
Tell your boss to come here!
446
00:49:23,894 --> 00:49:25,555
This is how they screw you!
Turn it off. Why do you smoke?
447
00:49:25,829 --> 00:49:27,023
Turn it off!
448
00:49:28,298 --> 00:49:31,358
Are you perhaps blind? Can't you read?
449
00:49:32,202 --> 00:49:33,362
Fuck!
450
00:49:36,006 --> 00:49:37,803
You want to die young.
451
00:49:38,175 --> 00:49:39,938
What did you have in mind?
452
00:49:41,445 --> 00:49:42,377
What were you thinking of doing?
453
00:49:44,114 --> 00:49:46,912
Bring your boss here.
454
00:49:47,017 --> 00:49:48,314
Go call your boss.
455
00:49:53,256 --> 00:49:56,817
I don't give you enough
money for your expenses?
456
00:49:56,927 --> 00:49:58,690
If this thing becomes known,
457
00:49:58,795 --> 00:50:00,763
many people will suffer the consequences.
458
00:50:01,064 --> 00:50:03,396
And I could be killed!
459
00:50:04,067 --> 00:50:05,932
I'll take responsibility for it.
460
00:50:06,103 --> 00:50:07,968
Will you take responsibility for it?
461
00:50:08,672 --> 00:50:10,003
And how could you?
462
00:50:10,707 --> 00:50:14,165
It says here that the person in charge
of the goods is Lin Wen-heung.
463
00:50:16,546 --> 00:50:19,879
You can't take responsibility for it.
Don't piss me off.
464
00:50:20,917 --> 00:50:23,442
And then you dress like those guys from Shanghai.
465
00:50:24,254 --> 00:50:25,881
Trendy!
466
00:50:26,356 --> 00:50:27,789
Good for nothing!
467
00:50:33,196 --> 00:50:34,356
Where is Wen-leung?
468
00:50:35,799 --> 00:50:36,891
I do not know.
469
00:50:37,467 --> 00:50:38,900
You're together all day,
470
00:50:39,069 --> 00:50:42,004
and now you tell me you don't know?
471
00:50:44,708 --> 00:50:46,073
Speaks.
472
00:50:48,412 --> 00:50:50,243
Really, I don't know.
473
00:50:59,222 --> 00:51:02,589
Go get Mr. Ko.
474
00:51:11,168 --> 00:51:14,365
Hello, can you pass me Taipei 24?
475
00:52:41,324 --> 00:52:42,291
Wen-leung.
476
00:52:43,860 --> 00:52:46,727
Your brother found out
of the last shipment.
477
00:52:47,030 --> 00:52:49,999
How did he find out?
478
00:52:50,200 --> 00:52:51,497
Ask him.
479
00:52:52,169 --> 00:52:55,366
The cargo was seized.
480
00:53:00,143 --> 00:53:01,235
Where's Ah-ga?
481
00:53:01,878 --> 00:53:03,505
Still at the warehouse.
482
00:53:32,976 --> 00:53:34,910
Does my brother know I'm involved?
483
00:53:35,512 --> 00:53:38,481
He doesn't know. Ask Ah-ga.
484
00:53:45,147 --> 00:53:46,297
Wen-leung,
485
00:53:46,923 --> 00:53:49,983
now that your brother knows everything
486
00:53:50,760 --> 00:53:53,251
we'll have to go and talk to him.
487
00:54:02,873 --> 00:54:04,431
I have to talk to Ah-ga first.
488
00:54:12,215 --> 00:54:14,012
What do we do now, boss?
489
00:54:14,484 --> 00:54:17,282
Let's wait for Wen-leung to sort things out.
490
00:54:28,865 --> 00:54:30,264
Do you want to wash your hands?
491
00:54:31,101 --> 00:54:32,068
Please.
492
00:54:53,497 --> 00:54:54,647
Excuse me.
493
00:54:55,191 --> 00:54:56,783
Thank you.
494
00:55:29,626 --> 00:55:30,820
What are you doing here?
495
00:55:32,729 --> 00:55:33,821
Aren't you Ah-tsun?
496
00:55:36,032 --> 00:55:37,829
No, you're wrong.
497
00:55:38,401 --> 00:55:40,596
Wen-leung, what's going on?
498
00:55:50,947 --> 00:55:53,677
We have already met, in Chiu-fen.
499
00:55:56,686 --> 00:56:00,588
Leave me alone. I told you that
I'm not Ah-tsun.
500
00:56:01,925 --> 00:56:03,051
His name is Ah-man.
501
00:56:03,793 --> 00:56:04,725
Leave us alone.
502
00:56:12,769 --> 00:56:16,569
Do you have Red Monkey's money?
503
00:56:17,040 --> 00:56:20,066
What are you saying?
You're crazy!
504
00:56:20,176 --> 00:56:21,404
What is it?
505
00:56:23,246 --> 00:56:26,545
Kim-tsua, I'm not
business that concerns you.
506
00:56:26,650 --> 00:56:29,949
It doesn't concern me, eh?
507
00:56:30,220 --> 00:56:31,653
Go away.
508
00:56:58,314 --> 00:57:01,078
Ah-ga, tell Wen-leung to come here.
509
00:57:52,836 --> 00:57:55,327
Stupid ungrateful!
510
00:57:57,907 --> 00:58:00,034
You're back from overseas.
511
00:58:01,444 --> 00:58:03,139
We gave you the chance
to get yourself together.
512
00:58:04,047 --> 00:58:05,742
But have you changed? No.
513
00:58:06,549 --> 00:58:09,197
You're scum,
514
00:58:10,177 --> 00:58:11,557
and your friends are scum.
515
00:58:11,588 --> 00:58:14,887
Ah-shue, bring some water.
516
00:58:15,258 --> 00:58:19,092
There is blood on your clothes and for
the room. How do you think it will end?
517
00:58:23,066 --> 00:58:24,556
I understand.
518
00:58:26,302 --> 00:58:28,167
Take your father, for example!
519
00:58:30,240 --> 00:58:32,174
I've probably never bothered people
520
00:58:32,976 --> 00:58:34,807
of the neighborhood? No.
521
00:58:34,911 --> 00:58:37,004
Only to the Japanese government.
522
00:58:38,448 --> 00:58:40,279
They called me "bandit".
523
00:58:42,886 --> 00:58:44,751
Me, a bandit?
524
00:58:45,722 --> 00:58:48,885
The Japanese government certainly hated me.
525
00:58:49,592 --> 00:58:52,652
But it was only to help the neighborhood.
526
00:58:53,630 --> 00:58:56,793
Big problems with me
they became small
527
00:58:57,200 --> 00:59:00,533
and the small ones were solved
528
00:59:00,737 --> 00:59:02,728
I have never stolen anything from anyone
529
00:59:03,773 --> 00:59:07,004
that's why the local gangs
they supported me.
530
00:59:08,747 --> 00:59:13,405
But you don't do anything like honest people.
531
00:59:15,717 --> 00:59:16,997
It's always something against the law.
532
00:59:18,897 --> 00:59:20,267
Look at your sister-in-law
533
00:59:20,697 --> 00:59:24,597
and your brother.
534
00:59:25,397 --> 00:59:26,747
And you too, Wen-leung.
535
00:59:27,997 --> 00:59:28,797
Did you respect your commitments?
536
00:59:31,334 --> 00:59:34,963
At first it seemed simple.
537
00:59:35,238 --> 00:59:37,506
Who could ever think that yes
would it have come to this?
538
00:59:37,607 --> 00:59:39,336
Have you talked about it with them?
539
00:59:39,442 --> 00:59:40,704
Certainly.
540
00:59:42,378 --> 00:59:45,006
Let's call the others and
Let's get things straight.
541
00:59:46,197 --> 00:59:47,297
Ah-chuan,
542
00:59:48,852 --> 00:59:51,412
go tell your boss I want to see him.
543
00:59:52,222 --> 00:59:55,680
How annoying!
544
00:59:57,894 --> 01:00:01,660
Ah-ga, where are those Shanghai guys?
545
01:00:02,065 --> 01:00:03,089
I haven't seen them.
546
01:00:04,167 --> 01:00:05,293
Curse!
547
01:00:10,707 --> 01:00:12,436
It's still Wen-leung.
548
01:00:13,309 --> 01:00:15,277
As if we didn't have
enough problems already...
549
01:00:16,179 --> 01:00:18,374
I don't know what to say...
550
01:00:38,601 --> 01:00:39,568
Leave me here.
551
01:00:45,308 --> 01:00:47,299
How are you?
552
01:00:48,778 --> 01:00:49,745
Where is your boss?
553
01:00:50,980 --> 01:00:52,140
He went out.
554
01:02:05,488 --> 01:02:06,614
Mrs. Ah-kio.
555
01:02:07,237 --> 01:02:08,997
Sit down, please.
556
01:02:14,964 --> 01:02:18,456
I am honored by your visit.
557
01:02:18,568 --> 01:02:21,002
It heartens me...
558
01:02:21,938 --> 01:02:24,133
There's nothing that can't be fixed.
559
01:02:24,841 --> 01:02:28,333
Everyone knows what times we live in.
560
01:02:29,278 --> 01:02:32,577
You practically grew up together.
561
01:02:33,316 --> 01:02:37,218
You shouldn't argue about these things...
562
01:02:42,825 --> 01:02:46,124
It is our Kim-tsua who has
started, so it's his fault.
563
01:02:47,230 --> 01:02:48,925
But everything was born
564
01:02:49,565 --> 01:02:53,524
because Red Monkey led to
Chiu-fen that Japanese money.
565
01:02:56,773 --> 01:02:58,434
Kim-tsua says
566
01:02:58,908 --> 01:03:02,469
that Red Monkey was trying to cheat him,
567
01:03:03,479 --> 01:03:05,743
so he went to see him.
568
01:03:05,915 --> 01:03:07,849
Red Monkey didn't want to return the money.
569
01:03:08,484 --> 01:03:09,974
This is how it all started.
570
01:03:10,987 --> 01:03:13,319
There was also a woman there
that Kim-tsua liked...
571
01:03:14,257 --> 01:03:16,350
Maybe Kim-tsua was wrong, but
572
01:03:16,426 --> 01:03:19,088
he would never lie to me.
573
01:03:21,931 --> 01:03:25,230
Red Monkey is dead,
574
01:03:25,601 --> 01:03:28,434
and can no longer tell us
his version of events.
575
01:03:29,338 --> 01:03:32,967
These fights and arguments must stop!
576
01:03:33,109 --> 01:03:35,441
Have some tea.
577
01:03:43,786 --> 01:03:46,016
All this talk doesn't make any sense.
578
01:03:46,522 --> 01:03:50,925
what matters is what to do with the money.
579
01:03:51,360 --> 01:03:54,693
I think they're going
divided into three equal parts:
580
01:03:54,964 --> 01:03:56,431
a share for your brother,
581
01:03:56,532 --> 01:03:58,022
one for Kim-tsua
582
01:03:58,734 --> 01:04:02,465
and one for Red Monkey's elderly mother.
583
01:05:21,984 --> 01:05:23,849
Yesterday I was at Wen-ching's house,
584
01:05:24,387 --> 01:05:27,584
so I couldn't write my diary.
585
01:05:28,558 --> 01:05:31,755
Wen-sun's wife told me
586
01:05:32,261 --> 01:05:34,786
from when Wen-ching was a child.
587
01:05:35,598 --> 01:05:38,161
Among all the brothers, Wen-sun was the one
who had studied more
588
01:05:38,300 --> 01:05:41,902
but Wen-ching was the smartest.
589
01:05:42,638 --> 01:05:46,836
He told me about his physical problems
they come from the jealousy of the gods.
590
01:05:48,010 --> 01:05:50,035
Wen-sun is missing
591
01:05:50,146 --> 01:05:51,773
in the Philippines.
592
01:05:52,548 --> 01:05:55,676
His family members think
that will never return
593
01:05:55,952 --> 01:05:57,180
but his wife cleans
594
01:05:57,520 --> 01:06:00,887
the clinic every day.
595
01:06:01,290 --> 01:06:03,451
Disinfects every day
596
01:06:03,859 --> 01:06:06,225
needles and syringes.
597
01:06:07,163 --> 01:06:11,224
She believes he is still alive
598
01:06:11,667 --> 01:06:13,362
and that one day he will return home.
599
01:06:14,537 --> 01:06:18,029
Then everything will be as before.
600
01:06:18,574 --> 01:06:20,474
He can come back and get you
care of his patients,
601
01:06:20,643 --> 01:06:23,237
write prescriptions,
give injections
602
01:06:23,646 --> 01:06:26,513
listen to music... listen to Beethoven.
603
01:07:49,164 --> 01:07:49,823
Brother.
604
01:07:50,298 --> 01:07:51,060
Who's downstairs?
605
01:07:51,166 --> 01:07:54,067
Soldiers from the continent.
You have to leave.
606
01:07:54,169 --> 01:07:56,296
What do they want from me?
607
01:07:56,404 --> 01:07:58,668
You have to get out quickly.
608
01:07:59,074 --> 01:07:59,836
What happens?
609
01:07:59,941 --> 01:08:02,705
They came for Wen-heung.
610
01:08:03,044 --> 01:08:04,102
They came for us.
611
01:08:04,312 --> 01:08:05,438
Go back to bed!
612
01:08:22,364 --> 01:08:24,355
This is trespassing.
613
01:08:24,466 --> 01:08:25,091
Look for it.
614
01:08:25,200 --> 01:08:30,365
We have been told that your
son was a collaborator.
615
01:08:30,505 --> 01:08:31,995
My son, a collaborator?
616
01:08:32,640 --> 01:08:34,005
Someone reported it.
617
01:08:34,109 --> 01:08:36,577
And does this make him a traitor?
618
01:08:36,678 --> 01:08:39,078
We need to take him away for questioning
and to ascertain the truth.
619
01:08:45,085 --> 01:08:46,320
Do you believe everything that is said around?
620
01:08:46,421 --> 01:08:48,355
What kind of mayor are you?
621
01:08:48,656 --> 01:08:50,624
It's not easy for us.
622
01:08:50,825 --> 01:08:52,690
So you will never find out the truth.
623
01:08:52,794 --> 01:08:54,625
Someone reported it.
624
01:08:54,796 --> 01:08:56,764
If this makes him a collaborator,
625
01:08:56,865 --> 01:08:58,662
then I too am a criminal.
626
01:08:59,467 --> 01:09:03,767
I've been in and out of prison
throughout the Japanese occupation.
627
01:09:04,172 --> 01:09:05,434
The truth must be ascertained.
628
01:09:05,540 --> 01:09:06,973
How can it just because of this
be considered a traitor?
629
01:09:07,075 --> 01:09:08,599
We will investigate carefully.
630
01:09:08,710 --> 01:09:10,439
Investigations? What does it mean?
631
01:09:17,452 --> 01:09:22,048
If he is a traitor,
then we all are!
632
01:09:22,290 --> 01:09:24,190
We will carry out a thorough investigation.
633
01:09:24,859 --> 01:09:27,851
My son and I are criminals,
634
01:09:27,962 --> 01:09:29,623
I admit it.
635
01:09:29,731 --> 01:09:32,529
But it was only for the
good for the entire neighborhood.
636
01:09:33,168 --> 01:09:36,228
Just to not suffer
intimidation by the Japanese.
637
01:09:36,337 --> 01:09:37,634
If this means to be
collaborators,
638
01:09:37,739 --> 01:09:40,264
then you are too.
639
01:09:40,508 --> 01:09:42,703
Agent, even the man who has it
reported is a collaborator.
640
01:09:45,146 --> 01:09:48,047
You can't arrest
anyone who is reported.
641
01:09:48,216 --> 01:09:49,877
Who are you kidding?
642
01:09:52,020 --> 01:09:53,351
Wen-leung!
643
01:10:42,337 --> 01:10:43,565
"Dear uncle,
644
01:10:44,005 --> 01:10:47,497
Yesterday the soldiers arrested Wen-leung.
645
01:10:48,776 --> 01:10:51,609
They also stopped by the office
to arrest dad
646
01:10:52,380 --> 01:10:56,714
but he managed to escape and
he only hurt his leg.
647
01:10:58,086 --> 01:10:59,576
They claim that someone
Wen-leung denounced
648
01:10:59,687 --> 01:11:03,851
and they say he is a collaborator.
649
01:11:04,826 --> 01:11:06,760
They say he helped the Japanese
650
01:11:06,861 --> 01:11:10,456
to capture many people in Shanghai.
651
01:11:11,933 --> 01:11:16,029
Even if it were true they must
forced him to do it.
652
01:11:21,242 --> 01:11:23,767
Mom says you have friends in Taipei.
653
01:11:24,178 --> 01:11:28,842
Maybe you know someone
that can keep him safe?
654
01:11:29,517 --> 01:11:31,280
We have the money.
655
01:11:32,120 --> 01:11:34,714
Help us, please, and give us
news as soon as possible.
656
01:11:36,391 --> 01:11:37,323
Ah-shue."
657
01:11:43,264 --> 01:11:44,196
I understand.
658
01:11:46,167 --> 01:11:48,158
You searched for Mr. Chen,
the city councilor?
659
01:11:49,837 --> 01:11:53,034
It doesn't matter. We need your help.
660
01:11:53,541 --> 01:11:54,872
Why does everything have to be so complicated?
661
01:11:58,346 --> 01:12:00,974
Okay. If that's the case
you think, leave it alone.
662
01:12:05,053 --> 01:12:06,145
I'll prepare it.
663
01:12:11,225 --> 01:12:12,590
I know. Someone will deliverit
664
01:12:13,261 --> 01:12:14,193
Mom.
665
01:12:14,329 --> 01:12:15,626
We have guests.
666
01:12:15,730 --> 01:12:16,788
I'll be right there.
667
01:12:23,237 --> 01:12:24,534
Will they let him go?
668
01:12:25,273 --> 01:12:26,262
Will they let Wen-leung go?
669
01:12:26,374 --> 01:12:29,639
Not yet, but I think
he might come out clean.
670
01:12:30,178 --> 01:12:32,612
Why didn't they release him?
671
01:12:34,449 --> 01:12:39,045
Some friends in Taipei did
of research. Nanjing says
672
01:12:39,287 --> 01:12:42,779
than the accusations of collaborationism
against the Taiwanese will be withdrawn.
673
01:12:42,890 --> 01:12:44,551
So I don't think there will be any problems.
674
01:12:44,993 --> 01:12:47,826
But first they will have to be made public
675
01:12:47,929 --> 01:12:50,625
the new provisions.
676
01:12:50,732 --> 01:12:51,960
You have to help us!
677
01:12:52,066 --> 01:12:54,728
Calm.
678
01:12:57,505 --> 01:13:01,168
Maybe my friends in Taipei
they might succeed
679
01:13:01,275 --> 01:13:04,244
to obtain early release.
680
01:13:04,379 --> 01:13:08,145
Please call your brother.
681
01:13:08,383 --> 01:13:09,876
He will know what to do.
682
01:13:09,916 --> 01:13:10,996
All right.
683
01:13:23,831 --> 01:13:27,198
I would like to talk to Taipei 24.
684
01:13:37,845 --> 01:13:39,403
Please do everything you can.
685
01:13:44,252 --> 01:13:45,685
Thank you, thank you.
686
01:13:57,231 --> 01:13:58,357
Well?
687
01:14:00,868 --> 01:14:03,894
They say the law on collaborators
will be modified.
688
01:14:04,505 --> 01:14:05,870
Fuck!
689
01:14:06,741 --> 01:14:09,904
First they make the laws, then they change them...
690
01:14:10,378 --> 01:14:12,073
The island is in really bad shape.
691
01:14:12,246 --> 01:14:14,612
First the Japanese, and now the Chinese.
692
01:14:15,049 --> 01:14:18,018
They just exploit us,
and no one lifts a finger.
693
01:14:57,519 --> 01:14:59,519
- What happens ?
- It's urgent.
694
01:15:00,020 --> 01:15:01,520
Okay, we'll talk about it later.
695
01:15:26,706 --> 01:15:27,596
Brother.
696
01:15:32,894 --> 01:15:34,020
Sit down.
697
01:15:39,500 --> 01:15:40,592
Sit down, please.
698
01:15:56,984 --> 01:15:58,144
I'm sorry to bother you
699
01:15:59,487 --> 01:16:01,580
while you are relaxing.
700
01:16:03,090 --> 01:16:06,491
My brother was arrested
and taken to prison.
701
01:16:07,662 --> 01:16:10,756
You have connections among men of power.
702
01:16:11,365 --> 01:16:12,730
I need your help.
703
01:16:14,669 --> 01:16:17,435
You could make sure he comes
released before New Year?
704
01:16:18,339 --> 01:16:21,274
Wen-heung apologizes for the inconvenience,
705
01:16:21,509 --> 01:16:23,773
but his brother was arrested.
706
01:16:23,878 --> 01:16:27,712
He would like your help so that
be released for New Year's Eve.
707
01:16:29,817 --> 01:16:32,342
They would like Wen-leung
708
01:16:32,453 --> 01:16:35,217
was released before New Year's Eve.
709
01:16:37,525 --> 01:16:40,085
And when did they arrest him?
I didn't know anything about it.
710
01:16:42,897 --> 01:16:44,159
I didn't know anything about it either.
711
01:16:45,333 --> 01:16:48,393
They didn't know about Wen-leung's arrest.
712
01:16:48,502 --> 01:16:50,493
How could we help?
713
01:16:52,406 --> 01:16:55,102
Liars! It's all your fault!
714
01:16:55,209 --> 01:16:56,801
Shut up!
715
01:16:58,312 --> 01:16:59,802
Imbecile!
716
01:16:59,981 --> 01:17:01,573
You just can't do it
keep your mouth shut?
717
01:17:14,195 --> 01:17:15,287
Tell them
718
01:17:16,898 --> 01:17:18,456
that I know what needs to be done.
719
01:17:21,002 --> 01:17:22,492
It's all right.
720
01:17:23,070 --> 01:17:25,664
He says he knows the rules.
721
01:17:25,940 --> 01:17:27,168
It's all here.
722
01:18:12,236 --> 01:18:13,196
He's back!
723
01:18:14,656 --> 01:18:15,696
He's back!
724
01:18:18,526 --> 01:18:19,458
Put it here.
725
01:18:24,966 --> 01:18:25,955
Wen-leung!
726
01:18:26,200 --> 01:18:27,428
Bring some medicine,
727
01:18:28,135 --> 01:18:29,261
a spoon and a basin!
728
01:18:29,470 --> 01:18:30,562
Wen-leung,
729
01:18:30,905 --> 01:18:32,998
How did they make you like this?
730
01:18:37,411 --> 01:18:39,379
Quick, call a doctor!
731
01:18:42,650 --> 01:18:44,345
Calm.
732
01:18:44,518 --> 01:18:46,645
Screaming is useless.
733
01:18:48,689 --> 01:18:49,781
Calm.
734
01:18:51,726 --> 01:18:53,159
Bring some water.
735
01:18:54,996 --> 01:18:56,293
Should I speak to the clinic?
736
01:18:57,031 --> 01:19:02,162
Is the doctor there? Hurry, please.
737
01:19:02,269 --> 01:19:03,702
Open your mouth.
738
01:19:18,019 --> 01:19:19,714
Why all this blood?
739
01:19:20,621 --> 01:19:22,020
Everything was fine in the car.
740
01:19:22,123 --> 01:19:25,024
The shocks must have
caused the hemorrhage.
741
01:19:25,259 --> 01:19:26,556
Fuck.
742
01:19:28,396 --> 01:19:29,761
Did you call?
743
01:19:29,864 --> 01:19:30,592
Yes.
744
01:19:30,798 --> 01:19:32,231
I'll try again.
745
01:19:33,000 --> 01:19:34,024
Open your mouth.
746
01:19:37,038 --> 01:19:39,131
Pass me the Hui-an Clinic.
747
01:19:40,941 --> 01:19:42,568
Say it's urgent!
748
01:19:42,469 --> 01:19:43,769
All right!
749
01:19:43,870 --> 01:19:45,770
Do I speak to the clinic?
750
01:19:46,271 --> 01:19:47,371
I'm calling you from Little Shanghai.
751
01:19:47,572 --> 01:19:48,572
Is the doctor coming?
752
01:22:58,305 --> 01:23:00,273
I don't know why,
753
01:23:01,642 --> 01:23:03,576
but lately I've been having a lot of bad dreams.
754
01:23:04,845 --> 01:23:05,903
In all of them there was my father
755
01:23:06,013 --> 01:23:10,074
that tied me to the telegraph pole,
when I was little.
756
01:23:17,791 --> 01:23:18,815
Did you boil the water?
757
01:23:20,928 --> 01:23:21,895
Yes.
758
01:23:30,638 --> 01:23:32,469
I remember it...
759
01:23:33,674 --> 01:23:35,301
It was almost New Year's Eve.
760
01:23:36,577 --> 01:23:40,172
When my father was young,
he liked to gamble.
761
01:23:42,082 --> 01:23:44,312
We had no money and my mother
762
01:23:44,418 --> 01:23:47,216
he took out a gold bracelet
763
01:23:47,688 --> 01:23:49,417
and asked my father to pawn it.
764
01:23:51,225 --> 01:23:53,318
My mother feared that my father
765
01:23:54,962 --> 01:23:58,921
he would have gambled the money
proceeds, and sent me with him.
766
01:23:59,667 --> 01:24:04,604
As soon as my father had the money in his hand,
767
01:24:04,705 --> 01:24:08,038
he convinced me to lean on it
near the telegraph pole.
768
01:24:10,077 --> 01:24:13,808
Then he tied me with his belt
and went off to bet...
769
01:24:15,149 --> 01:24:17,515
It was December and very cold.
770
01:24:20,187 --> 01:24:22,121
No one passed through there.
771
01:24:24,158 --> 01:24:26,149
It was almost nine now, when someone
772
01:24:26,260 --> 01:24:28,888
he saw me and untied me...
773
01:24:29,396 --> 01:24:31,159
I was almost dead from the cold.
774
01:24:33,167 --> 01:24:36,796
From that time on, every
time my mother asked me
775
01:24:36,904 --> 01:24:39,429
to go with my father, I refused.
776
01:25:10,339 --> 01:25:11,772
Citizens of Taiwan:
777
01:25:12,741 --> 01:25:17,007
in Taipei, on the night of the 27th,
during an investigation
778
01:25:17,746 --> 01:25:21,113
Unfortunately one
person was killed.
779
01:25:21,750 --> 01:25:22,978
An investigation has already been launched
780
01:25:23,318 --> 01:25:25,149
at my direction.
781
01:25:25,988 --> 01:25:29,253
Anyone who is guilty of these
murders during the investigation
782
01:25:29,691 --> 01:25:33,149
He has already been brought to justice
to be subjected to judgment
783
01:25:33,395 --> 01:25:35,254
and be punished.
784
01:25:36,098 --> 01:25:38,566
We ordered them to come
provide medical care
785
01:25:38,834 --> 01:25:40,392
to a woman injured not seriously.
786
01:25:41,236 --> 01:25:43,363
I personally requested
that she was treated
787
01:25:43,872 --> 01:25:45,796
and I gave her some money,
so that he could take care of himself.
788
01:25:51,146 --> 01:25:54,513
We have to leave for Taipei.
789
01:25:59,221 --> 01:26:03,157
Today, the radio spoke
of unrest in Taipei
790
01:26:03,892 --> 01:26:06,224
between Taiwanese and mainlanders.
791
01:26:06,528 --> 01:26:08,462
Martial law has been proclaimed.
792
01:26:10,799 --> 01:26:13,199
In the hospital we are all afraid.
793
01:26:13,902 --> 01:26:17,030
A war has just ended.
794
01:26:17,206 --> 01:26:19,697
Is another one about to start?
795
01:26:21,276 --> 01:26:23,005
My brother came to visit me.
796
01:26:23,345 --> 01:26:25,677
He is leaving for Taipei, with Wen-ching.
797
01:26:26,348 --> 01:26:27,315
But this time
798
01:26:27,716 --> 01:26:29,616
It will be a really risky journey.
799
01:26:30,085 --> 01:26:32,610
They have business
urgent things to attend to there.
800
01:26:33,422 --> 01:26:37,256
I'm very worried,
but I didn't dare say anything.
801
01:26:38,227 --> 01:26:40,388
Wen-ching already has his disability,
802
01:26:40,729 --> 01:26:43,857
It will be up to you to take care of him, brother.
803
01:27:10,158 --> 01:27:10,954
Where?
804
01:27:45,027 --> 01:27:47,495
Death to the Continentals!
805
01:27:53,735 --> 01:27:56,135
Stop, this is a hospital.
806
01:28:00,976 --> 01:28:02,876
Quick, bring him in.
807
01:28:15,290 --> 01:28:18,191
This is a hospital,
you cannot create disorder.
808
01:28:18,293 --> 01:28:20,488
Get out of here.
809
01:28:25,100 --> 01:28:26,590
Citizens of Taiwan:
810
01:28:27,269 --> 01:28:29,863
Yesterday they were promulgated
extraordinary measures
811
01:28:30,305 --> 01:28:32,466
for the control of unrest,
812
01:28:33,075 --> 01:28:36,943
and I trust that they were
listen and understand.
813
01:28:37,646 --> 01:28:40,444
Now, to restore
814
01:28:40,616 --> 01:28:42,607
calm and order as soon as possible
815
01:28:42,818 --> 01:28:45,013
I will proclaim less burdensome measures.
816
01:28:45,854 --> 01:28:49,381
These are the following:
817
01:28:50,025 --> 01:28:54,826
First, regarding
those who are involved
818
01:28:54,963 --> 01:28:59,525
the government will not prosecute them
819
01:28:59,635 --> 01:29:01,796
nor will he punish them.
820
01:29:02,337 --> 01:29:05,534
Second, those who were arrested
821
01:29:05,674 --> 01:29:08,507
for having taken part in the riots,
822
01:29:08,677 --> 01:29:10,076
will be released.
823
01:29:10,479 --> 01:29:13,676
They will be taken to the police headquarters
824
01:29:13,782 --> 01:29:17,149
where family members can
go and look for them.
825
01:29:17,252 --> 01:29:20,187
To make things easier
826
01:29:20,322 --> 01:29:22,552
the mayors won't do it
pay no bail.
827
01:29:23,325 --> 01:29:26,385
Third, the wounded and the dead
828
01:29:26,695 --> 01:29:29,391
whatever their occupation,
829
01:29:29,498 --> 01:29:32,433
whether they are Taiwanese or mainland,
830
01:29:32,668 --> 01:29:37,537
They willreceive medical treatment
or suitable compensation.
831
01:29:37,873 --> 01:29:42,037
Fourth, it will be established
832
01:29:42,177 --> 01:29:44,941
a special committee.
833
01:29:45,280 --> 01:29:48,613
It will consist of
government representatives,
834
01:29:48,750 --> 01:29:51,776
and by judicial and municipal authorities.
835
01:29:52,120 --> 01:29:55,453
It will also include members of the people,
836
01:29:56,024 --> 01:30:00,927
to take into account what
people really think.
837
01:30:11,406 --> 01:30:12,634
What are you doing here?
838
01:30:13,196 --> 01:30:14,346
And my brother?
839
01:30:45,496 --> 01:30:48,196
Doctor! Come, quickly!
840
01:30:58,754 --> 01:31:00,221
Citizens of Taiwan:
841
01:31:01,189 --> 01:31:04,454
Yesterday it was temporarily
martial law reintroduced.
842
01:31:05,360 --> 01:31:11,697
I would like to reassure everyone
who yearn for peace
843
01:31:12,734 --> 01:31:14,634
that this decree is
844
01:31:15,403 --> 01:31:17,803
aimed at your protection.
845
01:31:18,940 --> 01:31:22,535
Don't listen to rumors
who talk about spies
846
01:31:22,978 --> 01:31:26,311
because suspicion leads to fear.
847
01:31:27,082 --> 01:31:28,845
I assure all citizens
848
01:31:29,251 --> 01:31:33,278
abiding by the law,
that nothing will happen to them.
849
01:31:35,157 --> 01:31:37,557
Meanwhile, I announce the reintroduction
of martial law.
850
01:31:38,126 --> 01:31:43,029
Our goal is solely
that of punishing rebels and traitors.
851
01:31:43,965 --> 01:31:45,728
For every day that
they remain at liberty
852
01:31:46,301 --> 01:31:50,397
Peaceful people will have to endure
another day of unrest.
853
01:33:00,298 --> 01:33:03,498
Hinoiei is safe.
He asked me to come first.
854
01:33:03,499 --> 01:33:06,499
Mr. Lin, the teacher,
is on the special committee.
855
01:33:06,500 --> 01:33:10,000
There were many victims a
Taipei. People are afraid.
856
01:33:26,668 --> 01:33:27,828
Casualties?
857
01:34:03,605 --> 01:34:05,038
Where are you from?
858
01:34:07,642 --> 01:34:08,973
Where are you from?
859
01:34:10,879 --> 01:34:11,868
Where are you going?
860
01:34:18,219 --> 01:34:19,618
I'm... Taiwanese.
861
01:34:21,736 --> 01:34:23,696
Are you from Japan?
862
01:34:27,231 --> 01:34:28,881
Are you from Japan?
863
01:34:31,933 --> 01:34:33,093
It must come from the continent.
864
01:34:33,335 --> 01:34:34,267
What are you doing?
865
01:34:38,740 --> 01:34:39,900
He is deaf.
866
01:34:41,109 --> 01:34:43,737
He can't hear what you are saying.
867
01:35:06,796 --> 01:35:08,346
Wen-ching.
868
01:35:11,576 --> 01:35:13,196
Wen-ching.
869
01:35:59,220 --> 01:36:00,710
What happened, brother?
870
01:36:09,764 --> 01:36:11,664
Is it broken?
871
01:36:15,804 --> 01:36:17,431
I do not know.
872
01:36:49,838 --> 01:36:51,499
Lin is missing.
873
01:36:52,139 --> 01:36:55,199
They arrested all the
members of the special committee.
874
01:36:57,244 --> 01:36:59,007
Chen Yi's troops
875
01:36:59,113 --> 01:37:01,081
they arrest and kill many people.
876
01:38:23,497 --> 01:38:26,057
Your son is back, ma'am.
877
01:38:33,907 --> 01:38:36,171
You're back!
I was so worried.
878
01:38:36,543 --> 01:38:39,376
The soldiers and the police are
come here every day.
879
01:38:39,980 --> 01:38:42,380
Right under the house...
880
01:38:47,487 --> 01:38:49,182
What happened to your foot?
881
01:38:52,593 --> 01:38:54,117
Is it serious?
882
01:39:08,875 --> 01:39:12,538
What are you doing? It's lucky he's back!
883
01:39:13,880 --> 01:39:17,111
You can't stay here.
I will send you to Lai-liao.
884
01:39:17,884 --> 01:39:18,782
Hinomi,
885
01:39:19,419 --> 01:39:21,410
I forbid you from now on
to leave the house.
886
01:39:21,521 --> 01:39:23,716
I'll write to the hospital.
887
01:39:43,277 --> 01:39:48,180
On March 19, the hospital director
888
01:39:48,315 --> 01:39:50,510
he brought me back all my things.
889
01:39:51,618 --> 01:39:54,746
It was my father's idea.
890
01:39:58,692 --> 01:40:02,287
There was also a letter from Ah-shue.
891
01:40:03,830 --> 01:40:05,889
Wen-ching has been arrested.
892
01:40:06,466 --> 01:40:08,491
They say it's because of Mr. Lin.
893
01:40:12,005 --> 01:40:13,870
Wen-ching's father set
walking around the streets shouting:
894
01:40:14,508 --> 01:40:18,774
"They arrest even the deaf now.
Where is justice in this world?"
895
01:40:19,980 --> 01:40:21,914
I don't care about justice.
896
01:40:22,349 --> 01:40:25,250
I just want to know
897
01:40:26,253 --> 01:40:27,948
where is Wen-ching.
898
01:40:28,555 --> 01:40:30,921
I just want to know
899
01:40:31,458 --> 01:40:33,119
if he is alive and well.
900
01:41:53,306 --> 01:41:56,139
Wu Chin-wen, Tai Tung-ho, in court.
901
01:44:56,156 --> 01:44:58,090
Lin Wen-ching, in court!
902
01:47:33,580 --> 01:47:37,072
Uncle, it's time for dinner.
903
01:49:16,473 --> 01:49:25,273
Do not be ashamed before the world.
904
01:49:25,274 --> 01:49:34,274
Your father is innocent.
905
01:49:45,575 --> 01:49:58,275
In these difficult moments
906
01:49:59,476 --> 01:50:06,976
I am separated from the one I love...
907
01:51:04,357 --> 01:51:07,656
Uncle, you can't eat that.
908
01:51:07,760 --> 01:51:09,091
You don't have to!
909
01:51:22,041 --> 01:51:22,973
Wen-leung.
910
01:51:28,247 --> 01:51:29,236
Where is Wen-ching?
911
01:51:29,482 --> 01:51:32,679
He went out yesterday and hasn't come back yet.
912
01:51:33,119 --> 01:51:34,177
And your father?
913
01:51:34,354 --> 01:51:36,720
I have no idea. It came out this morning.
914
01:52:36,216 --> 01:52:39,014
Ah-shue, where are your parents?
915
01:52:40,020 --> 01:52:42,215
They went out this morning.
916
01:52:43,657 --> 01:52:48,651
Dad often comes home late, drunk.
917
01:52:48,862 --> 01:52:51,763
He staggers and vomits all over the house.
918
01:52:56,570 --> 01:52:58,197
When did your father's place close?
919
01:52:58,372 --> 01:52:59,600
In March.
920
01:52:59,706 --> 01:53:02,004
There was a time when there is
there was a lot of confusion.
921
01:53:02,371 --> 01:53:03,901
Many people died,
922
01:53:04,311 --> 01:53:06,211
and the neighborhood was destroyed.
923
01:53:08,916 --> 01:53:12,613
Dad's friend, Mr. Ko,
he was arrested.
924
01:53:12,719 --> 01:53:13,651
Ah-shue!
925
01:53:53,628 --> 01:53:55,858
Aunt Hinomi, uncle is back.
926
01:53:59,334 --> 01:54:01,598
We waited a long time for it,
but he knew
927
01:54:01,936 --> 01:54:04,029
already which station to get off at.
928
01:54:27,428 --> 01:54:28,224
Ah-shue,
929
01:54:28,463 --> 01:54:29,896
take a look at your brothers.
930
01:54:35,770 --> 01:54:37,203
Take your time, write...
931
01:54:42,677 --> 01:54:45,441
Uncle, you can't eat that!.
932
01:54:46,915 --> 01:54:48,576
It is food for the altar.
933
01:54:53,221 --> 01:54:54,415
You can't eat it.
934
01:55:16,516 --> 01:55:20,516
You've lost weight. Are you okay?
935
01:55:20,517 --> 01:55:24,517
My brother is missing.
He was hidden in Lai-liao.
936
01:55:24,518 --> 01:55:29,518
One day the soldiers came.
We haven't heard from him since then.
937
01:57:56,798 --> 01:57:58,211
Wen-ching!
938
01:57:59,623 --> 01:58:00,611
Wen-ching!
939
01:58:28,872 --> 01:58:30,237
Mr. Huang is coming.
940
01:58:33,309 --> 01:58:37,245
Mr. Huang, this is mine
dear friend Wen-ching.
941
01:58:42,085 --> 01:58:44,144
He was in prison with your brother
942
01:58:44,254 --> 01:58:47,587
before he was executed.
943
01:58:47,991 --> 01:58:50,152
It came especially for you.
944
01:58:52,299 --> 01:58:53,074
Sit down.
945
01:59:26,775 --> 01:59:29,775
"Alive, far from the motherland.
946
01:59:29,776 --> 01:59:32,776
In death, I return to the motherland.
947
01:59:32,777 --> 01:59:36,777
Life and death are both
governed by destiny."
948
02:00:32,978 --> 02:00:35,778
Hinoiei got married and lives in the mountains.
949
02:00:35,780 --> 02:00:39,780
I can't tell you where. He doesn't want to
let his family know.
950
02:00:39,781 --> 02:00:43,781
He said this: “Consider me dead.
My life belongs to the motherland.
951
02:00:43,782 --> 02:00:45,804
In prison I swore
that I would continue to
952
02:00:45,829 --> 02:00:47,806
live, in honor of
friends who died."
953
02:01:54,783 --> 02:01:59,783
I can no longer live like
before. I want to stay here.
954
02:01:59,784 --> 02:02:04,784
I know I can do anything
what you ask me.
955
02:02:04,785 --> 02:02:07,985
This is no place for you.
956
02:02:25,186 --> 02:02:32,186
The important thing is what you believe in,
not where you live or what you do.
957
02:02:32,187 --> 02:02:39,787
They want Hinomi to get married,
but you're the one she's in love with.
958
02:03:30,575 --> 02:03:33,271
Let me introduce you to mine
dear friend, Wen-ching.
959
02:05:35,901 --> 02:05:37,425
Are you going to resume
the activity or not?
960
02:05:39,572 --> 02:05:40,561
Enough!
961
02:05:40,773 --> 02:05:42,434
Go play outside.
962
02:05:42,541 --> 02:05:44,702
Wen-leung, this is for the altar.
963
02:05:44,810 --> 02:05:47,506
Eat it after prayers.
964
02:05:49,148 --> 02:05:52,777
You had decided to close up shop.
965
02:05:52,885 --> 02:05:55,251
And now you don't even know
say when you will reopen.
966
02:05:55,354 --> 02:05:56,616
Do you want to make a decision?
967
02:05:58,390 --> 02:05:59,322
Shut up!
968
02:05:59,658 --> 02:06:00,955
Don't argue with me!
969
02:06:06,398 --> 02:06:08,025
Don't drink from the teapot!
970
02:06:08,267 --> 02:06:09,757
You are setting a bad example for children!
971
02:06:10,169 --> 02:06:12,364
You're too old for this stuff.
972
02:06:18,611 --> 02:06:19,942
Are you thirsty?
973
02:06:23,916 --> 02:06:27,079
Drink as you should, or don't drink at all.
Don't make a fool of yourself.
974
02:06:33,959 --> 02:06:35,119
Here you are!
975
02:06:35,427 --> 02:06:38,396
You've been gone for days,
God only knows where!
976
02:06:38,764 --> 02:06:41,663
Either you lock yourself in your room or you hide
977
02:06:41,767 --> 02:06:43,657
where no one can find you.
978
02:06:44,136 --> 02:06:48,300
I wanted to visit our grave
mother with you. Where have you been?
979
02:06:49,441 --> 02:06:51,306
That's why bad luck haunts me!
980
02:06:52,144 --> 02:06:54,977
I am the only one, of four children,
981
02:06:55,080 --> 02:06:58,174
who visits our grave
mother, and she asks me why
982
02:06:58,918 --> 02:07:02,046
and I don't know what to say to her!
And as for you,
983
02:07:02,454 --> 02:07:04,684
for however long you think you can
go on without working?
984
02:07:06,792 --> 02:07:11,889
I was thinking of opening a photography studio
nearby, and you could handle it.
985
02:07:12,631 --> 02:07:14,098
We talked about it for a long time.
986
02:07:14,767 --> 02:07:17,668
When will you give me an answer?
987
02:07:17,803 --> 02:07:20,328
How could he answer you?
He can't hear you.
988
02:07:20,472 --> 02:07:22,030
Shut up!
989
02:07:22,508 --> 02:07:25,773
The only thing you know how to do
it's telling people to shut up.
990
02:07:27,881 --> 02:07:30,281
Ah-shue, you tell him.
991
02:07:36,022 --> 02:07:38,513
When a girl visits someone,
992
02:07:38,591 --> 02:07:40,991
without thinking about the rumors that
could result,
993
02:07:41,094 --> 02:07:44,655
it's clear why. Don't you understand?
994
02:07:45,699 --> 02:07:47,963
What are you waiting for?
995
02:08:07,787 --> 02:08:10,483
What is this whining?
Stop singing!
996
02:08:18,928 --> 02:08:19,728
Fuck!
997
02:08:20,400 --> 02:08:21,628
Enough!
998
02:08:22,869 --> 02:08:26,168
What do you have to shout like this?
999
02:08:29,242 --> 02:08:32,769
You look like an evil spirit!
Why all this mess?
1000
02:08:33,413 --> 02:08:35,608
What do you have to scream?
1001
02:08:37,250 --> 02:08:41,186
Can't you speak normally?
1002
02:08:44,624 --> 02:08:45,784
What happened?
1003
02:08:50,797 --> 02:08:54,995
It's useless. I can't seem to
behave like a normal person.
1004
02:08:57,203 --> 02:08:58,568
I am sorry.
1005
02:08:59,539 --> 02:09:00,938
Keep singing, please.
1006
02:09:03,209 --> 02:09:04,335
No thank you.
1007
02:09:06,212 --> 02:09:07,975
Ignore it.
1008
02:09:08,081 --> 02:09:11,608
You sing very well.
1009
02:09:12,328 --> 02:09:13,928
Continue, please.
1010
02:09:13,953 --> 02:09:15,420
He's more stubborn than a mule!
1011
02:09:15,522 --> 02:09:18,355
People like him never learn.
1012
02:11:15,189 --> 02:11:15,989
Curse!
1013
02:11:17,478 --> 02:11:20,345
How come you're not dead yet?
1014
02:11:21,115 --> 02:11:23,242
Wen-leung suffered a lot because of you.
1015
02:11:23,350 --> 02:11:24,817
Shame on you!
1016
02:11:30,057 --> 02:11:31,581
So what?
1017
02:11:34,628 --> 02:11:35,458
What is it?
1018
02:11:35,563 --> 02:11:37,326
What is it?
1019
02:11:37,831 --> 02:11:40,857
You know what you did!
1020
02:11:41,402 --> 02:11:45,532
Shut up, or you'll regret it.
1021
02:11:45,639 --> 02:11:47,004
And what would you like to do to me?
1022
02:11:48,542 --> 02:11:49,406
What?
1023
02:11:49,577 --> 02:11:50,771
Calm down.
1024
02:11:50,878 --> 02:11:52,106
You don't scare me.
1025
02:11:54,281 --> 02:11:55,475
Pig!
1026
02:11:55,583 --> 02:11:57,414
You'll come to a bad end,
one of these days.
1027
02:13:07,489 --> 02:13:08,547
Big brother! Big brother!
1028
02:13:12,093 --> 02:13:15,426
Ah-ga.
1029
02:13:16,564 --> 02:13:17,394
Call a doctor.
1030
02:13:17,499 --> 02:13:18,659
What happened?
1031
02:13:30,512 --> 02:13:32,707
Kim-tsua, take that knife.
1032
02:13:33,481 --> 02:13:34,709
Call a doctor.
1033
02:13:59,307 --> 02:14:00,239
Wen-heung!
1034
02:16:37,067 --> 02:16:38,329
The bride arrives.
1035
02:16:41,104 --> 02:16:45,302
Let's ask our ancestors
1036
02:16:54,351 --> 02:16:55,682
the grace of children and health.
1037
02:17:12,502 --> 02:17:13,833
Bow to the ancestors.
1038
02:17:27,918 --> 02:17:28,942
Get on your knees.
1039
02:17:33,790 --> 02:17:34,882
Let's pray.
1040
02:17:36,893 --> 02:17:38,190
First bow.
1041
02:17:41,565 --> 02:17:43,055
Second bow.
1042
02:17:45,235 --> 02:17:46,532
Third bow.
1043
02:17:49,139 --> 02:17:50,231
Let's pray.
1044
02:17:52,208 --> 02:17:53,539
Fourth bow.
1045
02:17:56,513 --> 02:17:57,673
Fifth bow.
1046
02:18:00,517 --> 02:18:01,745
Sixth bow.
1047
02:18:04,154 --> 02:18:05,348
Let's pray.
1048
02:18:07,090 --> 02:18:08,421
Seventh bow.
1049
02:18:11,361 --> 02:18:12,658
Eighth bow.
1050
02:18:15,198 --> 02:18:16,688
Ninth bow.
1051
02:18:18,835 --> 02:18:20,302
Standing.
1052
02:18:24,107 --> 02:18:25,836
Take a bow between yourselves.
1053
02:18:30,246 --> 02:18:31,508
On your knees.
1054
02:18:37,962 --> 02:18:40,322
Bride and groom, take a bow
between you three times.
1055
02:18:40,382 --> 02:18:41,932
First bow.
1056
02:18:44,662 --> 02:18:46,062
Second bow.
1057
02:18:47,682 --> 02:18:49,082
Third bow.
1058
02:18:50,233 --> 02:18:51,633
Standing.
1059
02:22:43,835 --> 02:22:45,200
It's late.
1060
02:22:45,604 --> 02:22:47,902
I heard the first thunders of spring.
1061
02:22:48,306 --> 02:22:52,037
One shot after another
1062
02:22:52,744 --> 02:22:56,180
as if to wake up the hills and the sea.
1063
02:22:59,718 --> 02:23:02,346
A man came from the mountains.
1064
02:23:02,787 --> 02:23:05,187
He told me that my brother
he needed money.
1065
02:23:05,423 --> 02:23:07,482
He needed it
1066
02:23:07,592 --> 02:23:10,561
to print brochures
to educate the people.
1067
02:23:11,029 --> 02:23:14,931
That man said that
he was sorry to ask
1068
02:23:15,333 --> 02:23:18,860
I always help Wen-ching.
1069
02:23:19,337 --> 02:23:21,305
But that's only when they come to
ask for money
1070
02:23:21,641 --> 02:23:24,576
that we know they are
well and that the fight continues.
1071
02:23:24,977 --> 02:23:28,708
And this makes us happy.
1072
02:23:32,151 --> 02:23:33,982
Ah-chien has almost begun to speak.
1073
02:23:34,086 --> 02:23:36,520
It seemed to me the other night
hearing him say "mom".
1074
02:23:37,323 --> 02:23:41,020
I was so happy.
1075
02:23:41,127 --> 02:23:43,391
So I ran to look for Wen-ching
1076
02:23:43,796 --> 02:23:45,525
so that he could hear it too.
1077
02:23:45,731 --> 02:23:47,631
Only then I am
realized how much
1078
02:23:47,656 --> 02:23:50,155
I was stupid. How
could he have heard it?
1079
02:24:08,654 --> 02:24:10,349
Prices are going up.
1080
02:24:10,790 --> 02:24:13,884
Our neighbors say that
There will be difficult times.
1081
02:24:14,260 --> 02:24:16,125
Maybe I'm crazy,
1082
02:24:16,395 --> 02:24:20,559
but as long as there are Wen-ching
and Ah-chien with me
1083
02:24:20,733 --> 02:24:23,497
I believe I will be able to be happy.
1084
02:28:02,623 --> 02:28:04,420
Don't run!
1085
02:28:08,863 --> 02:28:10,852
Run again! Fuck!
1086
02:28:14,669 --> 02:28:15,795
What are you shouting?
1087
02:28:30,885 --> 02:28:31,977
On your knees.
1088
02:28:35,323 --> 02:28:36,654
Raise your head.
1089
02:28:43,764 --> 02:28:44,958
What are you looking at?
1090
02:31:47,182 --> 02:31:50,811
Ah-shue, your uncle Wen-ching
was arrested.
1091
02:31:51,186 --> 02:31:54,747
We still don't know where he is.
1092
02:31:55,791 --> 02:31:57,782
At first we thought about running away
1093
02:31:58,126 --> 02:32:00,856
but we didn't know where to go.
1094
02:32:04,099 --> 02:32:06,192
I'm only writing to you now
1095
02:32:06,401 --> 02:32:09,837
because only now have I managed to calm down.
1096
02:32:11,173 --> 02:32:15,337
This photo was taken three days
before Wen-ching was arrested.
1097
02:32:16,511 --> 02:32:17,944
When they came to get him
1098
02:32:18,146 --> 02:32:20,478
He was portraying a person.
1099
02:32:20,982 --> 02:32:23,177
He insisted so much that
let him finish the job
1100
02:32:23,585 --> 02:32:25,746
before taking it away.
1101
02:32:29,058 --> 02:32:33,757
I asked and searched everywhere in Taipei,
but I have had no news.
1102
02:32:35,298 --> 02:32:37,266
Ah-chien has put his first tooth.
1103
02:32:37,733 --> 02:32:39,394
He has a beautiful smile,
1104
02:32:39,502 --> 02:32:41,402
and your uncle's eyes.
1105
02:32:42,505 --> 02:32:44,496
I hope you come and visit us soon.
1106
02:32:45,508 --> 02:32:47,271
It's cool in Chiu-fen.
1107
02:32:47,743 --> 02:32:49,370
The autumn flowers are blooming.
1108
02:32:49,745 --> 02:32:52,612
The mountains are all white,
like snow.
1109
02:32:59,121 --> 02:33:00,145
It's time to eat.
1110
02:33:00,256 --> 02:33:01,985
All right. Just a moment.
1111
02:33:02,439 --> 02:33:03,489
Ah-who,
1112
02:33:03,993 --> 02:33:05,426
it's just not good to watch
adults play.
1113
02:33:05,628 --> 02:33:06,822
Accompany your uncle.
1114
02:33:07,463 --> 02:33:09,055
Uncle, it's time to eat.
1115
02:33:20,376 --> 02:33:21,400
Where is Uncle Wan?
1116
02:33:21,511 --> 02:33:23,411
He said he would be back soon.
1117
02:33:23,513 --> 02:33:24,605
Wash your hands.
1118
02:33:58,245 --> 02:33:59,459
Help yourself too.
1119
02:35:42,310 --> 02:35:48,308
December 1949.
Mainland China is lost.
1120
02:35:48,309 --> 02:35:53,309
The Nationalist Government moves to Taiwan.
1121
02:35:53,310 --> 02:35:59,310
Taipei becomes provisional capital.
1122
02:35:59,334 --> 02:36:03,334
Translation by Shimamura
for www.asianworld.it