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Executive Producer Hou Hsiao Hsien and Hwarng Wern-Ying

Editor: Liao Ching-Sun

Starring Shu Qi and Chang Chen

Directed by Hou Hsiao Hsien

THREE TIMES

KAOHSIUNG, 1966

A TIME FOR LOVE

Ma'am...

You're here!

You came from Xinying?

Go on in

I'll be right there when I've made this offering

Okay

Need a hand?

No, thanks

Did you look around?

I'll show you the upstairs

Good

May

Come upstairs for lunch!

Coming...

"Dear Miss Haruko..."

"I'm being bold enough to write to you"

"I'm about to do my military service"

"My folks wrote to me yesterday"

"They said my call-up notice has arrived"

"They're asking me to come home as soon as I can"

"Time flies..."

"I failed the university entrance exam two years running"

"My mother has passed away"

"I've no idea what the future holds"

"I just want to thank you"

"The days I've spent around here..."

"...have been my happiest days"

"Hope to hear back from you"

"Take care"

"P S. You know that song called 'In Love'?"

"The lyrics go..."

"I think of you, I think of you"

"It's been three years..."

"But you're always in my dreams"

"Why do seabirds wake me from my dream?"

"It's because their sad cries..."

"...pierce my heart"

Is Haruko here?

She's gone to Taichung

Taichung?

Do you know where?

By the railway station

What's your name?

Your name?

My name is May

May

You sank it?

Great!

You need to concentrate!

I thought I could get this ball over there...

...and sink it that way

No way!

You haven't sunk a ball for ages!

So I still lose

Right

Never mind

I have to go

Go where?

I'm starting military service, in Taipei

Keep the change

I'll write to you

I'll write to you

I'll send it here

"Dear Miss May

Do you remember me?"

"We played one round before I left to do military service"

"Time flies"

"That was three months ago!"

"We have non-stop spring rain"

"In our base, they keep playing that song"

"Rain and Tears"

"It sums up my feelings...

Hope to see you soon"

"Stay beautiful!"

Have a seat

Ma'am...

I should be going

Won't you have lunch with us first?

I'll miss the train

You're welcome to come back here anytime

Thank you

Have you worked in Jiayi before?

Yes

I thought so, I saw you there

I have to go

Hello

Is May here?

She doesn't work here any more

She's gone to Jiayi

Jiayi?

Where exactly?

A pool-hall there

Are you looking for her?

I can ask our boss

Ma'am!

There's a man here looking for May

Okay

You're looking for May?

Yes

She's in Jiayi, at 685, Zhongcheng Road

Zhongcheng Road?

That's right

GANGSHAN

TAINAN

JIAYI

Excuse me...

Is there a girl called May here?

She left days ago

Do you know where she is now?

Sorry, I don't

Thanks anyway

One bonus point

SHUISHANG

XINYING

Excuse me...

This is Number 11, so where's Number 3?

Number 30

Number 3

That's No. 6... The doctor lives in No. 1

You can ask there

Anyone in?

Who is it?

Who are you looking for?

I'm looking for May

May?

She's not here, she's in Huwei

Huwei

Who are you?

How do you know this address?

I'm a friend of hers from Kaohsiung

She wrote to me

Oh, I see

You know where she is?

Yes, she wrote to me the other day

I'll fetch her letter

Thank you

Thank you

See you again!

DALIN

DOUNAN

HUWEl

You don't have to let me win!

Long time no see!

How did you find me here?

Your mother told me

It was hard to track you down

Have you eaten yet?

What time do you get off?

Two hours from now

When are you due back in base?

At 9 tomorrow morning

Have some tea?

Sure

Thank you

Sit down

Cigarette?

Okay

Hey, spare me a cigarette? Cigarette

There are no more trains

What time you have to be there?

Nine in the morning

Then we'd better wait at the car-share place

DADAOCHENG, 1911

When did you arrive?

Yesterday... I met Mr Liang on the docks at Keelung

There was a meeting today at the

Eastern Restaurant, and it was packed

You mean the Mr Liang who fled to Japan...

...when the Reform Movement collapsed?

Mr Liang spoke for one hour and wrote out four poems

and we found them deeply moving

One poem read...

"Our homeland is torn asunder

Our brotherly bond is ever tighter"

A TIME FOR FREEDOM

How long will you stay?

Five days

I will go with Mr Liang to Taichung, and then come back north

Before the new year, your son had a fever... has he recovered?

He is well now, but it took two whole months

NEXT DAY

We sincerely wish to resolve the matter of redeeming Ah Mei's contract

300 silver dollars is a large sum

Is it possible to discuss some more?

Ah Mei is pregnant by the heir to the Su Tea Plantation

He is willing to take her as his concubine

What have they decided?

The Su family offers 200 silver dollars

But Madame asks for 300, so they couldn't agree

I will make up the difference for them

In your articles you have always criticize the keeping of concubines

Aren't you acting against your own principles?

I do disapprove of keeping concubines...

...but in this case, I must assent

Ah Mei's future must come first

Mr. Chang, your generosity is overwhelming

Your stay is too short to allow us to show our full gratitude

Travel safely

I will have Ah Mei and her husband thank you in person when you return

SIX DAYS LATER

I can see that Mr Su is honorable

His father is also very understanding, you are blessed.

You will be married tomorrow, and your life will be very different

Rise early to serve your in-laws

Always defer to the first wife

Never behave willfully.

ONE MONTH LATER

During my travels with Mr Liang

I met many people.

It has been very inspiring.

Mr Liang says China will not be ready...

...to help our people secede from Japan...

...for another 3 decades.

This is 100 silver dollars.

Many thanks! Ah Mei is truly fortunate to have found such a good family.

Madame is seeking a new girl to adopt

Meanwhile, she asks me to stay here longer

She always promised to release me for marriage...

...once Ah Mei became a top courtesan herself.

THE NEXT DAY

- How old are you?

- I am ten.

Good bone structure...

A little skinny.

You are pregnant.

Don't overtire yourself.

Today Ah Mei returns

to express her gratitude to you, sir.

Without your kind intervention, this would not have happened.

You leave tomorrow, when will you come again?

I will assist Mr Liang with his plan for a newspaper.

I may turn up here at any time.

I have something to ask you...

Last time you said that you assented in Ah Mei's case...

...for the sake of her future.

Now Madame is asking me to stay here longer.

Have you gave a thought about my future?

THREE MONTHS LATER THE WUCHANG UPRISING

"I reached Tokyo a day ago to join Mr Liang"

"We leave for Shanghai tomorrow"

"I visited the hall where the treaty ceding Taiwan to Japan was signed"

"Thinking of Mr Liang's poem, I couldn't help shedding tears"

"Although this place has torn my heart, it is wrenching to leave it.

"With all that has passed in these 17 years

the tears of the oppressed are not assuaged."

TAIPEI,2005

Are you okay?

A TIME FOR YOUTH

Mother, did you just call me?

I see

Are you okay?

"Born premature"

"Showed up too early..."

"High price to pay"

"Fractured bones, a hole in the heart"

"Epilepsy, almost blind in my right eye"

"A yen sign branded on my neck"

"Name your price! I want to sell my soul..."

"No past, no future, just a hungry present"

Please open your eyes

Open your ears

Check you brain

To realize what you want

To realize who you are

No one can decide how you feel

Don't be afraid to

Liberate deep inside your mind

The color which you've seen

The shape which you're in

May reveal the secret

You've never known before

So celebrate when you're honest to yourself

So celebrate when you no need to disregard how you feel

So celebrate when you feel different from mine

Let's celebrate when we no need to tell lie and hide

"I suffer from epilepsy"

"Please do not call an ambulance"

"Please move me to a safe, warm place"

"Taipei Medical University Hospital"

Piss off!

Come home

Don't bug me!

I need napkins

Pass me some napkins

Thanks

Why didn't you take my calls?

I kept ringing, you never picked up

Even if you were sleeping, you could have called back

I was sleeping

Why didn't you call me to say so?

I told you I was tired

Then why did you switch off your phone after my call?

I told you, I had a fit

But right after you texted me

you switched off your phone

I went to sleep right away

You could still have called me

Couldn't you hear your phone?

Couldn't you?

I left it in vibration mode

Don't be angry

Don't be angry

If you were me, what would you think?

I'll wait for you when you finish, okay?

TEXT MESSAGE

"Can't sleep, miss you, you left your epilepsy card at my place"

"Developed the photos, will show you tomorrow"

I burn my hand every time I light a candle with this lighter.

My thumb hurts.

It's almost run out.

I can hardly light this one.

Pass that one to me.

Thanks.

We'll light this one later.

And that one.

That one too.

Has water gone inside?

You hear that funny sound?

The wick is wet.

Let's buy some new ones tomorrow.

There are two left.

The water is dirty.

Can you change it later?

Is it because of the candle wax?

I can't even light them

Shall I put some fragrant oils in the bath?

Okay

Let's bathe together.

I'll take silence as a 'Yes'

Okay

I'll go get clothes

"The pictures taken before

"With smiling gray eyes

"May rest, such cruel sound

Jing! It's ready, hurry up!

"It's still vivid, like a bird"

Jing...

You're still awake?

Grandma made some chicken soup

I'll get some for you?

Jing!

Grandma made some chicken soup

I'll get some for you?

Okay

Sorry, I'm late

I called you just now

But you didn't answer

The photos.

Go to your place.

Jing?

Jing?

"One missed call"

"Connecting..."

You must have gone out before 12:45.

You left your cell phone here.

I think you did it on purpose.

To make me think you had...

just stepped out for a minute.

Your last missed call was at 12.45.

So you'd have gone by then.

Now it's 3:33.

You've been out for over 3 hours.

You knew I'd wake up at 4.

I don't want to hear any more of your lies.

I'm fed up with waiting for you.

You keep pushing me.

You know that I love you more than you love me.

You'll regret this

I will kill myself just like Olika.

"I think you did it on purpose"

"Your last missed call was at 12:45"

"You've been out for over 3 hours"

"I don't want to hear anymore of your lies"

"I'm fed up with waiting for you"

"You keep pushing me"

"You know that I love you more than you love me"

"You'll regret this"

"I will kill myself just like Olika"

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