All language subtitles for China and Sex (1994) DVDRip x264

- Did you manage to find info?
- He's in town, Mme Shu.

- He'll be here soon.
- Then tell the girls,

tell them to comb their
hair, to put on their

best perfumes, and their
most lovely dresses.

- Of course.
- Go.

Have the red private room ready
with silk linen and incense,

- lavishly.
- Yes, madam.

1 want His Excellency to find this house

even more comfortable
than the Imperial Court.

Pretty please, girls.
You know, a Mandarin is coming.

1 have to go to the kitchen now.

So, a thirty-odd oysters
as well as red shrimps,

- shark's fin, plover eggs...
- Have some turtle soup ready too.

- Yes madam.
- I've heard the mandarin is fond of it.

As you like, madam.

Everything should be presented
in the most refined manner,

and cooked and decorated
to the point.

- 1 took the gold-lined set.
- Good. It must be a memorable lunch.

Yes, madam.
By gods, the pan!

Just in time!
Great. Memorable. And she tells me now.

- Is he really a mandarin?
- Oh, yes.

- Madame? -Good morning.
- The Mandarin is arriving.

- Let him in.
- By gods, I feel like fainting.

Your Excellency,
your visit is an honor for us.

Don't be too modest, Mme Shu.
You know very well that your tea house

is deservedly famous
thanks to its owner's kindness

and the beauty and virtues
of the girls who live here.

Beauty, sir, is like a gem
mounted in a ring:

a gem that acquires splendor
on the hand of someone who can appreciate.

This only applies to
very precious gems.

To this regard, I think it's fair to say
that in this remote corner of China

a real treasure is hidden. I hope you'll
allow me to show it to you.

Of course I will, madam,
I came here on purpose.

I know you come from far away,
you must be tired.

Please, put yourself at ease.

My girls will gladly take
the travel fatigue off.

Dreaming is free.

Is that good?

Let's go.

- Is he really a mandarin?
- Indeed.

The richest and
most powerful in the capital.

- He must be an unpleasant geezer.
- Yeah, they're all the same.

- On the contrary, he's young and handsome.
- Is he?

But he's allegedly very demanding.

He visited all the best
tea houses in Shin-ya.

And he didn't find a girl
he liked.

- He only has to choose, here.
- 1 am scared, instead.

Then you better avoid him.
He's not the kind that likes shy girls.

Even if you say he's young and kind,
his rank and renown embarrass me.

I saw him, I'm only worried that
he prefers someone else. It's my big chance!

- Ssh! I hear footsteps.
- It must be Mme Shu.

Come on, girls.
His Excellency is anxious to see your graces.

Put on the most transparent
dress you've got,

and don't smear your eye make-up.

Yeah, you're perfect.
So, in ten minutes everyone ready.

If it's true that to appreciate joy
you need a woman to share it,

then I foresee that today
I'm gonna be the happiest man in the empire.

Your Excellency, as you know true happiness
is the child of pleasure.

So I'm gonna offer you the juiciest delights
of both palate and love.

Orient Breath is offering you
shrimps in a delicate sauce,

a tidbit before
a night of love.

Too much precipitation can spoil
the pleasure of sweet relaxation.

You will prefer then
Morning Pearl.

Who suggests swamp eel
in turtle broth.

A truly exquisite dish,
like the girl serving you.

When there is
such a delicate flower,

it withers before dawn.

If you are looking for the inebriation
of gluttony,

taste these snails
in grappa of rose

offered by Dew Drop.

The most exciting sin
is to be consummated sober.

Do you prefer the ecstasy
of a long night of passion?

Then nothing better than the hot plover eggs
proposed by Summer Sun.

A fire too hot can burn
those who get close.

Who is that wonderful creature?

Her name is Tama,
like the morning star.

She is the most precious treasure
in your coffer.

Alas! The rarest jewel
can be unreachable.

An enchanted flower. If she's there,

she must give her graces
to those interested.

Not Tama.
She's not like the others.

- What do you mean?
- She does not sell herself to the highest bidder.

- She is special.
- Tama. The morning star.

What's so special, except
for her unequalled beauty?

- Tama is the angel of desire.
- The angel of desire? Please, explain.

You can't just pay and have her.

Only she decides when, how and if
offer her body.

- What's the meaning of her dance?
- It's a sort of ceremonial dance.

- It's called the Choice Dance.
- The Choice Dance?

- Tell me about it.
- At the end of this dance, Tama

will choose the lucky one who
will spend the night with her.

- If she ever chooses.
- For this privilege, I can offer double fee.

No. Tama is like God's love.
You don't need to pay for her love.

But ll will give her 100, 1000 imperials.
I'll cover her with gold.

And I'll get her. - There's no riches
whereby you can buy her graces.

But I want her. More than anyone else.
I'll have her.

Tama! Shiny light of dawn!
Tell me what you want.

And if it is from this world,
it will be yours.

Seriously? Me?

I'm very sorry, but...
I told you.

You!
Come with me.

- Perhaps you don't like me.
- No, you are beautiful.

Go on.

What's up, milord,
is there something wrong?

No, it's fine.
Go on.

Why are you loafing about?
Suck!

You're exasperating.

Enough. Enough.

- I can't stand it anymore.
- Was I too vehement?

Yes, I mean no.
1 don't feel like it, today.

- Your body is wonderful.
- Look at mine.

You can be.
Just be generous.

- Something wrong, Your Excellency?
- On the contrary, everything was perfect.

I hope you weren't disappointed
in Summer Sun.

Oh no, she's alright.

1 hope at least that your generosity
compares your satisfaction.

It's easier to be generous
than regretful.

Regretful?
Did he tell what was wrong?

What did he mean, then?

Think that I've been traveling all day
to get to that stupid village!

- Inconceivable.
- Intolerable!

And for what? To be rejected
from a tea house girl.

A whore! Me, the most powerful
Mandarin in the empire!

That's absurd!

She rejected my offer
and went with a nobody!

- Outrage!
- With a penniless skinflint!

I'll go back there.

Oh yeah, I will.
Soon.

- Even tomorrow.
- I'll buy out Mme Shu and her girls.

- The whole tea house, if this is the case.
- The whole village, if this is the case.

Stop repeating whatever I say!

What's in it for you?
Split!

We'll see who comes out on top.
Who cares for the others?

I want Tama.

And by our Gods,
I'll have her.

Pen Tzin! Pen Tzin!

I've come to give you
the sublime joy of love.

I'm here for you.
You can make your dream true tonight.

I'll be yours.

Yes, it's me.
Tama.

The angel of desire chose you.
Here I am.

Your Excellency!

What do you want?
Do you think this is appropriate?

- How do you dare?
- Are you fine, sir?

Certainly! Don't you see
I'm in co... I'm sleeping?

- 1 heard moaning, and I thought...
- You must not think!

You're paid to serve me,
not to think!

Leave me alone!

I must have that woman.
Whatever it takes.

My honor is at stake.

This treasure must be worth
a promise of happiness.

You can only speak of money. No riches,
though, can unravel the mystery of love.

Come with me.

Please, Excellency, don't go.
Come on, come on.

Look at this blossom.
I had her come on purpose from Canton.

- Isn't she delicious?
- I want Tama.

She and no one else. - The heavens
don't always let the yearning man

- and the empowered man be together.
- What the man yearns is the woman.

And what the woman yearns
is to satisfy his desires.

Tama won't be an exception.

Remember this: the more wealthy,
important, and powerful men are,

the more spoiled children they look.
They always want the next toy.

So?

Great Mandarin, regarding your desire

to dispose of the income
from taxes, duties and tolls,

it's a considerable sum, and then the reason
behind this withdrawal...

I don't have to share any
of my projects with none of you.

Only with the Emperor.
Therefore, I will consider any

interference on your part
as an of fence.

Yes, of course, Your Excellency,
but, forgive me,

according to rumors this money
is allegedly destined to... a woman.

Since when do my trusted councilors
believe in rumors?

Or you're scheming against me too?

1 warn you, traitors are
not punished by the whip,

but by death.

Your indignation proves that
your motives must be fair.

Well. Prepare the coffer.
It must be ready by dawn.

I must leave for a long travel.
Therefore, I must depart in good time.

All right, Your Excellency.

I'll see that you're
escorted by trusted armed men.

No need.
No one will dare to steal from me in my land.

You can take leave.

Please, let me tell you that you were
very good at pretending to get indignant.

As the motto goes,
attack is the best form of defense.

Yeah, I believe I've convinced them.
So, it's for tomorrow.

- Take two trusted men for the coffer.
- Leave it to me, sir.

Let's see if it's true
that angels can't be bought.

- Yeah...
- I'm happy about that.

- Where is Tama?
- In her room. You'll need to wait here.

Stop you. Tea houses are holy.
No one can violate their inner parts,

including you.

Love plus a treasure chest
open all doors.

By gods!

My door for sure.

In front of jewels,

even angels lose their wings.

How miserable is a man
hiding behind his conceit.

Come on, Tama, which woman's heart
can remain indifferent to such riches?

That chest contains enough treasures
to adorn not 1, but 100 women.

- You can't remain indifferent.
- Wealth shows what you don't have,

that's why I'm uninterested.
And jewels... they burden me.

Listen to me. I offered you a fortune
for your favors.

More than what any other woman
would ever dare to ask for.

This doesn't make sense.
You can't still... reject me.

Have pity on me, Tama,
please. I'm getting crazy.

I don't sleep at night
because I'm always dreaming of you,

but then during the day I look forward
to the night and dream of you again.

- You seriously yearn for me so much?
- More than anything else.

- And are you willing to give up your arrogance
to have me? - Ialready did.

- Can't you see how I am humiliated?
- And your money too?

- Just say it, and my wealth is yours.
- Fine.

- But I must know the gods' will, first.
- The gods?

- What do they have to do with this?
- 1 belong to them.

My body, my honor,
only those who deserve them can have them.

- Don't you feel like I now deserve them?
- Not yet.

A man's virtue is only measured by patience.
Patience is the art of waiting and hoping.

You can hope you'll have me
only if you pass this test.

Which test?

The test of desire.

Good. You passed the test.
Now you can have me.

Let me find you.
Let me hug you.

- Use your sixth sense.
- There are five senses. Everyone knows that.

There's desire too. Without this,
you can never enjoy the others.

See? It wasn't difficult.
Yearning goes beyond appearances.

But this is only the first step
towards the happiness I will give you.

Come. Don't be afraid.
Let me lead the game.

Here. I want to be yours
as no other woman was before me.

1 want you to take me
with all your senses, but not together.

- One by one.
- But this will be a torture, not a pleasure.

Trust me,
you won't complain.

Why this bandage?
I cannot even see you.

We will play the five sense game.
We will satisfy first

the sense of smell.
You won't be able to see nor to touch my body.

You can only smell
my odors.

What are you doing?
Don't tie me, please.

Tama, please, no.

Untie me, please.

Let me touch you, let me see you,
let me love you.

I can't resist
this sweet torture anymore.

Untie me, I beg you.
I'm getting crazy.

Now it's the time of hearing.
You'll listen to the music of my body.

Listen to my hand
while it slides on the sea of your desire.

My fingers caressing
the swamp of your oblivion.

And sink in the well
of voluptuousness.

By gods' sake. Shut up,
or I'll get crazy.

As you like, my sweet love,
but now it's the turn of taste.

From now on, your palate
will be satiated with me.

The senses of sight and touch
belong to another realm.

No, Tama, where are you going?
You can't leave me like this.

Tama! Stop this torture!
Stop! Tama!

Come back!
Untie me! Tama!

Did you walk paths
unknown to pleasure?

Enough now.
Don't look for me again.

- No, I must have you first.
- What you own entirely

- loses the magic of desire.
- Prolonging unfulfilled desire

can lead me to madness.
1 beg you, Tama.

Don't deny me
the joy of tasting your beauty's fruit.

To make love for me

can mean to fall into abysses
where not even demons dare.

Where everything and nothing,
where love and death,

pleasure and pain
reach limits above human understanding.

I am willing to run
this risk for you.

There is an enchanted place
where vice meets virtue.

Perversion means search for good,
and pleasure is total,

unreachable, and absolute.
It's the torture garden.

Please, let me go there.

You don't offer an insect
a flower for its own enjoyment.

- It works all the same for us.
- Then, ask me the sun.

Ask me the moon, the bright stars.
1 will give them to you.

Not those who advance a proposal,
but those who yearn for it

can submit an offer.

1 told you the way
for Paradise,

now you must assess
its value.

You want to sell your lands
and this palace?

And also the jewels,
the palanquins, the slaves,

the horses, and the furniture.
All that I own.

In the name of the gods, sir,

you want to squander
your ancestors' patrimony?

When my beloved father, on his deathbed,
entrusted me with the leadership,

he did so for you to support my projects,
and not to call them into question

-and hinder my will.
- No pleasure can match this kingdom's value.

1 feel pity for the elders like you
who enjoy to dispense advise

just to put up with the fact
they cannot set a bad example anymore.

Even though youth's flame
is now extinguished for us

age makes up for it
by giving us wisdom.

Not only are your faces lined
with wrinkles, but also your minds.

Enough with the useless babble
you trade for wisdom.

- Execute my orders!
- As you like, sir.

We will invite tenders today.

- You're doing all this for her?
- For who else?

Her smell is still lingering on my skin.
I can't get rid of it.

- It's like a sweet obsession.
- What did she promise you this time?

That she would lead me beyond
the limits of human pleasure.

In the torture garden.
What is it?

Milord, renounce this crazy plan.
That place is cursed!

Why? What do you know?
Speak!

1 only know that whoever
entered that garden, came out...

if he ever managed to come out...

with his mind obscured by folly.

Don't be silly! Since when
you believe in drunkards' stories?

1 actually know someone who was there.
He used to be a merchant.

Let me see him.

Where... is... my love...

it was taken by the wind.

Leave!

Go away!

That's him.

Nice dress!

Enough! Step back!

She isn't there anymore.

1 want to talk to you.

Here you are.
It's for you.

1 heard you've been
to the torture garden.

- Yeah...
- Please, by the name of the gods,

tell me its secrets!

The red room... gathers
the sum of all pleasures.

What does it mean... the red room?
Speak!

There lies the furthest limit
of all desire.

There... love
becomes absolute.

What happens there?

What made you like this?

Indescribable sensations...
never-seen, unsettling delights...

their memory is like an obsession

and their absence
is like a torment...

Tell me, stranger, which obscure magic

induced me to trespass
the limit of impossibility?

What meaning can life ever have

for those who, like me,
experienced...

...supreme ecstasy?

- No! What are you doing?
- Away, milord! Step back!

- Don't drag me away!
- Murderer!

Which dark sins...

which perverse love fantasies
can unsettle a mind like this?

And why do I feel attracted to them
instead of fleeing?

Irresistibly attracted.

No... there's no magic.

1 already am crazy.

I became crazy the very day I saw her.
I'm crazy about her.

About her beauty,
about her charm,

Tama

here I am

ready to sink in the hell of your womb.

Look! The sun
is setting.

Also tonight dreams will come out
of their secret coffer to enchant

us with their deceitful truths.

Tama. I only have one dream.

This will come true when
I can hold you in my arms.

The fruit of love
should not be picked when it isn't ripe yet.

My riches are yours now,
like my body, my soul even.

What should I wait more for you
to extinguish the flame you fired in me?

The moon. She will tell
us the site of supreme

delight, with her silver crescent.

If you are still positive
about knowing its unsettling mysteries.

Nothing can now scare me.
Nothing is stronger than my desire.

Look. Your love fever
turned on the light of night.

- The torture garden is inside a cave?
- No, this is just a passageway.

It will lead you to a secret valley.
In the middle, you'll find an enchanted palace.

Inside it, there are the color rooms:
one for each capital sin.

Only if you pass all sweet tortures
you'll be able to see the garden stars again.

And you will access the red room.

- What will happen there?
- You'll be admitted to the great meal of love

that will open the gates of heaven for you.
Only then you can have me.

You'll be inside me forever,
and you'll become an angel of desire yourself.

Remember, though: this will be
possible only if you pass all the tests.

- Come on, go...
- But you're not coming along?

No, I will wait for you there.

Where am I?

In the yellow room.
Yellow is the color of risk,

- of pain; of jealousy.
- I don't understand.

You led me here
to feel pleasure, not pain.

- What's more, I am alien to jealousy.
- That's what you think.

Come and see.

Deng!
What are you doing here?

Deng!

Let go of her, you scoundrel!

This is an order!
Tama is mine!

Stop this!

You fucking bastard!

It's too painful to watch you!
Now I know what jealousy is!

Who are you?
What are you doing to me?

Stop this! No!
Untie me!

Untie me, I said!

You said you were alien to jealousy!
This is the violet room.

The room of wild lust,
of the most morbid and lascivious passions.

Then tell me why
you had me tied up.

You promised me ecstasy.

- So far, I've only had torture.
- To achieve ecstasy, as you aspire to,

you have to walk down
dark and mysterious paths.

Watch, and you'll understand
what I mean. - More watching?

Have mercy! Enough.

Untie me!

I can't resist anymore!

This is the room of celestial love,
of ethereal creatures,

of incorporeal beauty,
of impalpable lust.

What am I to expect now?
What should I do?

Here you'll find the extreme pleasure
of absence.

What's happening to me?
I can't move!

1 feel like I'm riveted
to the ground! Noo!

Tama...

Please...
Please, Tama.

Let me touch you too, sweet creatures.
Let me kiss you.

I'm getting crazy!
Stop it, I'm getting crazy!

I can't resist anymore!

Tama, where are you?

- The red room!
- Very good.

You've come to the red room,
the extreme limit of all desire.

This means you learnt
to curb your impatience

and you understood
that waiting makes desire stronger.

As I promised to you,
here I will be your at last.

After the last delight
of the great meal of love.

It won't be another
torture, hopefully.

Try and judge by yourself.

You can now be satiated with my body.
You deserved it.

- But, to begin with, only by mouth.
- Only by mouth?

- Why?
- It will be marvelous.

But I yearn for you so much!
Only with my mouth ...

You will be the best prologue
to the ritual of supreme love.

The love that will open the heavens' gate
for you. - Tama, it's such a long way!

But after that, can I have you?
And remain inside you forever?

It will be an eternal
and endless intercourse?

Now come and taste
my body.

Enough, please, untie me!

Let me touch you, hug you,
and reach the climax of pleasure!

- My head aches!
- Drink this potion.

It will give you the elation
of supreme pleasure.

I don't need it!
I can bear all kind of test now.

When pleasure is absolute,
no one is so strong as to bear its intensity.

Good. Now let desire
take its course.

This way only can you understand
the peaks love can reach.

1 feel... like volcanoes
burning inside me.

All its fire is about to
erupt!

It's about to
gush out of me

a river of hot lava...

C'mon.

No.
The moment has not come yet.

Let me placate the flames of your
virility with this ointment.

An odd sensation...
It's as if I were

suddenly drunk...

What strange powers does
this ointment have?

I can't feel...
the touch of your hands.

Whereas I do want to feel them!
I want to enjoy them.

I want to become crazy with your kisses
and caresses! - Don't worry.

Another few moments and you'll experience
something that human mind cannot conceive.

Divine pleasure.
The arcane secret of total love.

It's as if...
my soul were leaving my body.

Or like a river flooding
that breaks its banks.

Or like a spring
suddenly gushing from a rock.

Here I am, my love.
We will be together from now on.

What have you done?
Why, Tama?

- Why?
- Ilet you climb the highest peaks of love.

I made you explore
the inner recesses of my body

satisfying all your desires.
And then, like I promised,

- you are inside me forever.
- But now I am not a man anymore!

You will be so much more.
Man was created with many limits by nature

impatient in misfortune,
ungenerous in prosperity

insatiable in his constant quest
to fulfill his desires.

From now onwards,
you'll live among the gods

and the world will
worship you.

Please, this must be
a perfect, memorable

lunch. Easier said
than done.

1 would never have dared to hope
that the imperial guards commander

would pay a visit to this humble tea house.

Soldiers are like sailors,
Madame Shu.

They go where the sea is calm,
food's good and women are nice,

and some say this harbor
can satisfy these three desires.

Your expectations won't
be disappointed, Excellency.

Come on, girls. Prepare a sandal,
perfumed bath for the commander.

Good morning, Excellency.

I was so anxious to meet you.
You're much discussed about.

Come on.

Now we'll relieve
all the fatigue of your travels.

How sweet sin is
in such a merry company.

By gods! The water's hot.
You won't boil it like fish!

Which fish? I feel a naughty snake
crawl here.

Looks like a boa to me.

Heavens' gods! This must be an elephant!
Let's take it by the trunk.

Girls, please.
Not all of you together.

Now the elephant
plunges in its pond.

Girls,
what is this music?

What is it?
Did you lose your tongues?

A towel,
come on.

She's more than beautiful.
She's wonderful.

Divine.
I want her tonight.

- I'm sorry. No one can choose her.
- Why not?

You're not a local.
You can't understand.

What is there to understand?
I came here to satisfy my desires,

and that's what I will do.

Be careful, a night with
her will cost you your mind.

Risk is my daily bread.
I can buy her at any costs.

- There's no need of money to have her.
- I don't understand.

If she offers herself for no money,
what should I do to have her?

You can only wait and hope.

She decides if, when, and
whom will be her partner.

- For one night.
- Man has always chosen his partner.

Why can she subvert the rules?

Is it a man dressed as
a woman, by any chance?

No, it's not a man,
but it's not a woman either.

- What is it, then, by all gods?
- It's an angel.

It's the angel of desire
sent by the gods among men as a gift.

This dance is the choice dance,

at the end of which
it will choose the privileged one

that will receive the supreme ecstasy
protected by the arcane secrets

of the most sublime pleasure
and infinite pain.

Does this celestial creature have a name?
I'd like to know it.

If you really want to know,
its name is Fu-Shu.

This name sounds
like the promise of love.

You.