Hidden Desire (1991) - full transcript

David is sitting in a bar, musing over why he has bedded and left five or six of Asia's loveliest women in such a short time.

Today is the my last day in Hong Kong

I have had 5 women in here

I am at a loss

I have courted, but now lost

I have possessed, but now given up

It all started when I returned HK

to take over the branch of dad's company

Charlie, I won't let you off

if I have no promotion

Stupid, I'll talk to the boss

You mustn't regret!



Will boss promote

I will pin her to death

You must pin her to death

You can be defeated by anyone except her

I'll surely care for you

I'll believe once more

How do you like this car?

I can't say no on it!

You can do without it

Shit, I was only joking

This is a nice car

but it will be the 5th car

if I this from you again

But you are my boyfriend,



take me to dinner

Sure

ls the transaction with Sin Cheong OK?

Not yet signed

Why?

I can't cope with their additional request

they're not interested in signing the contract

Just do as they wish

they don't ask you to sleep anyway

Charlie, you thought I am club hostess?

I don't mean that, I don't encourage you to

Good you are admirable as you're inconvincible

Boss's son is coming back from US

I'll recommend you to be manager

but many girls will offer themselves to master

so you must know what to do, got it?

You mistake me as Amy

I'll leave if there's nothing special

You needn't say kind words to such bastard,

promote you as manager?

He thought all girls are hookers!

Please be lenient to clients,

just give face

after the transaction, you can throw him away

Why must I do such thing? What such thing

He invites you

to movies and dinner

I get all my business by being sexy

Who do you offer yourself today?

Who, it's Robert!

You only have him as client!

His dad is very rich

He has bought 5 cars from me now

You mustn't force him this way

But he is willing to

I won't argue with you

You sound like our former teacher Miss Ho

Why are you so old-fashioned?

You're like antique

Like her? A spinster?

Joe, let's take supper

Still eat? Don't fear getting fat?

No, I'm very fit

You keep showing love so you're still hungry?

Right, I kept kissing and had no food

You have a super-power mouth?

Let's eat supper, come on

OK, I'll change clothes

Morning, Mr. Chu

- Morning, Mr. Chao
-Morning

- Morning, Mr. Chao
-Morning

Morning, Mr. Chao

Mr. Chu, this is your company

They're waiting for a meeting with you

According to recent statistics

for the past 3 months

the turnover has dropped 10%

I've checked with past recordnever such

bad buainess for the past 5 years

How come this happens?

I think this has something to do

with staff s maner

so we must check things out

Miss Lin

You're not lenient with clients

Sin Cheong, the big client we've just lost

caused a drop of 30% in our turnover

I don't think we need to check things out

but depends on whether I accept sexual

interference from the chients

Charliedo you think

we should sleep with clients?

I don't mean this

Since I haven't done anything wrong

I hope you can change to another question

Someone is high-handed

and offer a promotion

to seduce girl staff to sleep with him

If there's such a guy

he's not up to be our senior

Who do you mean?

Charlie, you know very well

David, you're impatient? It's not over yet

You say you'll go play with me

OK, it's for today, dismiss

Hurry

David, let's have a drink

Frankly, we have good staff

Amy is very good she deserves a promotion

but Tin Tin has done wrong to many people

You know well from her manner today

I know

I do according to the thing

I raised Tin Tin in the office

I'm not biased against her

only hasn't she tried her best

Amy is clever,

and lenient to clients

She's a good staff

Ridht, David...

I'll surely help you improve the company

I've been in there for a decade

I take the company as my home

it's my luck to have you in the company

You're flattering me

Charlie

Robert

With girl around introduce her now

Good, Charlie, Joey

Hello!

My boss, David, born with a silver spoon

Hello!

Hi, I am Joey

Hi, how are you?

This is my card

Great! I just want to buy a car

Come for me tomorrow

Good, see you tomorrow

Good, I'll take it

Thanks

I should thank you, it's late

It's OK, where are you taking me?

Taking you home, OK?

Have you eaten?

I've just eaten

Who irritated now?

Your boss, David

How did you meet him?

I met him with Robert at the bar

He said he wanted to buy a car

and tried the car with him to day

How is his character?

He's a real dandy

He went to play with girls
in the middle of the meeting

you'd better not go out with him

What dandy?

I can't believe he has no interest in me

Looking at him

Don't act rashly anyway

OK

I am really busy, don't be mad

I do pamper You

How do you?

You want your fortune told, miss, please sit

You want to watch
“Book of Three Generation Life”

Miss, you were in whore-house in your last life

a prostitute you mean? What about her?

No

Miss, write down your time of birth

- I'll write it
- No

what are you doing?

Luckily I remember

Thanks

I must see what you were in your last life

She used to be a nun

Nun?

I've said not to ask

What about next life?

Next life?

Let's go

I said I didn't want it, it's a waste of money

You don't sound like
former teacher Miss Ho, now

Who do I look like now?

The nun in the book

So you used to be nun no wonder you look lousy

You used to be hooker so you're avant-garde

Don't shout

Right, a hooker is like this,

What's wrong?

Have some grapes

Hello

Hi, David...Joey, your car is ready

Good, I'll pay tomorrow

You're free tomorrow? Have tea with me

Sorry, I must spend it with my girlfriend

I'll ask you out another day

OK, call for me, goodbye

Good bye

Damn it

Joey

Joey, you're bored? Have a drink with me?

Chyeers...

Good luck don't always come

Joey, it's like this

Let's enjoy ourselves

as we are together, OK?

Smile

I must leave now

Goodbye

Where shall we go?

Anywhere you like

I'll go wherever you like, you'll decide

let's have a date at motel

I haven't slept with her, just talked with her

Charlie takes her here to sleep

with herforp for promotion

I had her tell me many secrets of the company

Charlie has been involved embezzlement

and the company has suffered much loss

I know it's time to clear the things out

Why are you so serious, something important

I've promoted Miss Lin to be manager

What is your opinion?

Nothing, we should celebrate

Miss Lin is really smart

congratulations, Miss Lin

Thanks, Charlie

I know you have dispute with Miss Lin

Since so, I suggest that you resign

Me resign?

Amy has submitted her resignation

You have no interest in working on, right?

I want to know the reason

You know what you have done to the company

What have I done?

OK, I resign, I don't fear I'm jobless

Miss Lin, you're smart

You two must have monkey affairs

OK, Charlie you need security to see you out?

Damn you! I'll leave, see how good you are

Sorry for his dirty remarks

I'm prepared for that

Thanks

Hope we work well together

Good cooperation

Hope we work well

Thanks, Miss Lin

- Thanks
-Good bye

I can't believe Charlie
has cheated so much money

I know he is such a bastard

You behave like a dandy

but you work so hard

You're not simple either

Aren't I!

You know when I started
to have confidence on you?

When?

The first time we had a meeting

Then I read your suggestion

and find you have potential

If Charlie hadn't fooled
the company wouldn't be bad

I don't know whether my suggestion will work

I know you must be smart in this field

I have confidence in you

I think I'll help you.

I believe you can manage

Let me tell you

When I was 15 years old

dad had me to be assistant in the company

from office boy to be supervisor

I've worked for a decade

but people outside think I live on my father

in fact, I have my own ways!

I must prove I am able

Eight companies rush

for the small tobacco transaction

we'll surely win if you make a plan

Sure

I'll answer the phone

Hello, speaking

I'm no free, call you back another day, bye

Tin Tin, shall we eat?

Aren't you busy?

Yeah, to eat with you

I saw him seeing you back, sorry

I worked late tonight
so he invited me to dinner

You know, that bastard Charlie

has cheated much money from the company

but we have no proof, or he must go to jail

I know you all work late

I did call him up

so the caller was you

Yes, maybe he prefers eating with you

Why quit? You aren't happy here?

David, I won't say any more

You'll know after reading this

Though she didn't explain

I know it is all because of Joey

What's in your mind, David?

You won't eat with me?

Sorry, I want to be alone

you might leave now

I know you don't like me, you prefer Tin Tin

Tell me,

you like her better than me

Do you? Tell me

Don't ask, I don't know

Candy left me from that minute

then I received letter from Tin Tin

David, I have arrived in US

Life is not bad

I think time cure all wounds

Though I leave you this minute

yet, time flies

In future, maybe I will forget you

and you will forget me too

thanks for giving me a good memory, Tin Tin.

So lonely to be alone?

You? Alone too?

Where's your girlfriend? Where?

She's left

Can't believe you are all alone

I now indulge myself

to fill my loneliness

then I went out with Joey

Who do you prefer, Tin Tin or me?

Why do you ask?

Real love is like that song

Smoke Gets In Your Eyes,

no one knows

Joey is a woman of lust

and can make all men kneel before her

she brings me a world of lust

I nearly got lost in love

but such sexual excitement

is only temporary

so I decided to leave her

then I met

the last woman in HK, Yoshiko

my company met the failure at last

and was bought up by "Ota", a Japanese Company

"Ota" president is Taro Mitsuda

and Yoshiko is his only daughter

Taro sent Yoshiko to HK to take over

To maintain my business,

I got into affair with Yoshiko

I appreciate the working

efficiency of Hong Kong people

I have no experience, so you must teach me more

Stop the politeness, you should give me opinion

I must say

there's much to improve

but I'll have someone sent here form Japan

I hope you don't mind

We can surely work well

Good cooperation

Thanks for seeing me home

You're welcome, good night

Goodbye

David, are you free tomorrow?

I hope you can see around HK with me

Sure. I'll pack you up tomorrow, bye

Bye

Thank you for accompanying me all day.

How do you like HK?

Very beautiful, like Tokyo

but much busier than Tokyo

And you? You're from US,

how do you like Hong Kong?

At first I was not used to, but now OK

I feel fine as I live with compatriots

Foreigners look down on Chinese abroad

I had much dispute with foreigners

so I came back to work in HK

As men live in civilization

it's happier to be in his own land

I don't understand
why Hong Kong people rush to emigrate

HK is like this

Everyone here wants to leave Hong Kong

but people outside want to come back to HK

I am the one who rushes back here

What in HK attracts you?

As I like Chinese culture

I majored in Chinese Literature in University

then knowing I had to come to HK

I started to learn Cantonese

I speak pretty well now?

Very well,

even better than I do

I want to invite you to dance

Terrific

My car is over there, I'll see you home

Let's go

How are you? Had a good sleep?

Don't know, I didn't sleep a wink

I figured the way we danced
once I closed my eyes

If you like,

I can dance with you every night

You lie

Don't you believe? We shall start tonight

Don't just promise me easily

As I fear you will be heart-broken

You mustn't think afar

My dad has come, he wants to see you

I did mention to you

many will come from Japan

in fact it is his idea,
he wanted to change you to

but I highly recommend you to him

I've also told him the sentiment between us

so he wants to see you

- Welcome
-How are you?

Please be seated

Yoshiko, you're very pretty today

Dad, don't laugh at me

You're most happy today

It's different when you have a boyfriend

David, I've read your project

Very good

I intend to have a total change of company

Yoshiko should have told you this?

Yes, she has

OK, David, I take you as my family

I should reveal my plan to you

I intend to have Japanese as all seniors

as you are buddy of Yoshiko

you should become Japanese

But Chinese and Japanese are the same

The Nanjing Massacre is just a
distant statement,

I don't believe it.

I hope you don't believe it.

You should think over for the sake

of the company

I know dad's request is too much

I won't compromise anyway

Not even for me?

Sorry, I'm not the kind
of guy you're looking for

I'll resign tomorrow

I'm leaving

- Hello
-David

David, are you mad with me?

I want to see you

will you come out,

David?

Sorry, I should force you

Tomorrow we'll see him and convince him

you mustn't leave me for this

Dad

Yoshiko,

why so happy today?

Sit down

Try the Japanese Tea Ceremony

Please

Which is better, Japanese or Chinese style?

They both have advantages

Yes, it's is very true

why do you come all the way here?

Dad, don't force him

Must David become a Japanese?

David, you feel ashamed to become a Japanese!

I don't find it a shame

but it's a shame to betray oneself

Have you thought about your future?

I do hope to work on in the company

but I hope to be Chinese more

you will refuse even if I want you to, right?

Right

OK, I admire you, and can even promise you, but

we Matsuta family has a rule

our family business must not given to outsiders

If you really love Yoshiko,

you should marry here at once

Once married, you're our family,

and you'll become the President

At this moment, and you'll become the President

She is very lovable

I can have my own career with her

she is very obedient to me

I find no reason of not marrying her

but I am at a total loss

why don't you come in?

I'll show you something

Sure

wait for me a while

David

Am I pretty?

I'll wear kimono on our wedding, like it?

You're the most beautiful
Japanese girl I've ever seen

I like it very much

Yoshiko is the goddess for all men

I can't deny living her

but such loving

is for her beauty, for money

I'm betraying myself if I marry her

Once again, I've decided to leave

I know I did harm to Yoshiko

Maybe it's magic spell of love

I may regret my whole life

but I have never seen Yoshiko after that

we are two of a kind

we depend on each other,

believe me, we'll work out

Cheers

Miss Yoshiko, I do admire you Japanese

The Nanjing Massacre is too exaggerated

How can war not kill people?

Our two companies can surely

Let's sign on the contract

Hope we cooperate well

Come on, cheers

you're feeling unwell?

I feel faint

Let me see you home

Be careful

what place is this?

Everywhere is the same

what are you doing?

No

No

No, leave me alone

No

No

David

David

Cry? You thought he took you as girlfriend?

He was fooling you! Don't be naive

He forgets you as he's holding another girl

David!

David...

David...