1 00:00:27,742 --> 00:00:31,916 Produced by Hsu Hsin-Chih 2 00:00:32,456 --> 00:00:36,040 Presented by Lin Deng-Fei 3 00:00:37,091 --> 00:00:40,424 Line Producer: Hsu Kuo-Liang 4 00:00:41,716 --> 00:00:45,429 Associate Producer: Chao Chi-Pin 5 00:00:46,500 --> 00:00:50,725 Executive Line Producers: Chang Hua-Kun, Yue Wan-Li 6 00:00:51,856 --> 00:00:55,860 Written by Chu Tien-Wen, Hou Hsiao-Hsien 7 00:01:04,568 --> 00:01:07,912 CIVIL SERVANT QUARTERS KAOSHIUNG COUNTY 8 00:01:07,922 --> 00:01:12,156 This film is based on recollections of my youth. 9 00:01:13,658 --> 00:01:15,810 Especially about my father. 10 00:01:18,302 --> 00:01:20,785 My father came from Meixian, Guangdong. 11 00:01:21,966 --> 00:01:25,990 In 1947, when I was just 40 days old, 12 00:01:28,042 --> 00:01:31,876 he took a team to Guangzhou to play in the provincial games. 13 00:01:33,948 --> 00:01:37,401 At the time he was Education Secretary of Meixian. 14 00:01:39,764 --> 00:01:44,649 In Guangzhou he ran into Li Kuai, a classmate at Zhongshan University. 15 00:01:46,390 --> 00:01:49,453 Li was then the mayor of Taichung. 16 00:01:50,865 --> 00:01:55,700 He invited my father to Taiwan to be his chief secretary. 17 00:01:58,002 --> 00:02:02,246 A year later my father wrote home, saying, 18 00:02:03,307 --> 00:02:05,770 "It's nice here, it has tap water." 19 00:02:07,852 --> 00:02:10,124 He asked my mother to bring us over. 20 00:02:12,787 --> 00:02:19,423 1949, he became a school inspector at the Taipei Educational Bureau. 21 00:02:21,025 --> 00:02:22,997 We lived in Hsinchu at the time. 22 00:02:27,271 --> 00:02:32,526 It's humid up north, my father developed asthma. 23 00:02:36,140 --> 00:02:38,002 When I was in Grade 1, 24 00:02:38,442 --> 00:02:43,067 we moved south to Fengshan for the sake of my father's health. 25 00:02:45,249 --> 00:02:48,552 My grandmother was always making "silver money". 26 00:02:50,925 --> 00:02:55,129 She said she'd use it in hell. 27 00:02:57,131 --> 00:02:59,153 She was already over 80. 28 00:03:01,505 --> 00:03:03,327 My father was a good son. 29 00:03:04,869 --> 00:03:08,022 He wouldn't start supper without my grandmother. 30 00:03:10,584 --> 00:03:13,808 But at supper time she'd be out looking for me. 31 00:03:16,680 --> 00:03:18,472 I was her favourite. 32 00:03:20,234 --> 00:03:22,586 The fortune-teller said... 33 00:03:24,028 --> 00:03:26,010 I'd become a big official. 34 00:03:28,462 --> 00:03:30,594 My nickname in Fengshan is "Aha", 35 00:03:32,596 --> 00:03:35,689 that's how it sounded when she called out for me. 36 00:03:49,483 --> 00:03:51,705 Hsiao! 37 00:03:53,657 --> 00:03:55,539 Hsiao! 38 00:04:07,531 --> 00:04:09,263 Hsiao! 39 00:04:17,842 --> 00:04:19,463 Hsiao! 40 00:04:23,818 --> 00:04:25,479 Hsiao! 41 00:04:36,560 --> 00:04:38,352 Hsiao! 42 00:04:46,370 --> 00:04:48,592 Hsiao! 43 00:04:54,078 --> 00:04:56,180 Hsiao! 44 00:05:02,426 --> 00:05:04,208 Hsiao! 45 00:05:20,584 --> 00:05:22,036 It's my turn. 46 00:05:24,278 --> 00:05:26,040 No! 47 00:05:29,753 --> 00:05:31,445 Bad luck always. 48 00:05:34,989 --> 00:05:36,270 No good. 49 00:05:40,634 --> 00:05:41,725 It's my turn. 50 00:05:43,327 --> 00:05:44,348 Hurry. 51 00:05:45,129 --> 00:05:46,500 Faster. 52 00:05:49,703 --> 00:05:51,165 Where's my bead? 53 00:08:11,275 --> 00:08:12,256 Hsiao. 54 00:08:13,547 --> 00:08:16,340 Did you take the 5 dollars in my purse? 55 00:08:17,781 --> 00:08:19,153 I don't know. 56 00:08:19,223 --> 00:08:21,735 Don't know? Must be you! 57 00:08:31,665 --> 00:08:33,597 - Did you? - No. 58 00:08:34,168 --> 00:08:35,329 No? 59 00:08:36,640 --> 00:08:37,851 Be honest! 60 00:08:40,214 --> 00:08:42,426 - Where did you hide it? - I didn't! 61 00:08:42,576 --> 00:08:43,637 Liar! 62 00:08:52,456 --> 00:08:54,438 Get down! 63 00:08:58,562 --> 00:09:00,094 Your feet's dirty! 64 00:09:01,595 --> 00:09:02,686 Down! 65 00:09:27,691 --> 00:09:28,742 Where? 66 00:09:28,852 --> 00:09:30,073 It's gone. 67 00:09:30,804 --> 00:09:31,975 Gone? 68 00:09:32,796 --> 00:09:35,659 I hid it here. Someone took it. 69 00:09:35,799 --> 00:09:37,321 Liar! 70 00:09:37,461 --> 00:09:40,264 You said here! Now where is it? 71 00:09:40,614 --> 00:09:43,667 I hid it here and put a brick on the spot. 72 00:09:43,667 --> 00:09:44,858 Still lying! 73 00:09:44,938 --> 00:09:47,491 It's true! I'm not lying. 74 00:09:47,641 --> 00:09:49,493 What'll you be when you grow up? 75 00:09:59,783 --> 00:10:01,515 Here! 76 00:10:03,357 --> 00:10:04,608 Grandma. 77 00:10:05,189 --> 00:10:06,810 Where have you been? 78 00:10:06,960 --> 00:10:08,021 Go home! 79 00:10:12,336 --> 00:10:14,218 I was looking for Hsiao. 80 00:10:14,638 --> 00:10:16,250 I lost my way. 81 00:10:18,242 --> 00:10:20,184 - Hsiao. - It's okay. 82 00:10:24,878 --> 00:10:26,700 Excuse me, the fare... 83 00:10:27,311 --> 00:10:28,472 It's not paid? 84 00:10:28,912 --> 00:10:30,294 Come with me. 85 00:10:53,367 --> 00:10:56,460 MULTIPLICATION TABLE 86 00:11:09,653 --> 00:11:12,476 Chu, don't do it now. 87 00:11:12,996 --> 00:11:16,260 Do it before and after supper. 88 00:11:24,608 --> 00:11:27,691 - ABC. - ABC. 89 00:11:27,811 --> 00:11:31,565 - Frogs in curry. - Frogs in curry. 90 00:11:31,715 --> 00:11:34,308 - Come is "come". - Come is "come". 91 00:11:34,448 --> 00:11:37,000 - Go is "go". - Go is "go". 92 00:11:37,150 --> 00:11:42,746 - I don't know. - I don't know. 93 00:11:42,886 --> 00:11:48,021 - One foreign money, "one dollar". - One foreign money, "one dollar". 94 00:11:48,131 --> 00:11:50,734 - ABC. - ABC. 95 00:11:50,874 --> 00:11:54,348 - Frogs in curry. - Frogs in curry. 96 00:11:54,468 --> 00:11:56,860 - Come is "come". - Come is "come". 97 00:11:56,970 --> 00:11:59,393 - Go is "go". - Go is "go". 98 00:11:59,543 --> 00:12:04,638 - I don't know. - I don't know. 99 00:12:04,778 --> 00:12:10,123 - One foreign money, "one dollar". - One foreign money, "one dollar". 100 00:12:11,755 --> 00:12:15,479 Goddamn! A son doing his mother's work! 101 00:12:15,619 --> 00:12:17,281 He's just a kid! 102 00:12:18,922 --> 00:12:20,914 Hsiao. Hsiao! 103 00:12:21,595 --> 00:12:23,256 Go take your bath. 104 00:12:33,337 --> 00:12:35,228 Just go. I'll do it. 105 00:12:59,262 --> 00:13:01,745 Hsiao, forget it. 106 00:13:02,205 --> 00:13:04,167 Wait until you grow up. 107 00:14:06,369 --> 00:14:07,771 Kids! 108 00:14:33,757 --> 00:14:35,529 3 catties, 2 taels. 109 00:14:42,105 --> 00:14:43,226 It's mine. 110 00:14:43,607 --> 00:14:45,218 I have more than you. 111 00:14:53,877 --> 00:14:55,669 Popsicles! 112 00:14:57,050 --> 00:14:58,742 Popsicles! 113 00:16:02,846 --> 00:16:05,609 Hsiao. Hsiao. 114 00:16:09,292 --> 00:16:10,263 Come. 115 00:16:14,327 --> 00:16:16,179 I'm taking you to mainland. 116 00:16:16,329 --> 00:16:17,280 No. 117 00:16:17,430 --> 00:16:20,864 Aha! Aha! Big cock! 118 00:16:21,374 --> 00:16:23,466 Aha! Aha! Big cock! 119 00:16:31,254 --> 00:16:32,335 Hsiao! 120 00:16:52,596 --> 00:16:54,568 Okay, it's my turn. 121 00:16:55,268 --> 00:16:56,449 My turn. 122 00:17:02,976 --> 00:17:04,908 - Dead. - Dead too. 123 00:17:05,178 --> 00:17:06,339 Aha! Rescue it! 124 00:17:06,479 --> 00:17:07,641 Yes! 125 00:17:09,352 --> 00:17:11,054 Yes, yes. 126 00:17:11,294 --> 00:17:12,465 You're the best. 127 00:17:15,589 --> 00:17:18,141 Enough! Go home! 128 00:17:19,723 --> 00:17:22,726 - Don't join us if you can't play. - Don't let him. 129 00:17:23,096 --> 00:17:26,569 What are you crying for? You're crying? 130 00:17:26,569 --> 00:17:29,262 - Don't play with him. - What are you looking at? 131 00:17:29,733 --> 00:17:30,994 Just ignore him. 132 00:17:33,737 --> 00:17:34,838 My turn. 133 00:17:39,442 --> 00:17:41,424 Once more. My turn. 134 00:18:08,842 --> 00:18:12,235 In an air battle today over the Matsu Straits, 135 00:18:12,345 --> 00:18:15,739 our courageous Air Force pilots... 136 00:18:15,849 --> 00:18:19,242 shot down 5 communist MIG 17s... 137 00:18:19,382 --> 00:18:22,385 and damaged two others. 138 00:18:22,485 --> 00:18:26,940 This is the greatest gift for our National Day. 139 00:18:27,090 --> 00:18:30,243 Our courageous Air Force pilots were outnumbered, 140 00:18:30,393 --> 00:18:34,057 yet they persisted in our revolutionary spirit. 141 00:18:34,167 --> 00:18:37,370 They have won the hearts of all our countrymen. 142 00:18:37,500 --> 00:18:41,114 In particular, Colonel Chang Nai-Chun, 143 00:18:41,254 --> 00:18:44,107 to save a nearby plane from enemy fire, 144 00:18:44,177 --> 00:18:48,802 he crashed his plane with an enemy plane. 145 00:18:48,952 --> 00:18:52,055 His patriotic and glorious sacrifice has once again... 146 00:18:52,055 --> 00:18:54,267 glorified the revolutionary spirit, 147 00:18:54,387 --> 00:18:57,751 the spirit of sacrifice, and struggle of our forefathers. 148 00:18:58,091 --> 00:19:02,115 This is a most glorious page in our Air Force history. 149 00:19:02,625 --> 00:19:09,032 President Jiang announced the victory of the air battle... 150 00:19:09,172 --> 00:19:14,998 during the National Day ceremony at 10 AM today. 151 00:19:15,108 --> 00:19:16,840 Chien-Yuan is in Kinmen. 152 00:19:17,440 --> 00:19:19,502 Why no letter from him? 153 00:19:23,116 --> 00:19:27,410 I wrote him last month. Kinmen became a restricted zone, I guess. 154 00:19:27,620 --> 00:19:29,682 Every time I wrote him, 155 00:19:29,893 --> 00:19:32,345 I got his reply in a week, at most. 156 00:19:36,299 --> 00:19:37,510 Who? 157 00:19:38,301 --> 00:19:40,323 Chien-Yuan, son of Chiu-Ming. 158 00:19:40,814 --> 00:19:42,766 Oh, Chien-Yuan! 159 00:19:43,937 --> 00:19:46,569 His father's death was very unfortunate. 160 00:19:54,447 --> 00:19:57,510 I was at Zhongshan University in Guangzhou. 161 00:19:58,181 --> 00:19:59,763 I stayed at his place. 162 00:20:03,356 --> 00:20:05,338 He was a brigade captain then. 163 00:20:08,231 --> 00:20:09,512 One day, 164 00:20:11,504 --> 00:20:13,767 he suddenly got malaria. 165 00:20:16,639 --> 00:20:20,273 I took a rickshaw to buy him medicine. 166 00:20:22,645 --> 00:20:25,548 The rickshaw boy suddenly stumbled, 167 00:20:27,280 --> 00:20:29,262 smashing the rickshaw lights. 168 00:20:31,494 --> 00:20:34,848 I had a bad premonition because... 169 00:20:38,391 --> 00:20:40,884 he stumbled right in front of a coffin shop. 170 00:20:48,071 --> 00:20:49,893 The day Chiu-Ming died, 171 00:20:50,073 --> 00:20:53,136 his wife, who just gave birth to Chien-Yuan, 172 00:20:54,507 --> 00:20:57,480 smelled a stench in her home. 173 00:20:57,841 --> 00:21:00,513 She asked her mother if the fish seller came. 174 00:21:01,354 --> 00:21:03,686 They went to look. There was nobody. 175 00:21:05,718 --> 00:21:10,283 Earlier the Changs gave her a rooster as a gift for her childbirth. 176 00:21:11,264 --> 00:21:14,707 Grandma told her to chop off its head at the crossroads, 177 00:21:15,028 --> 00:21:17,010 to chase off their bad luck. 178 00:23:34,467 --> 00:23:38,661 VICTORY ON NATIONAL DAY AIR FORCE SHOT DOWN MIGs 179 00:24:35,528 --> 00:24:37,290 We're fighting back to mainland! 180 00:24:37,360 --> 00:24:39,842 Liar! How come I haven't heard? 181 00:24:40,603 --> 00:24:41,944 Teacher said so! 182 00:24:42,065 --> 00:24:43,766 I shoot you! 183 00:27:10,082 --> 00:27:11,644 Go away! Don't look! 184 00:27:53,956 --> 00:27:56,229 Water's ready. Take your bath. 185 00:29:44,377 --> 00:29:46,359 So many mouths to feed. 186 00:29:46,519 --> 00:29:48,300 That's a lot of food every day. 187 00:29:49,151 --> 00:29:52,304 Your father's salary is 620 dollars. 188 00:29:54,026 --> 00:29:57,930 He keeps 20 for himself. Get a haircut or other things. 189 00:29:58,260 --> 00:30:00,192 600 for the family. 190 00:30:00,693 --> 00:30:04,026 Food... Doctor for all of you... 191 00:30:05,868 --> 00:30:07,630 Your father is in poor health. 192 00:30:08,671 --> 00:30:12,635 Even if you become a teacher, you'll get married shortly afterwards. 193 00:30:14,477 --> 00:30:16,459 We have so many children. 194 00:30:17,109 --> 00:30:19,542 As the eldest, you have to sacrifice. 195 00:30:21,053 --> 00:30:23,506 Teacher's Academy is free. 196 00:30:24,457 --> 00:30:26,999 And then, a teaching job is there for you. 197 00:30:30,493 --> 00:30:33,315 What do girls need all that education for? 198 00:30:34,196 --> 00:30:38,220 Learn how to cook. Learn how to sew. 199 00:30:38,431 --> 00:30:44,266 Learn how to farm. Three things. That's all you need. 200 00:30:46,609 --> 00:30:50,092 She's not talking about me. She's talking about Chung! 201 00:30:51,424 --> 00:30:54,537 One person going to the Teacher's Academy is enough. 202 00:30:55,017 --> 00:30:58,250 It'd be a pity if he can't go to university. 203 00:31:03,496 --> 00:31:06,489 Chung! If you want to study, 204 00:31:08,360 --> 00:31:10,062 do it on your own. 205 00:31:11,474 --> 00:31:14,226 Your father started teaching after high school. 206 00:31:14,867 --> 00:31:17,019 He still got a university degree. 207 00:31:17,870 --> 00:31:20,262 Before that, he went to Southeast Asia... 208 00:31:20,643 --> 00:31:22,735 to learn business from Uncle Hsun. 209 00:31:23,115 --> 00:31:25,598 He read in his spare time, 210 00:31:26,278 --> 00:31:28,501 while others had fun. 211 00:31:29,351 --> 00:31:32,174 Uncle Hsun knew your father was no good in business. 212 00:31:32,525 --> 00:31:34,977 He told him to go to Guangzhou to take the exams. 213 00:31:35,558 --> 00:31:37,650 He got into Zhongshan University. 214 00:35:09,541 --> 00:35:11,083 Who's it from? 215 00:35:12,374 --> 00:35:13,555 Aunt An. 216 00:35:15,007 --> 00:35:16,538 From Southeast Asia? 217 00:35:19,651 --> 00:35:20,903 What does she say? 218 00:35:23,085 --> 00:35:26,478 Qing stopped going to school after Grade 3. 219 00:35:27,690 --> 00:35:29,872 The communists kicked him out, 220 00:35:30,422 --> 00:35:32,364 said he had bad background. 221 00:35:34,096 --> 00:35:39,231 The mainland is doing "Three Red Flags". In our hometown too. 222 00:35:40,272 --> 00:35:42,254 All things with iron. 223 00:35:42,975 --> 00:35:44,306 Knives, 224 00:35:46,108 --> 00:35:50,012 pots, door latches, nails... 225 00:35:50,342 --> 00:35:54,847 even stokers, are confiscated. To make steel. 226 00:35:56,648 --> 00:35:58,380 They ended up as useless metal. 227 00:36:03,726 --> 00:36:06,959 If only we had brought him with us... 228 00:37:36,588 --> 00:37:38,280 Did Hsiao make it? 229 00:37:38,420 --> 00:37:41,243 Don't know yet. He went to school to find out. 230 00:38:24,166 --> 00:38:25,597 Sorry! 231 00:38:31,673 --> 00:38:34,186 It's okay. It's okay. 232 00:38:34,346 --> 00:38:36,308 You can try again next year. 233 00:38:39,611 --> 00:38:40,983 What's up? 234 00:38:41,153 --> 00:38:42,434 She failed. 235 00:38:42,654 --> 00:38:44,196 So she's crying? 236 00:38:45,457 --> 00:38:47,609 How do you know if you passed or not? 237 00:38:48,360 --> 00:38:50,292 - The teacher just came. - What's up? 238 00:38:50,492 --> 00:38:52,074 She didn't make it. 239 00:38:52,324 --> 00:38:54,306 There's no tick on your desk. 240 00:39:18,290 --> 00:39:19,781 Mother, I passed! 241 00:39:20,052 --> 00:39:20,822 Really? 242 00:39:20,953 --> 00:39:22,744 Fengshan Middle School. 243 00:39:22,894 --> 00:39:24,826 There's a chalk tick on my desk. 244 00:39:24,957 --> 00:39:27,990 The teacher said that means you passed. 245 00:39:29,801 --> 00:39:31,203 That's great! 246 00:39:32,534 --> 00:39:33,936 Go tell your father. 247 00:39:37,109 --> 00:39:38,770 Dad, I passed. 248 00:39:42,314 --> 00:39:44,276 I got into Fengshan Middle School. 249 00:39:44,746 --> 00:39:48,981 There's a tick on my desk. That means I passed. 250 00:39:51,423 --> 00:39:53,035 What? A tick? 251 00:39:53,155 --> 00:39:55,377 His teacher made a chalk tick... 252 00:39:55,487 --> 00:39:58,430 on the desks of those who passed. 253 00:40:02,894 --> 00:40:04,266 Good. 254 00:40:04,896 --> 00:40:07,449 Study hard! 255 00:40:07,599 --> 00:40:08,560 Yes! 256 00:40:09,641 --> 00:40:11,984 Chu, what happened to Hsiao? 257 00:40:12,474 --> 00:40:14,406 He got into Fengshan Middle school. 258 00:40:18,480 --> 00:40:21,203 Hsiao! Hsiao! 259 00:40:29,161 --> 00:40:31,373 - You made it? - Yes! 260 00:40:36,128 --> 00:40:37,229 For you. 261 00:40:40,032 --> 00:40:41,853 You're so good. 262 00:40:45,437 --> 00:40:48,410 Chung, when would you know your results? 263 00:40:49,911 --> 00:40:51,373 End of the month. 264 00:40:53,245 --> 00:40:55,587 Hsiao is just witty and lucky. 265 00:40:55,817 --> 00:40:57,579 He's always been lucky. 266 00:41:00,622 --> 00:41:02,064 When we were in Hsinchu, 267 00:41:02,164 --> 00:41:04,546 I went to Taipei for the exam of First Girls' High. 268 00:41:04,656 --> 00:41:06,388 By train, on my own. 269 00:41:07,299 --> 00:41:10,022 Hsiao insisted to go with me. 270 00:41:10,132 --> 00:41:12,924 On the train, they used to sell those... 271 00:41:13,065 --> 00:41:16,548 red bean popsicles, wrapped in paper. They were good! 272 00:41:16,708 --> 00:41:18,490 Hsiao nagged me to buy him one. 273 00:41:18,640 --> 00:41:20,972 So I had to spend 50 cents. 274 00:41:21,113 --> 00:41:23,535 And he didn't share it with me. 275 00:41:24,076 --> 00:41:26,138 I felt shy to ask. 276 00:41:26,918 --> 00:41:29,821 Mother asked me to look for Chen at Taipei Station. 277 00:41:29,921 --> 00:41:31,283 He's in the military police. 278 00:41:31,423 --> 00:41:33,115 When he saw me, 279 00:41:33,255 --> 00:41:35,347 he said, "What a brave girl! 280 00:41:35,487 --> 00:41:38,430 "Travelling that far for an exam, on her own." 281 00:41:38,530 --> 00:41:41,883 He took me on his bike to Dad's office. 282 00:41:42,534 --> 00:41:45,287 The next day, Dad took me to take that exam. 283 00:41:45,397 --> 00:41:48,550 I bumped into my Hsinchu teacher at the school gate. 284 00:41:48,700 --> 00:41:50,822 The one you said was so nice! 285 00:41:51,443 --> 00:41:53,505 Then I returned to Hsinchu to wait. 286 00:41:53,605 --> 00:41:57,609 Dad came back from Taipei. I went outside to wait for him. 287 00:41:58,250 --> 00:42:01,733 He kept smiling when he saw me, but didn't say anything. 288 00:42:02,164 --> 00:42:03,695 So I asked him, 289 00:42:04,116 --> 00:42:05,517 "Did I pass?" 290 00:42:06,418 --> 00:42:08,039 He said, 291 00:42:08,190 --> 00:42:10,041 "Yes, you passed!" 292 00:42:10,222 --> 00:42:12,374 Then he got cheeky, and told me... 293 00:42:12,494 --> 00:42:14,916 this girl and that girl didn't make it. 294 00:42:15,657 --> 00:42:19,010 Later he told me I was the forty-first. 295 00:42:19,551 --> 00:42:21,323 I scored 100 in math! 296 00:42:24,136 --> 00:42:25,597 What a pity! 297 00:42:28,100 --> 00:42:29,981 I couldn't study there. 298 00:42:33,215 --> 00:42:35,327 I wish I could! 299 00:43:00,492 --> 00:43:03,935 I'll take you back to the mainland, yes? 300 00:43:05,377 --> 00:43:07,169 Come on! 301 00:43:07,379 --> 00:43:10,492 We'll take the big road, before long, 302 00:43:10,802 --> 00:43:13,815 we'll pass a dike, then we'll get to Meikong Bridge. 303 00:43:14,456 --> 00:43:18,170 A while later, we'll reach our village, Wanxia. 304 00:43:19,281 --> 00:43:21,303 Why do we go to the mainland? 305 00:43:22,264 --> 00:43:27,719 Oh boy. I'll take you to our ancestral shrine and pay respects. 306 00:44:55,717 --> 00:44:59,140 Old lady, where is Meikong Bridge? 307 00:45:01,913 --> 00:45:03,695 Meikong Bridge. 308 00:45:04,025 --> 00:45:06,217 What's she saying? What does she want? 309 00:45:06,368 --> 00:45:08,420 I can't understand her. 310 00:45:08,560 --> 00:45:10,252 - What? - You don't know? 311 00:45:13,575 --> 00:45:15,907 Meikong Bridge of Meixian. 312 00:45:16,278 --> 00:45:17,559 Meikong Bridge? 313 00:45:17,699 --> 00:45:19,281 A bridge? 314 00:45:19,731 --> 00:45:21,062 What bridge? 315 00:45:26,448 --> 00:45:27,769 You don't know? 316 00:45:32,243 --> 00:45:34,115 - You understand her? - No. 317 00:45:34,255 --> 00:45:36,237 If you can't, how can I? 318 00:46:04,656 --> 00:46:07,709 - Grandma, guavas! - Go pick some. 319 00:47:29,961 --> 00:47:31,022 You try. 320 00:47:36,878 --> 00:47:38,490 Too high. 321 00:47:53,565 --> 00:47:54,576 Try again. 322 00:48:51,683 --> 00:48:54,355 Huilan, is it a power shortage? 323 00:48:54,455 --> 00:48:57,458 - Yes! - Get some candles. 324 00:49:45,376 --> 00:49:46,628 Mother! 325 00:49:50,201 --> 00:49:52,884 Mother! Mother! 326 00:49:53,214 --> 00:49:56,668 Dad... Dad... 327 00:49:56,918 --> 00:49:58,700 Mother, hurry! 328 00:49:58,880 --> 00:50:00,161 What happened? 329 00:50:01,753 --> 00:50:04,155 Fen-Ming! Fen-Ming! 330 00:50:49,731 --> 00:50:52,363 - What happened? - I don't know. 331 00:51:01,432 --> 00:51:03,234 Mother, here's the doctor. 332 00:51:04,946 --> 00:51:06,077 Doctor! 333 00:51:46,688 --> 00:51:48,539 Sorry. Nothing I can do. 334 00:51:54,295 --> 00:51:56,417 Fen-Ming! 335 00:53:37,328 --> 00:53:41,492 Chung, bring the boys over to hold father's hand. 336 00:55:00,101 --> 00:55:02,083 Once, somebody died. 337 00:55:03,084 --> 00:55:04,936 During the wake, 338 00:55:05,556 --> 00:55:07,438 a cat got in, 339 00:55:08,189 --> 00:55:10,641 and jumped over the body. 340 00:55:11,312 --> 00:55:13,754 Then the body sat up. 341 00:55:13,995 --> 00:55:16,297 So, during a wake, 342 00:55:16,868 --> 00:55:19,290 don't let a cat get in. 343 00:55:27,909 --> 00:55:30,721 Once a captain told us something similar. 344 00:55:31,172 --> 00:55:34,115 During the war with the Japanese... 345 00:55:36,717 --> 00:55:37,668 Yes? 346 00:55:37,788 --> 00:55:39,310 During the war, 347 00:55:40,341 --> 00:55:42,133 many people died. 348 00:55:42,413 --> 00:55:45,947 Someone in his battalion died. 349 00:55:46,857 --> 00:55:50,281 A cat jumped over the body, and the body sat up. 350 00:55:50,421 --> 00:55:54,335 - No one was watching the body? - Then it started chasing people. 351 00:55:54,535 --> 00:55:56,928 - Chasing people? - And hugged them. 352 00:55:57,838 --> 00:56:03,824 Someone knew what to do. He gave it something to hug. 353 00:56:03,975 --> 00:56:08,509 After that, it laid back down. 354 00:56:12,173 --> 00:56:15,056 I wonder why. 355 00:56:15,226 --> 00:56:19,750 Someone said it must be some kind of electricity on cats. 356 00:56:20,721 --> 00:56:23,554 - Energy of the dead. - Could be. 357 00:56:25,236 --> 00:56:26,757 Real strange. 358 00:56:27,268 --> 00:56:30,651 Lots of strange things. 359 00:56:52,053 --> 00:56:53,494 Chu, take your bath. 360 00:56:54,765 --> 00:56:56,197 I did already. 361 00:57:00,321 --> 00:57:01,612 Hsiao, you go. 362 00:57:51,442 --> 00:57:53,754 Fen-Ming! 363 00:57:59,660 --> 00:58:01,502 Okay. 364 00:58:01,652 --> 00:58:03,244 Fen-Ming! 365 00:59:09,029 --> 00:59:10,991 Get some money from him. 366 00:59:12,753 --> 00:59:14,165 I'll try. 367 01:00:09,059 --> 01:00:12,803 - And? - He's playing dumb. 368 01:00:13,694 --> 01:00:16,517 Says he's a hawker, doesn't make much. 369 01:00:16,667 --> 01:00:19,490 Come on, his business is good! 370 01:00:19,630 --> 01:00:21,652 - What to do? - Let's corner him. 371 01:00:21,792 --> 01:00:24,285 - Yes, corner him! - Right! 372 01:00:25,706 --> 01:00:27,828 When he leaves, we corner him. 373 01:00:27,978 --> 01:00:29,500 Okay? 374 01:00:31,802 --> 01:00:35,236 Here's the plan. Shui and Monkey, go there. 375 01:00:35,386 --> 01:00:36,787 Over there, okay? 376 01:00:37,448 --> 01:00:39,069 - Lao-Gu, crossroads. - Okay! 377 01:01:01,762 --> 01:01:06,016 - Do you have this kind? - Not selling anymore. 378 01:01:06,176 --> 01:01:10,050 - Show me this one. - I'm leaving. 379 01:01:11,071 --> 01:01:13,304 - Show me. - No. 380 01:01:53,694 --> 01:01:57,388 Shui, what the hell? Can't even stop a motorcycle? 381 01:02:01,922 --> 01:02:03,554 Fat and useless. 382 01:02:07,578 --> 01:02:09,159 Let's go! 383 01:02:11,702 --> 01:02:12,953 Let's go! 384 01:02:21,412 --> 01:02:22,813 Thank you. 385 01:02:23,924 --> 01:02:25,175 Thank you! 386 01:02:25,456 --> 01:02:27,888 He fell off the roof. 387 01:02:28,098 --> 01:02:30,871 One of his legs got shorter. 388 01:02:30,991 --> 01:02:35,356 Don't know what to do, we almost sent him to a bone healer. 389 01:02:36,136 --> 01:02:38,889 Lucky I didn't, then I ran into you. 390 01:02:39,069 --> 01:02:41,522 Or he would have suffered. 391 01:02:42,863 --> 01:02:44,815 His brother is back. 392 01:02:51,442 --> 01:02:52,873 Hsiao. 393 01:02:53,654 --> 01:02:54,715 Come. 394 01:02:55,756 --> 01:02:58,018 - This is Mr. Liu. - How are you? 395 01:03:23,203 --> 01:03:25,736 Huilan, Mr. Liu is leaving. 396 01:03:29,520 --> 01:03:30,671 Goodbye. 397 01:03:51,201 --> 01:03:53,263 - Take care. - Goodbye. 398 01:04:02,182 --> 01:04:03,954 Wash your hands first. 399 01:04:07,858 --> 01:04:11,081 Even if you don't like him, don't behave like that. 400 01:04:13,704 --> 01:04:17,628 I wrote Fang-Mei and we agreed to ignore him. 401 01:04:19,810 --> 01:04:21,321 The Bible says, 402 01:04:21,462 --> 01:04:25,496 unmarried men have the right to go after women. 403 01:04:52,593 --> 01:04:54,334 Mother, someone's here. 404 01:05:00,741 --> 01:05:01,832 Mr. Liu. 405 01:05:02,342 --> 01:05:03,103 Grandma. 406 01:05:03,484 --> 01:05:05,996 I found her under the big tree. 407 01:05:06,116 --> 01:05:08,839 She's lost. So I brought her home. 408 01:05:09,620 --> 01:05:11,712 The rickshaw fare's been paid. 409 01:05:12,052 --> 01:05:14,274 Thank you. Thank you. 410 01:05:16,066 --> 01:05:17,498 Guavas! 411 01:05:41,411 --> 01:05:43,143 - Cheating? - Fifth Class. 412 01:05:43,283 --> 01:05:45,686 He stuck the notes here. 413 01:05:46,196 --> 01:05:48,529 So nicely done! 414 01:05:48,759 --> 01:05:51,652 It takes much time and effort. 415 01:05:52,152 --> 01:05:56,466 Why didn't you use the time to study history and geography? 416 01:05:56,466 --> 01:05:59,530 You're a clever boy. Why do such thing? 417 01:06:00,110 --> 01:06:01,882 He thinks he's smart. 418 01:06:37,708 --> 01:06:40,340 Let go! Let me see! 419 01:06:41,241 --> 01:06:43,063 Nothing! 420 01:07:11,201 --> 01:07:12,693 Think you're big? 421 01:07:15,315 --> 01:07:16,807 Why did you hit him? 422 01:07:18,018 --> 01:07:20,500 - I heard you're from Cheshan. - So what? 423 01:07:20,591 --> 01:07:21,551 Fuck! 424 01:07:23,954 --> 01:07:25,175 Talk back? 425 01:07:25,355 --> 01:07:26,907 Fight back? 426 01:07:29,229 --> 01:07:30,921 - Was it him? - Right. 427 01:07:35,065 --> 01:07:38,188 Think you're big? Think you can beat him? 428 01:07:39,539 --> 01:07:41,191 Where's the other one? 429 01:07:56,456 --> 01:07:57,918 What are you doing? 430 01:07:58,028 --> 01:08:00,480 You! Huang Ching-Shui! 431 01:08:02,052 --> 01:08:03,483 What are you doing? 432 01:08:04,034 --> 01:08:05,315 Hello, teacher. 433 01:09:46,066 --> 01:09:48,618 - Grandma. - Oh welcome. 434 01:09:48,698 --> 01:09:51,511 - What are you doing? - I'm counting my silver money. 435 01:09:52,062 --> 01:09:53,583 Counting silver money? 436 01:09:55,175 --> 01:09:56,666 What for? 437 01:09:57,107 --> 01:09:59,299 To use in hell. 438 01:09:59,780 --> 01:10:01,742 To use in hell? 439 01:10:04,214 --> 01:10:05,986 Come, we're taking pictures! 440 01:10:07,858 --> 01:10:10,250 - I'm so old. - It's okay, it'd be nice. 441 01:10:10,320 --> 01:10:11,972 Come on! 442 01:10:12,082 --> 01:10:14,755 Put it down. Let's take a picture. 443 01:10:14,865 --> 01:10:16,296 Okay. 444 01:10:25,675 --> 01:10:27,978 Hsiao! Come and take pictures. 445 01:10:33,333 --> 01:10:34,534 Thanks. 446 01:10:50,921 --> 01:10:55,425 "A demerit for your son He Hsiao-Yen, Grade 12, for fighting outside of school." 447 01:11:05,375 --> 01:11:06,776 Grandma is here. 448 01:11:17,227 --> 01:11:19,709 Hsiao, come and take pictures! 449 01:11:24,464 --> 01:11:27,337 Grandma, look that way. 450 01:11:33,163 --> 01:11:34,794 Get a chair. 451 01:11:59,799 --> 01:12:01,121 One more. 452 01:12:14,754 --> 01:12:15,045 FENGSHAN SOLDIERS' CLUB 453 01:12:15,045 --> 01:12:19,489 They gazed at the coffin of Vice President Chen. FENGSHAN SOLDIERS' CLUB 454 01:12:22,812 --> 01:12:29,519 Then President Jiang and the First Lady brought condolences to the two sons. 455 01:12:30,260 --> 01:12:34,864 Now they went into the lounge... 456 01:12:35,365 --> 01:12:39,459 to console the bereaved widow, Mrs. Chen-Tan Hsiang... 457 01:12:42,903 --> 01:12:44,094 Nice. 458 01:12:44,374 --> 01:12:46,076 You hit too hard. 459 01:12:51,711 --> 01:12:53,803 Sorry. Sorry. 460 01:12:53,954 --> 01:12:57,017 Are you blind? I'll show you. 461 01:12:57,087 --> 01:12:59,059 Okay, one more chance. 462 01:13:03,153 --> 01:13:05,095 Put them down! Put them down! 463 01:13:06,496 --> 01:13:08,558 Punks! You know what day is it? 464 01:13:08,868 --> 01:13:10,720 - Put them down! - Hey! 465 01:13:10,800 --> 01:13:12,772 Now! Put them down! 466 01:13:14,244 --> 01:13:15,936 Come here. 467 01:13:16,276 --> 01:13:17,938 Get out! 468 01:13:19,679 --> 01:13:22,062 Get out! 469 01:13:25,855 --> 01:13:29,249 Stand here! Attention! Stand at attention! 470 01:13:30,260 --> 01:13:31,681 Listen! 471 01:13:32,012 --> 01:13:36,046 The late Vice President improved our farmers' lives by his land reforms. 472 01:13:36,166 --> 01:13:39,229 Two Land Reform Museums would be built in his memory. 473 01:13:39,429 --> 01:13:41,901 Today is the funeral of Vice President Chen! 474 01:13:41,992 --> 01:13:45,655 Taipei's museum: Intersection of Chungcheng and Dunhua Roads. 475 01:13:45,905 --> 01:13:47,337 Taichung's Museum: 476 01:13:47,407 --> 01:13:50,350 Intersection of Minchuan and Chunghua Roads. 477 01:13:51,901 --> 01:13:57,287 At the museums, documents of the land reforms will be displayed. 478 01:13:59,119 --> 01:14:03,043 - You punk! Chase him! - Chase him! 479 01:14:04,394 --> 01:14:05,975 Stop! Come back! 480 01:14:06,126 --> 01:14:09,579 Punks! Damn! Come back! Punks! 481 01:14:09,859 --> 01:14:11,511 Come back! 482 01:14:11,651 --> 01:14:13,053 Fuck you! 483 01:14:17,607 --> 01:14:18,728 Fuck! 484 01:14:31,571 --> 01:14:33,913 - Where? - Here! 485 01:15:14,664 --> 01:15:16,816 Your brother should be expelled. 486 01:15:17,127 --> 01:15:19,319 But this is his last year. 487 01:15:20,270 --> 01:15:22,772 So we gave him two demerits, as a last chance. 488 01:15:23,623 --> 01:15:25,755 He's still young, right? 489 01:15:25,905 --> 01:15:27,697 We want to give him a chance. 490 01:15:27,977 --> 01:15:32,051 But his class master, Mr. Tao, doesn't want him in his class. 491 01:15:32,402 --> 01:15:35,235 So we decided to put him in another class. 492 01:15:36,045 --> 01:15:41,231 All right then. Please take care of him. 493 01:16:56,536 --> 01:17:01,831 Can't go on, can't go on, can't go on living 494 01:17:02,342 --> 01:17:06,606 Life without you is darkness 495 01:17:11,651 --> 01:17:16,996 Please hurry back 496 01:17:17,957 --> 01:17:21,261 Where can you be? 497 01:17:21,531 --> 01:17:26,025 The one I love 498 01:17:27,166 --> 01:17:32,542 Can't go on, can't go on, can't go on living 499 01:17:32,672 --> 01:17:37,076 Life without you is darkness 500 01:17:37,307 --> 01:17:41,271 My mother brought this jade from Southeast Asia. 501 01:17:43,643 --> 01:17:47,647 My father bought this ring in Shanghai... 502 01:17:47,817 --> 01:17:51,211 for my seventeenth birthday. 503 01:17:56,596 --> 01:17:59,068 Your Chun-Ying is so thin. 504 01:17:59,949 --> 01:18:03,613 Don't let him stay up late. Health is the most important. 505 01:18:04,564 --> 01:18:07,046 Everything else is unreal. 506 01:18:10,730 --> 01:18:12,702 When I married your father, 507 01:18:13,463 --> 01:18:15,575 I didn't know his health was poor. 508 01:18:16,476 --> 01:18:18,448 We were married for 20 years, 509 01:18:18,838 --> 01:18:21,100 and I nursed him for 20 years. 510 01:18:30,680 --> 01:18:32,662 Hsiao, stop it. 511 01:18:33,022 --> 01:18:35,244 Like a scrap buyer, awful! 512 01:18:46,846 --> 01:18:48,428 Long ago... 513 01:18:49,469 --> 01:18:52,552 there was this co-worker at school. 514 01:18:54,143 --> 01:18:56,336 We got along very well, 515 01:18:57,717 --> 01:18:59,929 but I didn't dare to tell my parents. 516 01:19:01,911 --> 01:19:04,183 How stupid! 517 01:19:05,365 --> 01:19:06,766 Did Dad know? 518 01:19:09,959 --> 01:19:12,712 Your father was a very serious man. 519 01:19:12,792 --> 01:19:15,264 Once he was home, he'd start reading. 520 01:19:15,405 --> 01:19:17,196 Without a sound. 521 01:19:19,268 --> 01:19:21,331 After we got married, 522 01:19:21,571 --> 01:19:23,663 he even told me to study English, 523 01:19:24,073 --> 01:19:26,295 and ask him if I didn't understand. 524 01:19:27,547 --> 01:19:29,118 When we got married, 525 01:19:30,139 --> 01:19:32,201 my father was out of work. 526 01:19:33,212 --> 01:19:35,815 Your father's family was poor. 527 01:19:37,597 --> 01:19:40,520 So we had a travel wedding. 528 01:19:40,920 --> 01:19:44,864 We didn't even buy a bed. That's how strapped we were. 529 01:19:48,438 --> 01:19:53,232 When we were in Meixian, we slept in Grandma's bed. 530 01:19:54,414 --> 01:19:58,468 I got bitten by bugs at night. 531 01:19:59,268 --> 01:20:02,632 In the morning, I killed the bugs with hot water. 532 01:20:04,173 --> 01:20:05,675 I told your father, 533 01:20:05,825 --> 01:20:08,277 and he was very upset. 534 01:20:09,178 --> 01:20:12,982 He said, "We're not as rich as your family". 535 01:20:17,437 --> 01:20:19,579 You're my first child. 536 01:20:19,989 --> 01:20:21,881 We didn't let Grandma know. 537 01:20:22,992 --> 01:20:26,916 I went back home to give birth to my second child, Chin. 538 01:20:28,307 --> 01:20:31,300 Your grandma was very unhappy. 539 01:20:32,001 --> 01:20:34,223 "You keep having girls!" 540 01:20:35,254 --> 01:20:37,437 She refused to wash the diapers. 541 01:20:38,708 --> 01:20:40,530 2 days after I gave birth, 542 01:20:40,680 --> 01:20:44,203 I went to the pond to wash the diapers. 543 01:20:45,465 --> 01:20:48,548 My tears kept rolling out. 544 01:20:51,421 --> 01:20:54,524 Someone told me to... 545 01:20:56,075 --> 01:20:57,617 adopt a baby boy. 546 01:20:59,569 --> 01:21:01,390 That was Qing. 547 01:21:03,072 --> 01:21:06,916 Qing and Chin shared my milk. 548 01:21:10,009 --> 01:21:11,831 Later, my milk ran out. 549 01:21:11,981 --> 01:21:15,415 I let Qing have it and made Chin stop. 550 01:21:16,996 --> 01:21:19,198 When I stopped breast-feeding her, 551 01:21:20,590 --> 01:21:22,201 she would plead, 552 01:21:24,023 --> 01:21:26,155 "Mama, milk milk." 553 01:21:28,067 --> 01:21:32,992 I hid in the mosquito curtain, and kept silent. 554 01:21:38,518 --> 01:21:39,759 One day, 555 01:21:40,309 --> 01:21:42,792 Grandma took Chin to the ancestral shrine. 556 01:21:42,942 --> 01:21:44,504 There she ate... 557 01:21:45,755 --> 01:21:48,778 some dirty food offerings. 558 01:21:49,418 --> 01:21:53,412 At night she vomited and kept having diarrhoea. 559 01:21:54,664 --> 01:21:57,967 I wanted to take her to Meixian, but it was so far. 560 01:21:59,188 --> 01:22:02,011 So I bought some medicine at the drugstore. 561 01:22:03,192 --> 01:22:05,094 It stopped the diarrhoea. 562 01:22:05,845 --> 01:22:09,258 But by midnight, her stomach got hard. 563 01:22:11,300 --> 01:22:12,832 The next day, 564 01:22:13,873 --> 01:22:15,505 she died. 565 01:23:57,256 --> 01:23:58,507 Hsiao. 566 01:24:02,351 --> 01:24:03,603 Hsiao! 567 01:24:11,390 --> 01:24:12,371 Hsiao. 568 01:24:17,807 --> 01:24:19,729 Buy some soy sauce. 569 01:24:24,333 --> 01:24:25,444 Hsiao. 570 01:24:26,115 --> 01:24:28,628 See this thing on my tongue? 571 01:24:33,713 --> 01:24:36,055 Looks like a tiny piece of flesh. 572 01:28:20,539 --> 01:28:22,121 Mother, what's wrong? 573 01:28:25,885 --> 01:28:27,546 You aren't sleeping? 574 01:28:27,726 --> 01:28:29,538 I got up to go to the toilet. 575 01:28:32,321 --> 01:28:33,722 Go back to sleep. 576 01:28:40,559 --> 01:28:42,591 I'm writing a letter to your sister. 577 01:28:43,963 --> 01:28:46,235 I went to the hospital today, 578 01:28:47,346 --> 01:28:50,329 the doctor said I need a biopsy. 579 01:28:52,241 --> 01:28:53,572 Could be... 580 01:28:54,884 --> 01:28:56,215 throat cancer. 581 01:29:36,525 --> 01:29:38,377 There's nobody to cook at home. 582 01:29:39,028 --> 01:29:41,480 Grandma slips away if no one's watching her. 583 01:29:42,051 --> 01:29:45,294 Chung teaches in Shiaokang, he can't come back. 584 01:29:46,735 --> 01:29:48,717 I can't leave all this behind. 585 01:29:49,598 --> 01:29:53,322 Hsiao can do them! Cooking, laundry... 586 01:29:53,532 --> 01:29:55,634 Even the sewing machine! 587 01:29:55,945 --> 01:29:59,628 He just has to prepare the lunch boxes the night before. 588 01:30:00,039 --> 01:30:02,791 Ask our neighbour Aunt Wang to look after Grandma. 589 01:30:04,313 --> 01:30:09,058 Right. I have no classes on Wednesdays, Saturdays and Sundays. 590 01:30:09,188 --> 01:30:10,549 I can come home. 591 01:30:13,552 --> 01:30:15,654 The hospitals in Taipei are better. 592 01:30:16,095 --> 01:30:17,586 Lots of doctors. 593 01:31:55,564 --> 01:31:57,826 Hsiao, the fire is ready! 594 01:32:01,270 --> 01:32:03,282 The bathroom smells like milk! 595 01:32:05,234 --> 01:32:09,108 Ask Chu. He drinks milk all day, his shit becomes milk. 596 01:32:23,212 --> 01:32:24,673 Milk again. 597 01:32:25,494 --> 01:32:29,988 Summons for your physical exam. The Neighbourhood Head brought it. 598 01:32:31,530 --> 01:32:33,852 Why do you have milk all day? 599 01:32:34,853 --> 01:32:38,347 What's wrong with that? It's very nutritious. 600 01:32:38,507 --> 01:32:41,590 Protein, iron, minerals. 601 01:32:41,740 --> 01:32:44,062 And I don't draw maps anymore. 602 01:32:48,177 --> 01:32:49,618 "Draw maps"? 603 01:32:50,018 --> 01:32:51,380 Draw maps, 604 01:32:52,281 --> 01:32:54,613 that means wet dreams! 605 01:33:01,960 --> 01:33:04,893 - Does this old lady live here? - Yes. 606 01:33:05,394 --> 01:33:07,426 Grandma's back! 607 01:33:09,097 --> 01:33:10,118 Grandma. 608 01:33:13,432 --> 01:33:15,404 - How much is it? - 100. 609 01:33:15,504 --> 01:33:17,396 - 100? - 100! 610 01:33:17,506 --> 01:33:20,139 - So much! - It isn't! 611 01:33:20,279 --> 01:33:23,592 I took her since this morning! 100 isn't much! 612 01:33:23,742 --> 01:33:25,864 I could go to Kaohsiung for less! 613 01:33:25,984 --> 01:33:29,438 She told me to go here and there. Even to the mainland! 614 01:33:29,518 --> 01:33:33,141 - 100 is too much! - It isn't! 615 01:33:33,252 --> 01:33:37,426 I just take what's fair. I won't overcharge you. 616 01:33:37,526 --> 01:33:40,128 - 100 isn't much. - It is. 617 01:33:41,129 --> 01:33:43,312 - 100! - Too much. 618 01:33:43,422 --> 01:33:45,324 - Give it to me! - 100? - 100. 619 01:33:45,474 --> 01:33:47,406 - 100? - Yes! - How about 10? 620 01:33:47,576 --> 01:33:49,758 - No, I want 100! - You want 10? 621 01:33:49,908 --> 01:33:52,421 No! What are you doing? 622 01:35:03,402 --> 01:35:05,274 - Go! - Go in! 623 01:35:06,485 --> 01:35:08,637 - I don't want to... - Go! 624 01:35:09,588 --> 01:35:11,019 See a movie instead. 625 01:35:11,219 --> 01:35:14,843 What? You wanted to come, now a movie? What the hell! 626 01:35:14,953 --> 01:35:17,025 Go! Get in! 627 01:35:17,396 --> 01:35:18,887 We're here already. 628 01:35:20,269 --> 01:35:21,390 Go. 629 01:35:35,284 --> 01:35:36,375 Young guys. 630 01:35:37,145 --> 01:35:39,267 - Come. - Pretty boys. 631 01:35:39,718 --> 01:35:42,140 - Young men. - Come. 632 01:35:42,250 --> 01:35:43,822 Come in! 633 01:37:28,156 --> 01:37:30,348 - How was it? - Nothing! 634 01:37:30,629 --> 01:37:32,721 - Nothing? - Nothing. 635 01:37:33,552 --> 01:37:35,864 - Monkey and others? - Still inside. 636 01:37:37,205 --> 01:37:38,487 How was it? 637 01:37:39,237 --> 01:37:40,609 Nothing. 638 01:37:41,169 --> 01:37:43,432 How was it? You won't tell me? 639 01:37:43,502 --> 01:37:45,113 Nothing is nothing. 640 01:37:46,344 --> 01:37:49,337 You were in there for a long time. How was it? 641 01:37:51,820 --> 01:37:53,792 Red packet! Let me see! 642 01:37:56,855 --> 01:37:58,316 5 dollars? 643 01:37:59,488 --> 01:38:02,360 - Fuck! - Don't laugh. 644 01:38:03,922 --> 01:38:06,084 - What's so funny? - He got a red packet! 645 01:38:06,234 --> 01:38:07,996 Red packet? Show me. 646 01:38:08,737 --> 01:38:10,168 5 dollars! 647 01:38:11,540 --> 01:38:13,822 Red packet! You were a virgin! 648 01:38:53,902 --> 01:38:56,394 Wu Shu-Mei! Aha lost his cherry! 649 01:39:22,671 --> 01:39:23,762 Aha. 650 01:39:26,945 --> 01:39:28,877 - What? - I tell you, 651 01:39:29,017 --> 01:39:31,319 I took my girl to the movies. 652 01:39:31,550 --> 01:39:34,513 Someone cut in line. Know who they are? 653 01:39:34,643 --> 01:39:37,686 Cat and his guys. I told them not to cut in. 654 01:39:38,156 --> 01:39:40,338 They pushed me. Pushed me! 655 01:39:41,429 --> 01:39:43,241 I told them I'm Aha's friend. 656 01:39:44,022 --> 01:39:46,575 They didn't apologise, and they hit me! 657 01:40:08,356 --> 01:40:09,758 Cat, come here. 658 01:40:15,724 --> 01:40:17,275 Why did you hit him? 659 01:40:18,997 --> 01:40:20,008 Fuck! 660 01:40:37,716 --> 01:40:40,749 Did you tell them whose brother you are when he hit you? 661 01:40:42,520 --> 01:40:46,785 I'll grab him, then you start hitting. Get it? 662 01:41:07,245 --> 01:41:08,827 Aha, come here. 663 01:41:10,218 --> 01:41:11,199 Fuck you! 664 01:41:16,324 --> 01:41:17,726 Aha, come here. 665 01:41:18,957 --> 01:41:20,208 Aha, come here! 666 01:41:21,329 --> 01:41:23,091 Why did you beat Cat up? 667 01:41:23,481 --> 01:41:26,434 My friend said he knew you and me, Cat beat him up anyway. 668 01:41:27,035 --> 01:41:28,887 How can I face my friends? 669 01:41:29,668 --> 01:41:31,820 You've got to tell me first! 670 01:41:32,140 --> 01:41:34,492 Sorry. He asked for it. 671 01:41:34,693 --> 01:41:37,425 - Now what am I to do? - It's up to you. 672 01:41:40,178 --> 01:41:41,970 Forget it, it's nothing! 673 01:41:42,080 --> 01:41:43,241 Fuck off! 674 01:41:44,342 --> 01:41:45,523 Be careful! 675 01:41:50,488 --> 01:41:52,861 Don't let me see you again! 676 01:41:52,991 --> 01:41:54,382 Be careful! 677 01:41:56,324 --> 01:41:59,688 You aren't happy, are you? 678 01:42:13,802 --> 01:42:14,863 Mi. 679 01:42:23,051 --> 01:42:24,903 Grandma, time to eat. 680 01:42:28,656 --> 01:42:29,547 Come! 681 01:44:08,456 --> 01:44:09,437 Fuck! 682 01:44:09,557 --> 01:44:10,658 Get him! 683 01:44:25,874 --> 01:44:27,125 Fuck! 684 01:44:30,418 --> 01:44:32,901 - You pass? - Yes. 685 01:44:40,788 --> 01:44:42,320 Open up! Hurry! 686 01:44:42,430 --> 01:44:43,872 What happened? 687 01:44:49,998 --> 01:44:50,959 Hurry! 688 01:44:51,099 --> 01:44:53,571 What's going on? 689 01:44:54,833 --> 01:44:56,604 Hsimen punks are coming. 690 01:44:56,704 --> 01:44:59,007 - Get your samurai sword. - Go! 691 01:44:59,077 --> 01:45:00,368 Quick! 692 01:45:49,898 --> 01:45:50,989 Stop! 693 01:46:30,598 --> 01:46:33,151 - Chu, anyone came for me? - No. 694 01:48:15,593 --> 01:48:16,854 Mi. 695 01:48:17,835 --> 01:48:19,317 Mi! 696 01:48:19,527 --> 01:48:20,688 Get up! 697 01:48:36,094 --> 01:48:37,155 Hsiao. 698 01:48:43,551 --> 01:48:44,652 Hsiao! 699 01:48:46,964 --> 01:48:49,257 You forgot our lunch boxes? 700 01:49:03,941 --> 01:49:05,103 Here's 10. 701 01:50:10,408 --> 01:50:11,739 Mother. 702 01:50:31,659 --> 01:50:32,850 Mother. 703 01:50:35,533 --> 01:50:37,515 Mother, sit down and take a rest. 704 01:50:42,340 --> 01:50:44,131 Put down the bags. 705 01:50:49,347 --> 01:50:51,279 Put the suitcase by the cabinet. 706 01:50:56,834 --> 01:51:00,818 Hsiao, start a fire and boil water. 707 01:51:00,928 --> 01:51:02,380 Mother wants a bath. 708 01:51:52,079 --> 01:51:54,502 Shui. Shui! 709 01:51:57,795 --> 01:52:01,689 - Anything happened last night? - No, but Hsien-Bao got arrested. 710 01:52:02,590 --> 01:52:05,042 - Then? - His father went to the precinct. 711 01:52:05,192 --> 01:52:06,564 Isn't back yet. 712 01:52:07,164 --> 01:52:08,566 Where are you going? 713 01:52:09,327 --> 01:52:11,359 My mother's back. I'm getting groceries. 714 01:52:12,860 --> 01:52:15,833 - Did they go to Pig's? - Don't know. 715 01:52:15,963 --> 01:52:19,627 I heard they arrested many people in Hsimen last night. 716 01:52:31,349 --> 01:52:32,330 Hsiao. 717 01:52:36,083 --> 01:52:38,726 - Take this in. - Okay. 718 01:52:39,827 --> 01:52:41,349 I put this here. 719 01:52:57,154 --> 01:52:59,046 Chung wrote me a letter. 720 01:52:59,176 --> 01:53:01,068 Said you spent a lot. 721 01:53:01,579 --> 01:53:03,561 Have you been gambling? 722 01:53:03,711 --> 01:53:04,872 No. 723 01:53:05,252 --> 01:53:06,424 No? 724 01:53:07,024 --> 01:53:09,477 Don't become a gambler. 725 01:54:07,925 --> 01:54:09,196 How's Mother? 726 01:54:09,877 --> 01:54:12,580 They were going to cut off her whole tongue. 727 01:54:13,421 --> 01:54:14,752 Mother said no. 728 01:54:15,352 --> 01:54:17,875 You can't speak without a tongue. 729 01:54:21,489 --> 01:54:22,620 Then? 730 01:54:24,291 --> 01:54:26,273 They just gave her Cobalt 60. 731 01:54:26,704 --> 01:54:28,566 Wasn't much use. 732 01:54:33,070 --> 01:54:34,862 You have no school right now? 733 01:54:35,002 --> 01:54:36,804 Pre-exam holidays. 734 01:54:41,208 --> 01:54:44,031 You're about to graduate. What's your plan? 735 01:54:45,382 --> 01:54:48,546 Military Academy. I can get in without exams. 736 01:55:00,968 --> 01:55:05,422 Chung, you wrote that you were going to take a physical. 737 01:55:05,573 --> 01:55:07,515 When will you be drafted? 738 01:55:09,046 --> 01:55:14,141 The results of the physical are here. I weigh 39 kilos. 739 01:55:14,281 --> 01:55:15,823 That's Class C. 740 01:55:17,294 --> 01:55:19,306 No army this year? 741 01:55:20,688 --> 01:55:22,990 I may be rechecked next year. 742 01:55:24,952 --> 01:55:28,025 They say you have to be rechecked three times. 743 01:55:30,898 --> 01:55:33,981 And your transfer to Tsao-Kung Elementary School? 744 01:55:34,562 --> 01:55:36,634 Nobody there wants a swap. 745 01:55:41,539 --> 01:55:43,240 Since his birth, 746 01:55:44,141 --> 01:55:46,203 Chung's health has been poor. 747 01:55:47,785 --> 01:55:50,327 He was born premature. 748 01:55:51,979 --> 01:55:53,871 I had a teaching job. 749 01:55:54,922 --> 01:55:58,375 After work, I had to cook and get water. 750 01:56:00,327 --> 01:56:03,320 It was different when I had Hsiao. 751 01:56:04,632 --> 01:56:07,004 We had more money then, 752 01:56:08,245 --> 01:56:10,387 and there's milk to buy. 753 01:56:15,302 --> 01:56:17,985 When your father went to Guangzhou, 754 01:56:18,616 --> 01:56:20,668 he carried Hsiao to the doorway, 755 01:56:22,079 --> 01:56:24,712 and said his face was so round. 756 01:56:25,653 --> 01:56:27,725 Just like your grandfather. 757 01:59:11,779 --> 01:59:13,761 Fuck you! Fuck! 758 02:00:05,172 --> 02:00:07,544 Hsiao! Get some napkins! 759 02:00:23,350 --> 02:00:24,331 Mother. 760 02:00:51,778 --> 02:00:54,411 Aha! Aha! 761 02:01:16,003 --> 02:01:18,045 Hurry! Chun got hacked. 762 02:01:18,115 --> 02:01:20,447 Outside the theatre. Hsimen punks. Hurry! 763 02:01:20,507 --> 02:01:22,809 - The theatre? - Hurry! The theatre! 764 02:01:22,880 --> 02:01:25,913 I can't today. My mother's ill. How can I go? 765 02:01:26,783 --> 02:01:28,916 Give me your samurai sword. Hurry! 766 02:02:16,874 --> 02:02:25,532 Sleep with the Lord 767 02:02:25,943 --> 02:02:26,643 FOR OUR DEPARTED MOTHER 768 02:02:26,643 --> 02:02:31,598 What bliss FOR OUR DEPARTED MOTHER 769 02:02:31,598 --> 02:02:31,628 What bliss 770 02:02:31,979 --> 02:02:36,853 What comfort 771 02:02:37,064 --> 02:02:46,463 No more tears, no more burdens 772 02:02:46,733 --> 02:02:55,913 Enter into freedom, luminous joy 773 02:02:56,173 --> 02:03:05,742 Rest in the bosom of Lord Jesus 774 02:03:05,882 --> 02:03:13,490 To our Lord, forever 775 02:03:14,821 --> 02:03:19,816 Sleep with the Lord 776 02:03:25,332 --> 02:03:30,327 What bliss 777 02:03:30,577 --> 02:03:35,712 What comfort 778 02:03:36,013 --> 02:03:45,222 No more tears, no more burdens 779 02:03:45,522 --> 02:03:54,481 Enter into freedom, luminous joy 780 02:03:55,132 --> 02:04:04,971 Rest in the bosom of Lord Jesus 781 02:04:05,172 --> 02:04:13,060 To our Lord, forever 782 02:04:41,708 --> 02:04:44,341 Huang Chia-Ho gave 35 dollars. 783 02:04:48,065 --> 02:04:50,677 Wu Yi-Han gave 40 dollars. 784 02:04:52,519 --> 02:04:54,181 30. 785 02:04:58,235 --> 02:04:59,676 Uncle Huo! 786 02:04:59,826 --> 02:05:02,459 Haven't seen him for long, and he gave 60. 787 02:05:14,581 --> 02:05:15,832 Chung! 788 02:05:16,143 --> 02:05:19,806 This jewellery is for you when you get married. 789 02:05:29,636 --> 02:05:30,757 What's this? 790 02:05:35,362 --> 02:05:39,576 A trust fund. Mother was to get the final sum. 791 02:05:39,936 --> 02:05:42,089 But Mrs. Yeh borrowed Mother's share. 792 02:05:42,239 --> 02:05:44,030 This is the IOU. 793 02:05:44,641 --> 02:05:48,885 - You mean Mrs. Yeh in Beimen Village? - She took it without asking. 794 02:06:06,133 --> 02:06:08,024 Father's autobiography. 795 02:06:51,238 --> 02:06:56,613 Dad planned to stay in Taiwan for only 3 or 4 years. 796 02:06:58,425 --> 02:07:01,868 So he bought bamboo furniture. 797 02:07:02,819 --> 02:07:07,524 It's cheaper, he could just throw it away when he left. 798 02:07:09,566 --> 02:07:12,078 Later Mother wanted a sewing machine. 799 02:07:13,430 --> 02:07:16,132 It took a long time to persuade Dad. 800 02:07:28,255 --> 02:07:29,976 Dad had tuberculosis. 801 02:07:31,218 --> 02:07:34,191 So he used his own bowl and chopsticks. 802 02:07:36,182 --> 02:07:38,084 He kept his distance. 803 02:07:38,965 --> 02:07:40,937 Avoiding us when he coughed, 804 02:07:42,088 --> 02:07:45,422 because he was afraid he'd infect us. 805 02:08:16,993 --> 02:08:18,495 It's here. 806 02:08:37,113 --> 02:08:38,255 Mrs. Yeh. 807 02:08:39,656 --> 02:08:40,937 Mrs. Yeh! 808 02:08:49,366 --> 02:08:50,457 Mrs. Yeh. 809 02:08:53,800 --> 02:08:54,861 Mrs. Yeh! 810 02:08:57,944 --> 02:08:59,035 Who is it? 811 02:09:00,607 --> 02:09:01,728 Who? 812 02:09:03,440 --> 02:09:06,313 Aren't you Hsiao-Yen? Have a seat! 813 02:09:08,254 --> 02:09:10,547 Have a seat. Have some tea. 814 02:09:15,251 --> 02:09:16,873 Have some tea! 815 02:09:20,286 --> 02:09:21,838 Is there anything? 816 02:10:00,367 --> 02:10:01,948 Grandma, time to eat. 817 02:10:11,678 --> 02:10:15,362 Chung. I went to Mrs. Yeh's today. 818 02:10:15,942 --> 02:10:20,306 Their house is even worse than ours. Let's forget about that trust money. 819 02:11:31,387 --> 02:11:33,369 Wait until you get into university. 820 02:11:51,738 --> 02:11:56,032 That summer, I really took the university exams. 821 02:11:56,643 --> 02:11:58,685 I didn't go to Military Academy. 822 02:11:59,826 --> 02:12:02,278 All because of what she said. 823 02:12:10,597 --> 02:12:13,419 Chung wrote me a letter from Shiaokang. 824 02:12:14,501 --> 02:12:18,915 He said he had written to Mrs. Yeh, telling her to forget about the money. 825 02:12:19,946 --> 02:12:23,770 Mrs. Yeh wrote him back. She said she was grateful, 826 02:12:24,611 --> 02:12:27,433 but she'd pay us back when she got her pension. 827 02:12:33,379 --> 02:12:36,533 A year later, Grandma passed away. 828 02:12:37,353 --> 02:12:39,215 I failed the exams. 829 02:12:39,896 --> 02:12:42,408 Wu Shu-Mei's family moved to Kaohsiung. 830 02:12:44,961 --> 02:12:49,335 The month before she died, she kept lying on the floor, without getting up. 831 02:12:50,737 --> 02:12:53,219 Couldn't control her bodily functions. 832 02:12:54,541 --> 02:12:57,363 There were only me and my younger brothers at home. 833 02:12:58,985 --> 02:13:02,248 We called a doctor, but he said she was too old. 834 02:13:03,409 --> 02:13:08,595 Until one day, we found ants crawling on her hands, 835 02:13:08,925 --> 02:13:12,038 then we knew she'd been dead for quite a while. 836 02:13:49,666 --> 02:13:50,787 Mi. 837 02:13:52,799 --> 02:13:53,780 Mi! 838 02:13:55,131 --> 02:13:57,934 Water and towel. Hurry! 839 02:14:17,353 --> 02:14:18,374 Hurry! 840 02:14:41,848 --> 02:14:44,570 We asked an undertaker to clean up. 841 02:14:46,182 --> 02:14:48,705 When they turned her body around, 842 02:14:49,796 --> 02:14:52,008 they found the side was decomposing. 843 02:15:06,032 --> 02:15:09,525 The undertaker gave us a fierce glance. 844 02:15:10,837 --> 02:15:12,458 "Bad children!" 845 02:15:12,979 --> 02:15:15,571 I guess that's what he's saying deep inside. 846 02:15:17,994 --> 02:15:19,535 To this day, 847 02:15:21,317 --> 02:15:24,951 I often think about Grandma's road back to mainland. 848 02:15:26,392 --> 02:15:29,305 Maybe I was the only one who ever went with her. 849 02:15:30,206 --> 02:15:33,950 I remember that afternoon, we picked a lot of guavas. 850 02:15:47,313 --> 02:15:50,817 THE TIME TO LIVE AND THE TIME TO DIE Directed by Hou Hsiao-Hsien