1 00:01:42,268 --> 00:01:44,354 She broke up with Hao-hao, 2 00:01:47,065 --> 00:01:49,734 but he always tracked her down. 3 00:01:50,902 --> 00:01:52,737 Called her... 4 00:01:53,780 --> 00:01:55,323 Begged her to come back... 5 00:01:57,450 --> 00:01:59,577 Again and again. 6 00:02:00,161 --> 00:02:01,788 As if under a spell 7 00:02:02,122 --> 00:02:03,748 or hypnotized... 8 00:02:05,625 --> 00:02:07,585 she couldn't escape. 9 00:02:07,752 --> 00:02:09,337 She always came back. 10 00:02:12,007 --> 00:02:13,883 She told herself... 11 00:02:15,635 --> 00:02:17,971 that she had NT$ 500,000 in the bank. 12 00:02:19,556 --> 00:02:21,558 When she'd used it up, 13 00:02:21,850 --> 00:02:23,768 she would leave him for good. 14 00:02:28,523 --> 00:02:30,859 This happened ten years ago... 15 00:02:32,819 --> 00:02:34,863 In the year 2001. 16 00:02:36,489 --> 00:02:39,451 The world was greeting the 21st century 17 00:02:40,493 --> 00:02:42,620 and celebrating the new millennium. 18 00:03:53,191 --> 00:03:54,984 Can you read this simplified Chinese? 19 00:03:55,151 --> 00:03:56,236 "Certificate". 20 00:03:57,070 --> 00:04:00,949 It certifies that I took part in the World Magic Contest. 21 00:04:03,952 --> 00:04:08,039 But it's in English! We need translation! 22 00:04:08,206 --> 00:04:10,375 Allow me... 23 00:04:11,918 --> 00:04:15,005 - It was in Mainland China... - Then why is it in English? 24 00:04:15,171 --> 00:04:17,424 Makes it look more professional. 25 00:04:17,590 --> 00:04:18,508 Really? 26 00:04:18,675 --> 00:04:21,094 What it says is... blah blah blah... 27 00:04:21,261 --> 00:04:26,057 Ding Jianzhong... blah blah blah... competed in this event... 28 00:04:26,224 --> 00:04:29,936 and won the bronze prize. 29 00:04:30,979 --> 00:04:33,732 My act was called "Dream of a Dove Flying". 30 00:04:33,982 --> 00:04:36,151 - Flying? - A cash prize of 5,000! 31 00:04:37,485 --> 00:04:39,696 It's around NT$ 20,000. 32 00:04:40,321 --> 00:04:42,157 So where's the 5,000 now? 33 00:04:42,615 --> 00:04:46,911 - Use magic to figure it out! - I spent it all. 34 00:04:47,328 --> 00:04:49,414 It was an international contest. 35 00:04:49,581 --> 00:04:53,793 So now I use only international coins. 36 00:04:55,545 --> 00:04:58,048 American gold coins, never China or Taiwan coins! 37 00:04:58,214 --> 00:05:01,676 - A slave to foreign fashion! - You bet! 38 00:05:02,719 --> 00:05:05,930 Okay, watch this... Notice how many coins I have? 39 00:05:08,683 --> 00:05:10,101 - How many is it? - Five. 40 00:05:14,773 --> 00:05:16,107 Five coins. 41 00:05:16,274 --> 00:05:17,734 - How many in my left hand? - Two. 42 00:05:17,901 --> 00:05:19,903 Nothing up my sleeves! 43 00:05:20,236 --> 00:05:21,404 Here are two. 44 00:05:21,571 --> 00:05:23,448 How many in my right hand? 45 00:05:23,615 --> 00:05:25,867 - Three. - Are you sure? 46 00:05:26,034 --> 00:05:28,411 One, two, three... 47 00:05:28,578 --> 00:05:30,413 - How many? - Three. 48 00:05:30,580 --> 00:05:32,374 So I'm holding them tightly. 49 00:05:36,836 --> 00:05:39,923 One more time... One, two, three, 50 00:05:40,215 --> 00:05:41,508 four, 51 00:05:42,467 --> 00:05:44,969 five... hold tightly. 52 00:05:49,849 --> 00:05:51,017 Alright... 53 00:05:51,184 --> 00:05:54,479 One, two, three, four... Vicky, help me out here, 54 00:05:55,355 --> 00:05:58,733 hold them tight. And press down on the table. 55 00:05:58,900 --> 00:06:00,777 How many coins in all? 56 00:06:01,152 --> 00:06:03,321 Four, I still have one here. 57 00:06:03,947 --> 00:06:05,365 Open your fist. 58 00:06:08,451 --> 00:06:09,536 How many? 59 00:06:11,079 --> 00:06:12,122 Five. 60 00:06:12,956 --> 00:06:14,499 That's great! 61 00:06:14,666 --> 00:06:15,542 Thank you. 62 00:06:17,585 --> 00:06:19,504 No applause? 63 00:06:23,842 --> 00:06:25,969 Watch out! 64 00:06:36,521 --> 00:06:38,064 You seem scared! 65 00:06:42,318 --> 00:06:44,029 All bark and no bite! 66 00:06:49,784 --> 00:06:51,786 Happy birthday, Jenny! 67 00:06:55,040 --> 00:06:57,459 What the hell is that? 68 00:07:01,921 --> 00:07:04,090 Not much cop at all! 69 00:07:04,507 --> 00:07:06,217 Feeble! 70 00:07:06,968 --> 00:07:10,055 - I brought it back from China. - No wonder! 71 00:07:10,221 --> 00:07:11,848 So feeble! 72 00:07:12,265 --> 00:07:14,100 A great thing with not much inside! 73 00:07:14,267 --> 00:07:16,811 Pass it on. 74 00:07:19,564 --> 00:07:22,233 - You want a bigger glass? - No, I've had enough. 75 00:07:23,318 --> 00:07:25,779 - Give me the biggest glass. - You have it already! 76 00:07:25,987 --> 00:07:27,447 Really? 77 00:07:29,115 --> 00:07:30,867 Anybody needs a glass? 78 00:07:34,496 --> 00:07:35,997 Everyone has one? 79 00:07:44,798 --> 00:07:46,424 Happy birthday! 80 00:13:10,832 --> 00:13:12,208 Stop that! 81 00:13:17,797 --> 00:13:19,257 Spread your legs. 82 00:14:12,352 --> 00:14:14,938 She began fooling around at 16, 83 00:14:15,939 --> 00:14:19,025 with Xuan-xuan, most Saturdays. 84 00:14:19,192 --> 00:14:22,278 They took the train from Keelung to Taipei. 85 00:14:24,864 --> 00:14:26,908 They'd go into the toilet together, 86 00:14:27,075 --> 00:14:28,868 take drugs, 87 00:14:29,994 --> 00:14:32,539 and get high. 88 00:14:34,916 --> 00:14:39,462 She first met Hao-hao in a club on He Ping Road, 89 00:14:39,879 --> 00:14:40,922 'Spin'. 90 00:14:43,800 --> 00:14:46,928 That day she and Xuan-xuan 91 00:14:47,220 --> 00:14:50,098 planned to go to a karaoke club with friends. 92 00:14:51,141 --> 00:14:53,059 But the girls were stood up. 93 00:14:55,270 --> 00:14:58,898 Hao-hao and his friends started chatting to them. 94 00:14:59,899 --> 00:15:01,776 Asked them to sing. 95 00:15:04,738 --> 00:15:06,197 She noticed that 96 00:15:07,741 --> 00:15:11,286 Hao-hao was staring at her all evening. 97 00:15:13,246 --> 00:15:16,207 Shyly, without saying anything. 98 00:15:23,423 --> 00:15:25,675 She never finished high school. 99 00:15:27,052 --> 00:15:29,387 He stopped her sitting the final exam. 100 00:15:31,056 --> 00:15:33,308 The night before the exam, 101 00:15:33,600 --> 00:15:35,810 they were in a motel together. 102 00:15:37,479 --> 00:15:39,731 He deliberately didn't wake her. 103 00:15:42,067 --> 00:15:44,277 He didn't want her to take the exam. 104 00:15:45,028 --> 00:15:47,405 He was afraid she'd move on if she did. 105 00:15:51,409 --> 00:15:53,453 Later, they began living together 106 00:15:54,913 --> 00:15:57,248 in a rented apartment in Taipei. 107 00:15:59,584 --> 00:16:01,711 Neither of them had a job. 108 00:16:03,171 --> 00:16:05,548 Sometimes, he'd ride his bike back to Keelung 109 00:16:05,924 --> 00:16:09,719 to borrow a little money from his friends. 110 00:16:12,722 --> 00:16:14,099 One time, 111 00:16:16,768 --> 00:16:19,771 he stole his father's Rolex. 112 00:16:20,897 --> 00:16:23,066 He pawned it for NT$ 80,000. 113 00:16:26,403 --> 00:16:30,115 When his father noticed the loss, he called and questioned him. 114 00:16:31,616 --> 00:16:33,243 But he denied stealing it. 115 00:16:34,285 --> 00:16:36,162 So his father went to the police. 116 00:16:40,125 --> 00:16:44,045 There was a strong wind that day. It was sunny. 117 00:16:45,922 --> 00:16:49,718 The cops came. They found the pawn ticket 118 00:16:50,635 --> 00:16:52,846 and took both of them to the police station. 119 00:17:12,866 --> 00:17:14,409 Come on! 120 00:17:15,326 --> 00:17:16,828 Who is he? 121 00:17:16,995 --> 00:17:18,788 That guy? 122 00:17:20,123 --> 00:17:22,334 Don't know, I've seen him around. 123 00:17:25,170 --> 00:17:26,546 Who's that? 124 00:17:27,547 --> 00:17:29,674 - Who? - He's called Doze. 125 00:17:30,800 --> 00:17:32,260 Don't really know him. 126 00:17:32,427 --> 00:17:33,428 What? 127 00:17:34,429 --> 00:17:36,598 - What is he up to? - You know her? 128 00:17:36,765 --> 00:17:39,684 - What's it to you? - I think he's after Vicky. 129 00:17:40,226 --> 00:17:42,896 - You want to shag Vicky? - Mind your own business. 130 00:17:46,649 --> 00:17:47,776 Piss off! 131 00:17:51,112 --> 00:17:52,864 Fuck! You hit me! 132 00:18:00,789 --> 00:18:02,499 Stop it! 133 00:18:14,177 --> 00:18:17,055 Hey, stop it! 134 00:18:21,393 --> 00:18:23,895 Sorry, he's drunk. 135 00:18:25,063 --> 00:18:26,690 He's had too many. 136 00:18:38,201 --> 00:18:39,953 Come here! Come here! 137 00:18:44,833 --> 00:18:46,418 Never mind, never mind. 138 00:18:50,255 --> 00:18:52,257 Get off me! 139 00:18:53,508 --> 00:18:55,760 Let me at him! 140 00:18:57,345 --> 00:18:59,597 That's enough! Stop it! 141 00:21:06,516 --> 00:21:07,934 Hold me tightly. 142 00:21:37,380 --> 00:21:38,465 Hello? 143 00:21:47,390 --> 00:21:48,600 What? 144 00:21:52,312 --> 00:21:53,563 No! 145 00:21:57,692 --> 00:21:59,194 No, I didn't. 146 00:22:03,323 --> 00:22:05,408 You've misplaced it. 147 00:22:08,453 --> 00:22:10,330 I didn't take it! 148 00:22:11,831 --> 00:22:13,875 I told you, I didn't! 149 00:22:37,232 --> 00:22:38,358 What's up? 150 00:22:49,786 --> 00:22:51,121 My father... 151 00:22:52,455 --> 00:22:53,790 What did he want? 152 00:22:54,124 --> 00:22:55,583 His Rolex. 153 00:22:56,334 --> 00:22:58,086 He thinks you took it? 154 00:22:59,963 --> 00:23:01,756 He found out. 155 00:23:03,466 --> 00:23:05,010 So what did you say? 156 00:23:26,865 --> 00:23:28,283 Hao-hao! 157 00:23:35,081 --> 00:23:36,207 Hao-hao! 158 00:23:41,296 --> 00:23:43,715 - What? - There's no hot water. 159 00:23:44,632 --> 00:23:47,761 - The heater's packed up? - I'm trying to take a shower. 160 00:23:49,637 --> 00:23:51,639 - No hot water? - No. 161 00:23:55,643 --> 00:23:58,646 Turn off the cold tap. Leave the hot tap on. 162 00:24:02,067 --> 00:24:04,402 - Is the hot tap running? - Yes. 163 00:24:07,614 --> 00:24:08,990 Is it hot? 164 00:24:09,407 --> 00:24:11,910 No, still cold. 165 00:24:12,077 --> 00:24:14,371 - It's full on? - Yes. 166 00:24:16,206 --> 00:24:17,874 Strange. 167 00:24:19,834 --> 00:24:22,337 - Maybe the battery's dead. - So? 168 00:24:24,464 --> 00:24:26,549 - I'll go buy one. - Okay. 169 00:24:38,895 --> 00:24:40,939 - Don't be long. - I won't. 170 00:24:48,988 --> 00:24:50,865 - Let me back in. - Okay. 171 00:25:17,726 --> 00:25:20,770 - What took you so long? - Police, Miss. 172 00:25:21,062 --> 00:25:23,189 A Mr. Tuan Chun-hao lives here? 173 00:25:25,984 --> 00:25:27,277 Excuse me. 174 00:25:32,782 --> 00:25:34,200 What's the problem? 175 00:25:34,367 --> 00:25:38,246 Tuan Chun-hao is implicated in a theft. 176 00:25:38,413 --> 00:25:41,458 We have a warrant to search these premises. 177 00:25:41,624 --> 00:25:45,086 A simple search... Is he here now? 178 00:25:45,503 --> 00:25:47,672 He's out. He went out this morning. 179 00:25:47,839 --> 00:25:49,924 Who are you? 180 00:25:50,175 --> 00:25:53,011 His girlfriend. 181 00:25:54,095 --> 00:25:59,017 So, can we begin our search? 182 00:25:59,392 --> 00:26:01,770 He's very much implicated. 183 00:26:03,146 --> 00:26:06,024 Will you show us around? 184 00:26:06,191 --> 00:26:08,985 - You want to... - Yes, which is his room? 185 00:26:10,236 --> 00:26:12,197 Which is his room? 186 00:26:12,364 --> 00:26:14,407 As you see, our place isn't big... 187 00:26:14,741 --> 00:26:15,784 That one. 188 00:26:15,950 --> 00:26:18,036 This one, right? 189 00:26:18,370 --> 00:26:21,790 Watch the door. Stay with me. 190 00:26:25,335 --> 00:26:28,254 Miss, please come over here. 191 00:26:29,798 --> 00:26:33,927 We'll search this room, please stay there. 192 00:26:34,469 --> 00:26:36,471 He's implicated in this case. 193 00:26:36,638 --> 00:26:39,057 That's why we need to make this search. 194 00:26:40,600 --> 00:26:42,977 - Should I come in? - Please do. 195 00:26:46,606 --> 00:26:50,652 Where does he keep his things? 196 00:26:52,028 --> 00:26:54,447 - Here. - This is all his? 197 00:26:54,864 --> 00:26:57,784 - Mine too, it's all mixed up. - Mixed up? 198 00:26:58,827 --> 00:27:01,788 Do you know when he'll be back? 199 00:27:01,955 --> 00:27:04,457 - No. - You don't? 200 00:27:17,554 --> 00:27:19,139 What are you looking for? 201 00:27:20,015 --> 00:27:23,393 He's suspected of involvement in a theft. 202 00:27:23,685 --> 00:27:25,270 A theft? 203 00:27:25,437 --> 00:27:28,440 Hence the search warrant. 204 00:27:52,130 --> 00:27:53,548 What's going on? 205 00:27:57,635 --> 00:28:01,514 - You are Tuan Chun-hao? - What do you want? 206 00:28:01,765 --> 00:28:05,560 You're implicated in a theft... We have a search warrant. 207 00:28:05,727 --> 00:28:07,437 Here, my ID. 208 00:28:07,896 --> 00:28:09,814 We're from the criminal division. 209 00:28:11,149 --> 00:28:12,817 Sit there for a moment. 210 00:28:14,527 --> 00:28:17,572 Please accompany me to your room. 211 00:28:17,739 --> 00:28:18,907 Mr. Tuan, here. 212 00:28:21,826 --> 00:28:24,329 To avoid military service, 213 00:28:25,163 --> 00:28:27,165 Hao-hao deliberately starved himself. 214 00:28:28,792 --> 00:28:30,960 He took lots of speed. 215 00:28:36,216 --> 00:28:39,010 Often Hao-hao looked through her bag. 216 00:28:40,804 --> 00:28:44,724 If he found a blank receipt... he'd call up the shop 217 00:28:46,559 --> 00:28:48,353 to enquire about it. 218 00:28:53,316 --> 00:28:55,485 And when her phone-card showed 219 00:28:55,652 --> 00:28:58,238 she had made a long call, 220 00:28:58,613 --> 00:29:00,031 he grilled her about it. 221 00:29:00,323 --> 00:29:03,118 Once, he even threw a thermos flask at her. 222 00:29:03,743 --> 00:29:05,829 But when she packed to leave... 223 00:29:08,581 --> 00:29:10,959 he cried and begged her to stay. 224 00:29:12,419 --> 00:29:15,046 Hao-hao often scribbled notes... 225 00:29:15,880 --> 00:29:17,257 to tell her... 226 00:29:18,842 --> 00:29:21,177 they belonged to different worlds. 227 00:29:24,889 --> 00:29:28,226 He said: "You came down from your world... 228 00:29:28,935 --> 00:29:30,895 to mine." 229 00:29:32,188 --> 00:29:36,109 "That's why you don't understand my world." 230 00:31:46,698 --> 00:31:48,283 What's that? 231 00:32:02,339 --> 00:32:03,506 What are you smoking? 232 00:32:04,299 --> 00:32:05,633 What's what? 233 00:32:05,800 --> 00:32:07,469 Can I try it? 234 00:32:07,802 --> 00:32:11,723 - What do you know about this? - So you know a lot? What is it? 235 00:32:12,390 --> 00:32:15,310 Give it to me! We can smoke it together! 236 00:32:15,769 --> 00:32:17,812 We can smoke it together! 237 00:32:18,855 --> 00:32:20,440 Okay, take it. 238 00:32:25,528 --> 00:32:27,906 - What are you doing? - What? 239 00:32:29,366 --> 00:32:30,909 What? 240 00:32:36,122 --> 00:32:37,665 What the fuck are you doing? 241 00:32:39,084 --> 00:32:40,752 Throw it away! 242 00:32:47,217 --> 00:32:48,551 Get rid of it! 243 00:32:54,641 --> 00:32:56,601 Give it to me. 244 00:32:59,979 --> 00:33:01,940 Let you! 245 00:33:10,323 --> 00:33:11,866 It'll fucking kill you! 246 00:35:06,856 --> 00:35:09,317 Why did this call take so long? 247 00:35:10,443 --> 00:35:12,612 - I called home. - Really? 248 00:35:12,779 --> 00:35:14,781 Yes, I called Keelung, long distance! 249 00:35:14,948 --> 00:35:18,451 Why didn't you call from here? Why do it on a phone-card? 250 00:35:18,993 --> 00:35:21,413 I wasn't here at the time. 251 00:35:22,205 --> 00:35:24,457 You're fucking cheating me again, aren't you? 252 00:35:25,250 --> 00:35:28,586 Why would I cheat you? Why have you been through my things? 253 00:35:28,753 --> 00:35:31,256 - Who were you calling? - I told you, I called home! 254 00:35:32,799 --> 00:35:35,510 - Who did you call? - I said, I called home. 255 00:35:37,137 --> 00:35:38,304 Who? 256 00:35:41,725 --> 00:35:44,185 - Which one was it? - You're getting mad for no reason. 257 00:35:44,436 --> 00:35:46,354 Are you crazy? 258 00:35:48,690 --> 00:35:49,691 Who did you call? 259 00:35:49,858 --> 00:35:51,860 As I said, I called home, Keelung... 260 00:35:55,822 --> 00:35:57,073 Have you lost it? 261 00:36:00,577 --> 00:36:02,662 You'd better not be lying. 262 00:36:04,122 --> 00:36:08,084 - Crazy! Why would I lie to you? - I'll fucking beat you, you know. 263 00:36:10,795 --> 00:36:12,756 Fuck, why did you go through my things? 264 00:36:12,922 --> 00:36:15,675 So what? I wanted to, so what? 265 00:36:17,844 --> 00:36:20,555 - You've completely lost it. - Screw you! 266 00:36:24,642 --> 00:36:25,894 Psycho! 267 00:36:30,690 --> 00:36:32,984 Who are you calling a psycho? 268 00:36:34,069 --> 00:36:35,320 Who's a psycho? 269 00:37:05,642 --> 00:37:07,394 Who did you call? 270 00:37:13,400 --> 00:37:14,484 Tell me! 271 00:37:15,860 --> 00:37:18,738 I told you, but you don't believe me! What can I say? 272 00:37:36,923 --> 00:37:38,133 What are you doing? 273 00:37:38,842 --> 00:37:40,093 Going home. 274 00:37:41,886 --> 00:37:42,762 Let go of me! 275 00:37:42,929 --> 00:37:44,806 Let go of me! 276 00:37:53,356 --> 00:37:55,692 - What are you doing? - Fuck off! 277 00:37:56,443 --> 00:37:57,610 If you leave, don't come back! 278 00:37:57,777 --> 00:37:59,237 Fuck, who wants... 279 00:38:21,468 --> 00:38:22,802 And then, 280 00:38:23,470 --> 00:38:25,430 to get his rent, 281 00:38:27,223 --> 00:38:30,393 the landlord found her a job in a hostess bar. 282 00:38:32,145 --> 00:38:34,731 Every day, as she went to work 283 00:38:34,898 --> 00:38:38,777 and while she was at work, before closing time... 284 00:38:39,611 --> 00:38:41,988 Hao-hao kept calling her. 285 00:38:43,365 --> 00:38:45,075 If she got back late, 286 00:38:45,992 --> 00:38:48,453 he'd be waiting for her on the stairs. 287 00:38:50,205 --> 00:38:53,041 He was jealous that she worked. 288 00:38:54,209 --> 00:38:56,544 But he never worked himself. 289 00:39:01,925 --> 00:39:04,135 He often called his friends over... 290 00:39:04,344 --> 00:39:05,387 to get high, 291 00:39:05,553 --> 00:39:06,680 pop dexies, 292 00:39:06,846 --> 00:39:08,390 play video games... 293 00:39:09,516 --> 00:39:11,851 and turn the music up loud. 294 00:39:32,414 --> 00:39:36,292 At the hostess bar, she met Jack. 295 00:39:38,253 --> 00:39:40,922 They'd met before in Spin. 296 00:39:42,841 --> 00:39:45,343 Jack often took her home to Keelung. 297 00:39:46,845 --> 00:39:49,139 He liked taking her around. 298 00:39:53,018 --> 00:39:55,603 Jack always had guys with him. 299 00:39:55,854 --> 00:39:57,689 There was always trouble. 300 00:40:00,150 --> 00:40:02,193 Jack never refused anyone. 301 00:40:03,737 --> 00:40:06,197 Everybody liked talking to Jack. 302 00:40:06,990 --> 00:40:08,616 And doing business with Jack. 303 00:40:15,165 --> 00:40:17,792 She knew that Jack spoiled her. 304 00:40:17,959 --> 00:40:20,295 He always brought her along. 305 00:40:22,297 --> 00:40:23,840 He treated her... 306 00:40:24,883 --> 00:40:29,054 as if she were his closest buddy. 307 00:41:56,349 --> 00:41:57,976 One more. 308 00:42:59,245 --> 00:43:04,000 Your family lives in Taiwan? 309 00:43:04,250 --> 00:43:05,919 No... 310 00:43:06,086 --> 00:43:10,757 My father's relatives and my aunt live here. 311 00:43:10,924 --> 00:43:13,259 The others live in Hokkaido. 312 00:43:16,680 --> 00:43:19,307 - In Japan? - Yes. 313 00:43:20,392 --> 00:43:21,851 Ever been there? 314 00:43:22,519 --> 00:43:24,229 Never to Hokkaido. 315 00:43:24,396 --> 00:43:25,897 It's very, very cold. 316 00:43:28,316 --> 00:43:30,151 So when are you leaving? 317 00:43:30,318 --> 00:43:33,071 The day after tomorrow. 318 00:43:45,250 --> 00:43:46,918 May I visit you? 319 00:43:49,087 --> 00:43:51,172 If I go to Japan? 320 00:43:53,299 --> 00:43:54,342 Of course. 321 00:43:55,760 --> 00:43:57,012 Your telephone number. 322 00:44:02,600 --> 00:44:06,104 She knew the Takeuchi brothers 323 00:44:06,479 --> 00:44:08,732 from the Texound club. 324 00:44:10,775 --> 00:44:12,944 They reminded her of Hao-hao. 325 00:44:13,653 --> 00:44:16,072 Quiet, shy... 326 00:44:18,700 --> 00:44:20,785 Their father's Taiwanese. 327 00:44:21,119 --> 00:44:23,121 Mother's Japanese. 328 00:44:23,913 --> 00:44:26,416 They were born in Yubari, Hokkaido. 329 00:44:27,292 --> 00:44:29,377 A mining town in the mountains. 330 00:44:31,379 --> 00:44:33,673 Then the mine was shut down. 331 00:44:33,840 --> 00:44:35,675 It became a museum. 332 00:44:39,888 --> 00:44:42,223 Their grandma still lived there. 333 00:44:42,932 --> 00:44:45,518 She kept a very old inn. 334 00:44:46,770 --> 00:44:50,815 Every February, during the Yubari Film Festival, 335 00:44:51,399 --> 00:44:55,362 their mother asked them to come back to help. 336 00:44:57,697 --> 00:44:59,240 Ko told her... 337 00:45:00,992 --> 00:45:03,370 Yubari Film Festival was in progress. 338 00:45:03,536 --> 00:45:06,706 They had to work into the small hours every night. 339 00:45:07,123 --> 00:45:09,668 The inn was packed. 340 00:45:13,088 --> 00:45:16,216 And he said there was a 'Film Street'. 341 00:45:16,800 --> 00:45:21,137 Above the shops there were billboards with movie posters. 342 00:45:22,722 --> 00:45:24,599 These were old films. 343 00:45:26,393 --> 00:45:28,061 Tora-san was there. 344 00:45:28,853 --> 00:45:30,980 Ishihara Yujiro. 345 00:45:31,898 --> 00:45:34,067 And Charlie Chaplin. 346 00:45:37,195 --> 00:45:38,988 Takeuchi Jun told her... 347 00:45:40,407 --> 00:45:43,618 the whole family was converging on Yubari 348 00:45:44,369 --> 00:45:46,788 for his Grandma's eightieth birthday party. 349 00:45:48,707 --> 00:45:50,792 Everyone wished her 350 00:45:51,835 --> 00:45:55,880 another decade of health and happiness. 351 00:45:57,007 --> 00:45:59,009 But grandma answered that 352 00:45:59,467 --> 00:46:01,970 she wanted to live to be 100. 353 00:46:03,096 --> 00:46:05,390 She wanted to see how 354 00:46:05,932 --> 00:46:08,810 Yubari would change. 355 00:52:43,288 --> 00:52:46,458 You know, I think we're from two different worlds. 356 00:52:48,084 --> 00:52:50,670 How can we ever get along with each other? 357 00:53:22,285 --> 00:53:23,787 You are crazy! 358 00:53:27,874 --> 00:53:29,250 Stop that. 359 00:53:58,154 --> 00:53:59,489 Finished? 360 00:54:51,750 --> 00:54:54,878 - Did you hear what I just said? - What did you say? 361 00:54:56,421 --> 00:54:58,923 I'm talking to you nicely, but you're still angry. 362 00:55:07,515 --> 00:55:09,476 Is it painful to be with me? 363 00:56:02,404 --> 00:56:03,446 I'm going out. 364 00:56:29,889 --> 00:56:31,683 Vicky's back! 365 00:57:01,588 --> 00:57:03,423 We can play and get high! 366 00:57:07,093 --> 00:57:08,762 I'm into it now! 367 00:58:07,153 --> 00:58:08,279 Tuan Chun-hao! 368 00:58:11,199 --> 00:58:13,910 - What's up? - Hao! Settle this with her. 369 01:00:06,606 --> 01:00:09,150 - Take that off. - What do you want? 370 01:00:17,992 --> 01:00:20,078 What do you want? 371 01:00:25,792 --> 01:00:26,918 Leave me alone! 372 01:00:42,600 --> 01:00:44,394 Stop that! 373 01:00:53,820 --> 01:00:56,614 We can shower together. 374 01:01:10,462 --> 01:01:11,713 Get out! 375 01:01:32,817 --> 01:01:33,943 Get out! 376 01:01:35,570 --> 01:01:37,072 Get out! 377 01:01:39,199 --> 01:01:41,201 Get out! 378 01:01:44,037 --> 01:01:45,413 You can't do this! 379 01:01:45,580 --> 01:01:47,248 Get out right away! 380 01:01:47,415 --> 01:01:49,167 Come in here! 381 01:02:00,595 --> 01:02:01,846 Open the door! 382 01:02:04,224 --> 01:02:06,017 Let go of the door! 383 01:02:06,226 --> 01:02:07,936 Are you crazy? 384 01:03:14,127 --> 01:03:16,296 She broke up with Hao-hao. 385 01:03:18,965 --> 01:03:21,301 But he always tracked her down. 386 01:03:22,635 --> 01:03:24,304 Called her... 387 01:03:25,430 --> 01:03:27,057 Begged her to come back... 388 01:03:29,434 --> 01:03:31,394 Again and again. 389 01:03:32,187 --> 01:03:33,730 As if under a spell... 390 01:03:33,980 --> 01:03:35,357 or hypnotized... 391 01:03:37,400 --> 01:03:39,110 she couldn't escape. 392 01:03:39,569 --> 01:03:41,071 She always came back. 393 01:03:43,782 --> 01:03:45,742 She told herself... 394 01:03:47,494 --> 01:03:49,829 that she had NT$ 500,000 in the bank. 395 01:03:51,331 --> 01:03:53,458 When she'd used it up, 396 01:03:53,667 --> 01:03:55,335 she'd leave him for good. 397 01:04:30,120 --> 01:04:31,162 Vicky, 398 01:04:32,455 --> 01:04:33,915 come over here. 399 01:04:35,458 --> 01:04:37,335 I want to tell you something. 400 01:04:43,591 --> 01:04:45,301 Let's go outside, okay? 401 01:04:56,479 --> 01:04:59,315 - What's wrong? - Nothing. 402 01:04:59,774 --> 01:05:01,860 We can talk outside. 403 01:05:02,819 --> 01:05:03,987 Okay? 404 01:05:06,781 --> 01:05:08,283 Hao-hao, what's up? 405 01:05:08,742 --> 01:05:11,411 Can we? Outside? 406 01:05:12,579 --> 01:05:14,581 Why don't you tell me here! 407 01:05:24,424 --> 01:05:26,760 Let's go outside, I do have something to tell you. 408 01:05:26,926 --> 01:05:29,304 Can we? Please? 409 01:05:40,023 --> 01:05:42,484 - What's up? - I need to talk to her. 410 01:05:43,234 --> 01:05:46,654 Let them chat for a bit. He has something to tell her. 411 01:05:46,821 --> 01:05:48,531 Vicky, any problem? 412 01:05:49,741 --> 01:05:51,493 - Vicky's fine. - I have something to tell her. 413 01:05:51,659 --> 01:05:53,536 Huang, Vicky's okay with it. 414 01:05:54,496 --> 01:05:57,165 Hao-hao, you shouldn't be here. 415 01:06:00,085 --> 01:06:01,252 It's alright. 416 01:06:01,419 --> 01:06:02,879 Doze... 417 01:06:03,588 --> 01:06:05,757 Doze, it's okay. Huang, it's okay. 418 01:06:05,924 --> 01:06:08,718 Let them chat. Just for a bit. 419 01:06:10,136 --> 01:06:12,639 It won't take long. 420 01:06:12,806 --> 01:06:14,641 Say something! 421 01:06:14,849 --> 01:06:18,186 I want to go outside. It's private, between her and me. 422 01:06:18,353 --> 01:06:20,230 - What does that mean? - It's alright, calm down. 423 01:06:20,814 --> 01:06:23,483 Are you sure, Vicky? 424 01:06:23,650 --> 01:06:26,986 - What's this 'private' business? - She's my girl, asshole! 425 01:06:39,124 --> 01:06:40,417 Jack, it's nothing. 426 01:06:40,583 --> 01:06:41,835 Huang, don't do that. 427 01:06:42,335 --> 01:06:44,337 It's okay, Huang. 428 01:06:45,130 --> 01:06:46,548 Take your hands off me! 429 01:06:51,344 --> 01:06:54,055 Huang, please, we're just talking. 430 01:06:54,222 --> 01:06:55,849 Cut the fucking crap! 431 01:06:58,810 --> 01:07:00,562 Okay, that's enough. 432 01:07:01,730 --> 01:07:02,981 Huang, stop that! 433 01:07:05,066 --> 01:07:07,736 Vicky, will you come with me? 434 01:07:08,778 --> 01:07:11,656 Will you? Will you? 435 01:07:12,866 --> 01:07:16,244 - It's between us. - What the fuck is there between you? 436 01:07:16,411 --> 01:07:18,830 - Okay, enough! - Who do you think we are? 437 01:07:19,122 --> 01:07:20,582 Just leave! 438 01:07:22,751 --> 01:07:25,754 - Jack, I get it, but I really do... - Okay! 439 01:07:27,130 --> 01:07:28,882 It's Vicky's business. 440 01:07:29,424 --> 01:07:31,760 She can handle it. 441 01:07:33,595 --> 01:07:36,014 - So I can talk to her? - Sure. 442 01:07:36,181 --> 01:07:38,475 - Really? - Vicky, deal with it yourself. 443 01:07:43,396 --> 01:07:44,981 Okay, the party is over. 444 01:08:41,454 --> 01:08:43,373 What is it, Vicky? 445 01:08:45,000 --> 01:08:46,334 Come in. 446 01:08:54,217 --> 01:08:55,844 Take off your shoes. 447 01:09:20,744 --> 01:09:22,829 It's Hao-hao again, right? 448 01:09:44,184 --> 01:09:45,435 Are you okay? 449 01:09:54,778 --> 01:09:56,321 You'll be alright here. 450 01:12:30,308 --> 01:12:32,477 Jack, do you have any Lights? 451 01:12:34,562 --> 01:12:36,731 No, only these. 452 01:12:46,282 --> 01:12:47,909 Any chilli sauce? 453 01:12:48,201 --> 01:12:49,369 Here. 454 01:13:28,241 --> 01:13:31,077 Can I open this? It's spicier. 455 01:14:21,461 --> 01:14:23,296 - Is it ready? - Here you go. 456 01:14:29,177 --> 01:14:30,679 I'll take it through. 457 01:14:54,285 --> 01:14:56,454 I will have some wine first. 458 01:15:00,166 --> 01:15:02,043 Not too much. 459 01:15:08,174 --> 01:15:09,467 To open the appetite. 460 01:15:15,640 --> 01:15:17,726 Did Pauline get off drugs? 461 01:15:19,728 --> 01:15:21,021 It's hard. 462 01:15:29,446 --> 01:15:32,240 Pauline's mother went to a Buddhist monk. 463 01:15:33,742 --> 01:15:36,119 He wants us to chant a sutra for her. 464 01:15:37,495 --> 01:15:39,330 He says it will help a little. 465 01:15:39,789 --> 01:15:41,458 Does it work? 466 01:15:41,958 --> 01:15:45,462 I promised her mother I'd do it. Three times a day. 467 01:15:49,257 --> 01:15:50,258 It should help. 468 01:15:50,425 --> 01:15:53,094 Have you seen her? Is she any better? 469 01:15:59,809 --> 01:16:01,311 Or still the same? 470 01:16:41,643 --> 01:16:42,936 Your cigarettes. 471 01:16:49,359 --> 01:16:51,194 Don't drink too much. 472 01:17:27,814 --> 01:17:29,607 My mother was just here. 473 01:17:29,774 --> 01:17:31,401 What did she say? 474 01:17:32,819 --> 01:17:36,948 She went to pick up my things with my brother. 475 01:17:39,701 --> 01:17:42,203 They told me Hao-hao 476 01:17:43,538 --> 01:17:46,499 has ripped up all of my clothes. 477 01:17:53,340 --> 01:17:57,218 All that's left is my cell-phone, which still works. 478 01:18:04,184 --> 01:18:06,186 Between you and Hao-hao... 479 01:18:08,480 --> 01:18:10,231 What do you want to do? 480 01:18:17,989 --> 01:18:20,325 That's all over... 481 01:18:22,035 --> 01:18:23,453 I'm thinking... 482 01:18:29,292 --> 01:18:31,461 I'm just thinking about what I should do now. 483 01:18:32,128 --> 01:18:33,963 I don't want... 484 01:18:35,882 --> 01:18:38,134 I don't want to go back to the hostess bar. 485 01:18:40,762 --> 01:18:42,847 I don't know what I can do. 486 01:18:44,808 --> 01:18:47,310 My mother asked me to go back to Keelung with her. 487 01:18:50,021 --> 01:18:51,856 But I don't want that either! 488 01:18:53,817 --> 01:18:55,777 I don't know what I should do. 489 01:19:01,533 --> 01:19:03,618 If you stop working in the bar... 490 01:19:04,369 --> 01:19:05,829 that's fine! 491 01:19:06,871 --> 01:19:08,665 It's complicated there. 492 01:19:08,957 --> 01:19:11,459 You earn a lot, but you spend even more. 493 01:19:19,175 --> 01:19:22,846 The main thing for you is to get your life back to normal. 494 01:19:24,014 --> 01:19:27,392 Students who work in my coffee-shop get NT$ 80 a day. 495 01:19:27,559 --> 01:19:29,519 I mean NT$ 80 an hour. 496 01:19:29,811 --> 01:19:32,981 They seem happy enough. 497 01:19:33,148 --> 01:19:35,233 Normal lives. 498 01:19:44,534 --> 01:19:46,536 Maybe that would help? 499 01:19:50,498 --> 01:19:53,376 You think I could work in a coffee-shop? 500 01:19:59,132 --> 01:20:00,717 Why not? 501 01:21:54,622 --> 01:21:56,166 I see. 502 01:22:01,212 --> 01:22:03,256 I know what's been going on. 503 01:22:16,853 --> 01:22:20,231 You tricked some guys at Stonehead's place, didn't you? 504 01:22:23,151 --> 01:22:25,904 - They phoned. - Who? Stonehead? 505 01:22:26,446 --> 01:22:28,865 Ding made their money disappear? 506 01:22:29,157 --> 01:22:31,159 What were you thinking of? 507 01:22:43,672 --> 01:22:45,507 What did they say? 508 01:22:46,341 --> 01:22:49,761 Well, they've seen through your 'magic'. 509 01:22:49,928 --> 01:22:51,680 And now they want something done. 510 01:22:57,435 --> 01:23:00,230 Why are you always making trouble? 511 01:23:13,201 --> 01:23:14,869 What did he say? 512 01:23:16,579 --> 01:23:19,666 He wants me to handle the problem. 513 01:23:19,833 --> 01:23:22,210 But I don't see what I can do. 514 01:23:25,088 --> 01:23:27,382 Drink with me. 515 01:23:34,514 --> 01:23:36,141 Doze! Doze! 516 01:23:44,190 --> 01:23:46,443 Hello? Hello, I'm listening. 517 01:23:58,621 --> 01:24:00,206 Okay, got it. 518 01:24:08,298 --> 01:24:11,426 Is everything okay? Jack, what did he say? 519 01:24:12,802 --> 01:24:16,181 I don't know how to handle it now. 520 01:24:17,557 --> 01:24:19,225 Where's Ding? 521 01:24:19,726 --> 01:24:21,728 Stonehead got you into this? 522 01:24:22,020 --> 01:24:23,063 Right. 523 01:24:40,121 --> 01:24:41,790 You go home first, okay? 524 01:24:41,956 --> 01:24:43,833 You guys, take Vicky home. 525 01:24:49,923 --> 01:24:53,677 - Vicky, go home first. - Everything is okay? 526 01:24:56,096 --> 01:24:57,847 Vicky, go home first. 527 01:24:59,140 --> 01:25:01,893 It'll be fine... Leave it to me, okay? 528 01:25:02,060 --> 01:25:04,437 You can't handle it. I'll make some calls. 529 01:25:04,604 --> 01:25:06,314 It won't be that easy. 530 01:25:15,448 --> 01:25:18,910 - I don't want to go home. - Go home and get some sleep. 531 01:32:40,060 --> 01:32:44,647 He left the key of the room and a mobile to you. 532 01:33:05,627 --> 01:33:07,212 Vicky, it's me. 533 01:33:08,672 --> 01:33:10,590 I'm in Japan. 534 01:33:11,549 --> 01:33:14,344 You were deep asleep, so I didn't wake you. 535 01:33:15,679 --> 01:33:17,764 Doze is in deep shit. 536 01:33:17,931 --> 01:33:20,141 And I haven't solved the problem yet. 537 01:33:20,892 --> 01:33:24,145 I may have to stay in Japan for a while. 538 01:33:27,232 --> 01:33:31,695 I'm at the Koryu Inn in Shinjuku. 539 01:33:35,115 --> 01:33:38,827 The number is 33 69 55 26. 540 01:33:39,577 --> 01:33:42,247 33 69 55 26. 541 01:33:43,540 --> 01:33:45,625 Room number 403. 542 01:33:48,294 --> 01:33:49,838 If you feel like... 543 01:33:52,674 --> 01:33:56,344 taking a break, come and join me here. 544 01:33:58,596 --> 01:34:01,391 But don't tell anyone... 545 01:34:02,058 --> 01:34:03,852 I'm in Japan. 546 01:34:04,894 --> 01:34:06,187 That's all. 547 01:35:17,467 --> 01:35:18,927 Jack, is that you? 548 01:35:24,891 --> 01:35:26,059 Mr. Kao? 549 01:38:33,288 --> 01:38:35,457 Jack never showed up. 550 01:38:36,291 --> 01:38:38,251 He never called either. 551 01:38:40,337 --> 01:38:43,006 It snowed in Tokyo that winter. 552 01:38:45,550 --> 01:38:48,553 She wandered around with the cell-phone 553 01:38:49,220 --> 01:38:50,805 Jack left for her. 554 01:38:53,058 --> 01:38:57,312 The crowded streets were full of workers, students, 555 01:38:58,688 --> 01:39:00,148 housewives. 556 01:39:02,776 --> 01:39:04,778 She pretended to be one of them. 557 01:39:06,613 --> 01:39:09,866 She ate noodles. Watched TVshows. 558 01:39:12,535 --> 01:39:15,205 Hung Jack's coat around her shoulders. 559 01:39:16,748 --> 01:39:20,919 It smelt of after-shave and cigarettes. 560 01:39:27,050 --> 01:39:29,427 Finally she sensed that Jack was missing her. 561 01:39:29,886 --> 01:39:31,596 When he suggested that she could come... 562 01:39:33,932 --> 01:39:37,686 and said not to tell anyone he was in Japan, 563 01:39:39,270 --> 01:39:42,190 it all really meant... 'You comel' 564 01:39:43,233 --> 01:39:44,818 'Come alonel' 565 01:40:21,229 --> 01:40:23,606 'Yubari's Road of cinema. ' 566 01:40:25,442 --> 01:40:26,776 Ko told her 567 01:40:28,236 --> 01:40:30,488 that Yubari's winters are very cold. 568 01:40:31,197 --> 01:40:32,824 Minus 30� Celsius. 569 01:40:36,536 --> 01:40:40,206 It's the country of snowman. 570 01:40:42,042 --> 01:40:44,961 When the sun rises, the snowman 571 01:40:45,128 --> 01:40:47,130 melts and vanishes. 572 01:40:49,924 --> 01:40:52,552 Once, she was making love with Hao-hao... 573 01:40:54,846 --> 01:40:56,473 she suddenly had the feeling 574 01:40:57,182 --> 01:40:59,476 Hao-hao was just like the snowman. 575 01:41:00,060 --> 01:41:01,227 He would vanish... 576 01:41:04,105 --> 01:41:05,857 as soon as the sun came up. 577 01:41:10,278 --> 01:41:12,405 Making love was sad that day. 578 01:41:14,657 --> 01:41:16,576 Even years later, 579 01:41:17,577 --> 01:41:19,162 she still remembered it. 580 01:41:22,290 --> 01:41:24,918 This happened ten years ago. 581 01:41:27,462 --> 01:41:29,839 Back in the year 2001. 582 01:41:32,592 --> 01:41:33,760 That year... 583 01:41:35,804 --> 01:41:39,349 there was heavy snow in Yubari.