Nan Jing de ji du (1995) - full transcript
The Christ of Nanjing.
"God's soldiers are here to capture me!"
"It is impossible to write on"
"To go on living in such a state of mind"
"is unspeakable torture"
"I wonder if someone could strangle me
quietly while I am sleeping"
You're a wake?
Mother's gone.
Do you want to get up and see her off?
Asleep again?
He's woken up
Did he take any sleeping drugs?
0.8 grams. or else his head aches
He wakes for helf an hour to one hour and falls asleep again
Been this way since returning from China?
Such frail nerves, even people coughing at the door startle him
Done any writing lately?
The other day I heard people saying such awful things about his works
Grandmother, come on, let's go
I won't see you off
Take care
"Last time in China I met you and I was reborn"
"This time where can I go? What's the use?"
"I went to China, as if by chance"
"Also seems to be fate"
"I've always loved Chinese culture"
"I was curious about Chinhuai River"
"After reading 'A Night on the Chinhuai' by Tanizaki Junichiro"
"It so happened the News Agency sent me to China as an observer"
"So I met again my classmate at Teikoku University, Yung-nien"
Some what disappointed?
No
You come at the wrong time
The Kuomintang Army will march north soon
Many troops are moving in to reinforce the Nanjing Garrison
They want free meals and drinks and wenches to bed with
The brothels are fed up and move into inside streets
They'd rather entertain old customers
Chinhuai were prettier in the past
Mister, please tell me where is the Lotus House?
- Who knows?
- Look for yourself
Hey, Miss, look in the inside streets, It's moved
Girls were prettier in the past
Master
Fool, look at the woman right now in your present state of mind
Then she'd look prettier
Everything looks pretty to you right now
Yes
Okagawa, how about tailing her?
Please, where's the Lotus House?
In there perhaps
In there
That lass just now is over there
Hey, Miss
Miss, wait for us
Lassie, lassie
We'll take you to Lotus House
You know where it is?
Sure I do
Miss, not so fast, wait for us!
You're going to Lotus House too?
We'll take you there
Ride with us, OK?
Yung-nien
Don't frighten her
Lassie
She...
See? Here's one
Let's go in
But we're going to that one ahead
- Slow coach, hurry up!
- Chinhuai by night
You drank so much, are you up to it?
What can one bottle of wine do to me...
Don't lose face when in there
Here it is
Lotus House
And my luggage?
- Hsiao-erh, deliver the luggage here later
- Yes, sir
Guests arrive!
Come on
Mr Tan, sir, you're here
Allow me.
Attend to the guests
Madame, Master Tan's here
One moment. I'll fetch a few wenches
Madame
Master Tan
Welcome
Amah
Attent to Master Tan
Camelia
Punish her to down 7 cups
Master Tan's here?
Naughty! You've not come for a long time
You've forgotten us
I've just arrived
Quiet, I'll introduce a friend
- Master Tan
- Madame, long time no see
Long time no seeing Camellia
Been busy, I've just arrived
You come at the right time, Old Master Chen is inside
As if you've arranged to meet here
It's a joyful night
Here comes Old Master Chen
Run away? There's no escape
Bride snatching?
Tan Yung nien
Master Tan, you sure are chummy, bringing a friend too
Camellia, come here
It's not necessary
I've already said hello, same old rules
So soon?
Everybody, I solemnly present
My good friend from my days of studying in Japan
Mr Okagawa Ryuichiro
Mr Okagawa
Sir, explain to him in Japanese what we're a playing
Silly, Okagawa's Chinese in most likely better than yours
Master Tan, have a warm drink
His Chinese is so good
That the Japanese newspaper is sending him here to be a reporter
Come on, let's drink
Mr Okagawa, bottom up
Cheers!
It's joyful event, drink more!
Let me fill it for you
Fill it up!
Sorry, sorry
- Cover up his eyes
- Cover them
Well, enough, enough
Wait, wait, stop playing
Wait, wait
Touch
So many girls here, touch anyone and she's yours
I only want her, she's the one
No, Chin-hua is my cousin
She's not one of the Lotuse House
Oh yes, it's OK, as long as she's willing
Come here, get covered
Touch
Here, here
Chin-hua's drunkard father's sent her to borrow money again?
Yes
How much?
He wants to buy a vegetable field
So much? The he must sell Chin-hua
What's the matter with him
Okagawa
Nothing, he's always having headaches
Don't worry, it's over now
Why don't you eat? It's good
I've eaten already
How come there's still such a lot left?
You'd say everything's good to eat
Well, everything is
I don't understand how you can eat so much for breakfast
What's the matter?
Still having headaches?
It's hereditary, congenital migraine
Haven't had a relapse for a long time
Yes, you had headaches back in our schooldays
But it's coming back lately
Every time it hurts, seems there's a cogwheel
lurking in the corner of my eye
Pulling lighter and tighter
Last night we just drank and I forgot to ask how's your mother
How is she now?
Before coming over I visited her at the lunatic asylum
I believe she won't leave that place for the rest of her life
In Japan I'm under great pressure, a heavy burden
No creative inspiration at all
Right, come over to relax
Why didn't you produce it earlier?
I've a country cottage, go take a rest there
Why not bring her with you?
Her?
That one
What's this called?
This is authentic bean curd dessert, very creamy
Don't let them see us eating
Well, you've got goodies and won't share with us
Come here, I want to talk to you
Good morning
Tastes good?
Can I have one?
Here, take it back
Good grief!
I've told you not to play here, outside!
Are you all right?
I'm fine
Serve you right, snatching my goodies
I meant to give it back
Had a good time last night?
What?
Okagawa
What is it?
Come and see if there's anything you can bring back to Japan
They're very nice
Why not?
He likes you?
What?
Do you want to marry him?
Not a bad idea,you collect a bride-price to take home to your father
So you no longer need to borrow money
Well?
How do I get married?
Madame will teach you
Haven't you longed to see red candles and beddings?
Now your dream's come true
"All that is precious in this world"
"is found in the irreplaceable momentary emotion"
"Besides this, I know nothing about this girl"
Sir, Miss Chin-hua is still a virgin
She's too young, and prepared too hastily
Later on, please bear with her
Never had a bath this way
Never had such nice hot water
I know you love me
Wash my feet
You're Christian?
Or Catholic?
What's your belief anyway?
Isn't there a Christ?
When I was 5, Christ bathed me
That's not called bathing, it's called baptism
You believe in Christ, and yet you come to Lotus House?
If I don't come, my parents will starve to death
They say when Papa took the bride-price
He's overjoyed. So much money
Not even enough for half a year's drinks
What?
Nothing
What do I have to do to be your wife?
Pretty, aren't they?
I meant to take them back to Japan
They're yours now
Why?
A souvenir
Not because you love me?
Do you like them?
Now do you like me or Christ more?
What are you doing?
Thanking Christ!
I give you earrings and you thank Christ?
It's Christ who told you to give them to me
Help, Christ save me!
Hsiao-erh, stop here!
Chin-hua
Do you know my home is on the other side of the trees and sky?
Okagawa
Okagawa, look, the branches are spinning
As if they're sending my voice to the other side of the sky to you
Okagawa
"Ignorance of literature does not matter"
"So long as she loves me naturally, honestly"
How much longer?
"Unexpectedly, a totally uncultured young girl"
"Elevates my creative desires to another higher plane"
When do I stop?
"Arousing once again my love for life"
"I just fear I can't receive in time these inspirations, love and life"
"He has a sort of superstitious feeling"
"If one does not seize this moment and admire quickly"
"The masterpiece painting may vanish like a mist"
Didn't you say you wouldn't sleep?
I didn't sleep
Go to sleep
Go to sleep
Naughty!
I've no more strength. Let's sleep
No sleeping
No sleeping? What for?
No sleeping
Don't move
Are you always like that?
Where I come from, they call sale of boys moving rocks
Yes, where I come from many rocks work in the fields
Some are rocks bought by the rich from other places
Is that so?
So you're a rock that's moved to Mr Tan's house?
That's right. To pay the farm me
Or else we'd starve
Say, who's worth more, you or I?
You know how to pull a rickshaw? Or punt a boat?
Of course I do
Give me
Let you punt? Can you? Good.You punt
Careful!
- Okagawa, help!
- Chin-hua
What the devil?
Give a hand quick!
This way. Give me your hand!
Okagawa
You know how to swim?
You can't swim. It's dangerous, don't you know?
You may kill yourself!
Give it back
What?
Dry it, dry it. Christ, dry the hat quickly
So Christ is the sun?
You won't understand
Sir
Hsiao-erh, go fetch the manuscript beside my desk
Let's play fire lighting here rather than run around
In a while we'll take a big hot water bath
Are you all right?
Yes
Pass them over
Okagawa. Okagawa
More
What are you burning?
Sir
Are you mad? Who told you to burn these?
How can you burn these things?
Do you know it's hard work writing these?
Why you said you're not coming
Okagawa, see what they're burning?
I told them to burn it
Cover it first
Okagawa, come here, here
I just received a telegram
See? Your wife's given birth
It's a boy
Congratulations! You're a father a second time
Congratulations!
- Thank you
- Chin-hua, Chin-hua
You bigamist, you bigamist!
Christ told people not to commit bigamy
You'd cheated Christ!
Chin-hua
You cheated me!
These are not be burnt
Stop it!
Chin-hua
Don't go on like this
Chin-hua
Okagawa, sorry, I didn't mean to make such a mess
You cheat me!
You cheat me!
What are you doing? What are you throwing?
Go away, go away, go away!
"Being father to a baby should have been a happy even"
"But, seeing Chin-hua in such a state,
I just can't be happy"
"Returning to Nanjing, I found a telegram waiting for me"
"My father died, I must go back to Japan"
Miss, Madam, have a heart, spare a dime!
I've given already. Again?
Spare a dime!
Here, such noisy brats
No more
Have an orange
After the orange, when it's time, we've got to leave the carriage
This is not right
You're seeing him off, but not speaking to him
He's got a headache, in a bad mood
Have an orange
Madam, spare a dime, I beg you
Have a piece
Chin-hua, you know what you're missing?
Please, Sir, spare a dime!
Get lost!
Little beggars, kicked you out and you're back again. Get out. Scram!
Do you know what you're missing?
Chin-hua, Chin-hua
Chin-hua
Get out!
Big deal, Let's go then
We're here begging for food, not begging for his money
Who does he think he is?
Miss, give me
Look after her for me
"When the train reached the Nanjing Station, Chin-hua got off"
"She did not return to Lotus House"
"Camellia heard her saying to Hsiao-erh. "I'm back to square one""
What are you kids doing?
Shouldn't you line up? One by one!
- I've queued for a long time, go line up back there
- You've got food and you don't tell us?
Get lost, scram!
Son of a bitch!
I told you to come earlier
Those in front move forward a bit
Don't push, easy, everyone gets a portion
Little Sister ask Chin-hua to take you to the city for a full meal
If she gets a full meal, she wouldn't have come back
That's right
You take such a lot, what's left for Us at the back to eat
Don't quarrel, don't there's enough to go round
Here, congee
You took so long
I've got vegetable seeds too
Are vegetable seeds edible?
Grow vegetables and sell them, then we won't have
to wait for Christ distributing congee
Can we plant vegetables still?
"From the window of the little steam engine running"
"He watched the cherry blossoms of Mukaijima"
"In his eyes, cherry blossom in full bloom"
"Are as melancholy as a row of rags"
"In the cherry blossoms, those cherry blossoms of Mukaijima
ever since the Edo period"
"He suddenly saw himself"
Ready?
Please
Headache again?
This...
You bought for me on your last trip to China, remember?
Help me put it on, will you?
My sister likes it too, if you go again next time...
So beautiful!
Mama, so beautiful!
Papa, are there cherry blossoms in China? Papa
What do they have in China?
So beautiful!
"Okagawa, Chin-hua's returned to Lotus House"
"I guess she's no other way to go besides this"
"When she saw me she asked if you'd come back, and when"
"I gave her some money"
Spread open your legs
"Okagawa, I've come back to Lotus House"
"So happy to see Mr Tan"
"So I don't have to call to the tree for you"
"There's no wind. The tree before the house, I just don't see it move at all"
Madame, come look at this
"There's no food back home, the farm can't produce anything"
Let's see
"Okagawa"
"They told me to dress up, said you're back"
- Drink it yourself
"If not for this, I wouldn't know they lied last time, saying I was marrying you"
- Master said he's unwell and can't drink wine
"I'm not mad at you any more, I'm a bigamist too"
Sir, Chin-hua is still a virgin. She's very young
Please bear with her
OK
Have a good time!
"Christ, I'm in this business for the sake of my Papa, brother and sister"
"Even so, I think I can go to Heaven"
"I can see Okagawa again"
"Okagawa, what do you like in me?"
"Myself or my body?"
"How have I been doing?"
"Madame taught me to be considerate and loosen the body"
"Then you'll love me very much, and you won't go"
And if I go?
"Okagawa, as soon as Chin-hua came back to Lotus House,
she contracted a disease"
"Which would take long to cure"
"It shouldn't be fatal"
"At first, when she saw me she'd ask will you come back"
"And when"
"Lately she'd quiet. A few days ago she suddenly asked me
to pass on her letter to you"
"Okagawa, you taught me to write this name, remember?"
"I like to learn to write on leaves"
"Whenever I'm free I'd get the letter-writer at the street corner
to write a 2-bit letter to you"
"Write until you come back"
"Do you still have headaches?"
"I'm just like before, very healthy, not afraid of the cold"
"Two rickshaws pass by the stinking graveyard"
"Inside the wicket gates with oysters standing"
"Stand several blackened stone pagodas"
"He watches the slightly glowing sea opposite the stone pagodas"
I'm ill, my illness will infect you
Melon seeds? Is the tea still warm?
I'll make you another cup
Who does she think she is?
The other day I saw Miss Jasmine give her V.D. pills she's got left
In fact she cold cleanse it by scraping with ox bone
dipped in incense ash from the Confucian temple
Pass it on a customer and she'd be OK
Anyway she caught it the night she acted the virgin again
Just act the virgin once more
Wonder if we've caught it too
Disobedient!
I think...
Wash the bowls, chatterbox!
In 2 days they'd shoot convicts
Dip in some fresh dead man's blood, that'll fortify her more
You mean immune to all venoms?
Bookkeeper says if business is bad
she must receive even foreigners
When you go out, don't gossip about it
Chin-hua
Chin-hua
Chin-hua, they say the Japanese gentleman will be back soon
Okagawa
Stop her shouting, it scares away my guests
If she goes on shouting this way, I'll throw her out
She is such a pest!
Hsiao-erh
Is Mr Tan here?
I've got many letters for him to send for me
I come alone, go to bed with me
What?
You can pass the disease on to me
What do you mean?
I catch it and you'll be healed
What about you?
I still have strength, I can still pull the rickshaw
But you can't do business, Madame says she'll throw you out
They had give me their leftover V.D. pills
Amah
- I paid Madame, she let me in
- Go away!
Come
Let me help you!
I don't want your help!
Christ in Heaven
I take this trade to feed my father, brother and sister
I don't want to infect other people
Let me be uncleansed myself
Even so I can still go to Heaven
Even if my business is not good
- I won't pass on my disease to others
- Let me help you!
Hsiao-erh
What are you doing?
I'll kill you!
Help me, help me
Okagawa
Okagawa
Camellia
- Well?
- Okagawa
Where's the doctor?
He's here
Why didn't you ask hem in?
Amah, Amah
Chin-hua
We've got the best doctor to treat you
Only Christ is the doctor
This doctor is Christian too
Where's Okagawa?
How long has she been ill?
It comes and goes
Jesus gave his life for love
Well?
Give her water
Quick, a glass of water!
Lord Jesus loves me
What's her illness anyway?
- She's not only got venereal disease, but influenza in her organs too
- Drink water, drink tea, take food
Miss Chin-hua, don't go on like this
Lord Jesus loves me
Better send her to a hospital
- Sir, sir
- Where's the letter write?
Chin-hua
Come back, come back!
- What am I to do?
- Chin-hua
Miss, don't go on this way!
Show him, show him
Chin-hua, Okagawa's coming back!
Christ
Yes. Jesus loves me, the Bible tells me so
Jesus gave his life for love, so my sins he may remove
Heaven's gate opens for me, so his lamb may enter free
Yes, Jesus loves me. Yes, Jesus loves me
Yes, Jesus loves me, the Bible tells me so
Jesus loves me this I've know, never leaves his lamb alone
Lord saves me from woe by day
Looks like I'm dying soon
If I don't pass on my disease to a customer. I can't do business
Looks like I'm dying soon
I'm just a woman
I don't know when I'll fail to resist the man who comes for me
Christ, please protect me
Besides you, I've no one to rely on
Christ
What can I do for you?
Can you speak English? English?
"He look familiar, where have I seen him before?"
"The pleasure-boat, I passed by he with
a fat lady on the pleasure-boat, right?"
"That one's hair was redder"
"I saw his snap shooting in the Chinhuai Confucian Temple"
"Or was it before the Lishe Bridge Restaurant?"
I can't, I've got an awful disease
People coming close to me will catch it too
Four U.S. dollars?
Five
Nine. Wait
I thought I'd seen you somewhere
In fact you're Christ!
Christ, Christ
Are you here to heal me?
Heal me, as you heal the lepers
Let me be whole again so I can see Okagawa
And be with him
Christ, heal me. Okagawa
"Okagawa, I very much want to see you"
"and you to see me"
"When I touch myself, It's just like you touching me"
"Is Japan very far away?"
"You said the other side of the trees, how many
trees do you have to pass"
"I hate myself for that day when I ran home in Nanjing without a word"
"At least I should've told you I wanted you to stay"
"If I hadn't left, maybe you wouldn't either"
"And to this day you're still caring for me, loving me"
"I regret very much, Okagawa, very much"
"Chin-hua, I know what I should do"
"I'll come back to China. I'll take you to Japan for treatment"
"As for the future, I'll worry later"
"At least this is my duty right now"
I have decided what I should do
I'll go now to buy the ticket for the earliest train to Tokyo
I'll take the earliest boat from Japan to China
Chin-hua, I'll take you back to Japan
Okagawa
Stop here
Okagawa
- Okagawa
- Chin-hua
I have decided what I should do
I will take you to Japan for treatment
Even if I cannot take care of you for life
This is the least I can do
What's the matter with your hand?
Nothing, just a scratch
How did you get it?
Wait
Thank you
Let me take that
I'll get it, I'll get it
Come
So he's the one who reads letters to you?
You can read this one to me
Tell him I'm very happy
Without him, I've got Christ
Hsiao-erh
Hsiao-erh, look who's come back!
Sir
- Sir, I'll carry it for you
- The master wants to bring me back to Japan
Sir, my master's inside
You're here, of course he's here
Come on
Why, there's once when his master's
not here, he came alone...
Come on, let's go
Camellia
Give it to me
- Camellia
- Chin-hua
Chin-hua
Don't run so fast!
- Camellia
- Chin-hua
- Camellia, Camellia, Camellia
- You're waking people up
Camellia, look who's back?
Pipe down!
Mr Okagawa
Don't shout,if you wake up the masters, Nadane will beat you again
My master's back, Madame won't beat me
Don't tell him I'm sick
Come
He says he'll take me to Japan
I want to cure this disease quickly
I also want to buy red candles and beddings
But I've no money
Go back to your room first
You'll find a way for me? Really?
Go, go in quick!
Once he came to see me
What?
He's come when I dreamt, he'd come when I prayed
- Chin-hua
- I dreamt he treated me to a meal
Why should he treat you to a meal?
After Christ came I slept well
I'm very happy, Okagawa
I'm very happy
Chin-hua,I think you've made a mistake
Okagawa
You've woken someone, I'll go and see
Yung-nien, you're woken?
No
You must be careful
She doesn't know you know
What?
She told Camellia not to tell you
How could I not know?
Then pretend you don't know
Pretend I don't know
I forgot to put on socks
I'll cook some food
You come along too
Ok
Amah, hurry, come and help
Hsiao-erh, help me buy sesame cakes
Shall I wake up Madame?
If I could make those dishes Christ treated me to
She's only dreaming
She's told this dream many times
The roast pigeon could fly
I used my chopsticks and it flew away
Knocking over a bottle of Shaoxing wine
Many dishes, steaming hot
And he didn't eat, because
he didn't I like Chinese food
Is it true what you said in your letter?
A foreigner who looked like Christ came to her
Madame took his money
Chin-hua believed it's him
She even dreamt of Christ giving her a treat
Christ said if I finished all the dishes I'd be cured
What an appetite I'd got
Remember that half-breed reporter?
You'd have seen him
The one who stayed at the same hotel as we in Shanghai
He said he's some special corespondent
Heaven's beautiful, with round columns
Christ sat on a high rose wood chair
Behind him there's water's glow, water's sound
I also heard someone punting
You just dreamt of returning to Qinhuai, silly
Now I'll fry a real fried egg
Such array for frying an egg!
Sir
What is it?
- That foreigner's by the river
- Go away!
Okagawa
Okagawa
They say the man's got V.D., it's only hearsay
Okagawa
When they return, just say you dreamt it
After Christ left I did have a dream
Hsiao-erh's back, says when he was buying
sesame cakes by the river
He saw that Christ of yours buying sesame cakes too
Miss Chin-hua, Miss Chin-hua
Miss Chin-hua, Miss Chin-hua
I heard you're back. I wanted to buy a new dress and follow you to Japan
I don't want you to see me so ugly
I fear you don't want me
Nobody home, Madame beat me, sent me back home
My kid sister's sold, no one wanted me
There's no congee at home, whom'd I believe?
I'll go up with you to pack, I'll take you back to Japan
Christ seemed to have said some people posed as him to cheat
I'll take you to Japan for treatment
I'm not sick!
- You are!
- I'm not!
You must go for treatment
I'm not sick!
Go wash your face, get changed
I'll pack for you, go
Lord Jesus love me
You still believe?
You still belleve in him?
I don't recover, who do I believe?
When I'm well, I'll buy a new dress, so you'll see how pretty I am
What do I come back for?
If I hadn't come back, Chin-hua wouldn't be so upset
If I hadn't left, she wouldn't believe that man's Christ
So she's cheated, well just let her dream on
Isn't that happier?
Don't blame youself too hard
If only we could die together
I seem to remember you've written
Even it the gods were unfortunate., they couldn't commit suicide together with us
Right?
Right?
Take your medicine, the Japanese mister told you to take more fruit
See who you'd believe in
Go on being sick, later on people not only won't see you
They won't come to Lotus House at all
To me, sorrow is even more unbearable than anxiety
Headache again?
I don't know, I don't know
Go back, you can do nothing staying here
Tomorrow there's a boat for Japan
Boat for Japan? There's a boat?
I'll go and talk to Chin-hua
Okagawa, I'll look after Chin-hua here for you
She's always wanted you to find her pretty
If you stay to see her die, that's even more cruel
I want her to know I love her
She knows
I love her more than Christ does
What about your family in Japan?
They trust you
What if you bring Chin-hua back to Japan?
I've said in my letter, even if we can't be together for life
At least I want to cure her disease
If you feel obliged by this promise
Then go in peace
Chin-hua didn't know you only came back to take her to Japan for treatment
She relied on others to read letters to her
Nobody had read her this sentence
What did you say?
So what if she goes to Japan?
In Japan she can be treated
She's ill, she's ill
She's ill, she's ill
She's ill
Feeling cold?
I'm well, no need to follow you to Japan
You can go. I'll wait for Christ
There's boat tomorrow, we'll leave
Trust me
I'll wait for Christ
Christ takes care of Chin-hua all her life
It feels good to pack for you, like your wife
It's still warm, have you just taken it off?
If I'd packed your clothes for you earlier
Write more letters to me, I know more and more characters
That letter writer's no good, I'll find another
If he died, there's another one
I don't want to write, come with me to Japan
At least I can do this
There are doctors here, when I'm healed
I'll a pretty snapshot for you
Lots of pretty dresses in Japan
There are pretty dresses here too
Is there an Okagawa?
There's Christ here, that'll do
Where I am, Christ is there too
You don't go, I don't go!
Hsiao-erh
Sir, after you've gone, what will happen to Miss Chin-hua
Okagawa
Are you leaving now?
Just going for a walk
"No,I can't pass on my disease to you"
"No matter, I'm not afraid"
Chin-hua
Hsiao-erh
Okagawa
Okagawa
- Miss Chin-hua, Miss Chin-hua
- Okagawa
Miss Chin-hua, get on board
Miss Chin-hua
- Miss Chin-hua, you're still ailing
- Okagawa
Miss Chin-hua
Miss Chin-hua, Miss Chin-hua
Miss Chin-hua
Miss Chin-hua, Get on, you're still ailing
Miss Chin-hua
Miss Chin-hua, you're still ailing!
Sir, sir, sir
Okagawa
Chin-hua
I'll go with you
Let's go back to pack
I've done the packing
Hsiao-erh, Hsiao-erh
Just now I called to you, the tree didn't have
the strength to transmit my voice
No need, from now on there's no need to call that way
What's the matter?
Nothing, too windy outside, nothing
Can we wait until it's warm?
Your head still aches?
Is Japan warmer?
It's cold here
Are you still cold?
Once in Japan, I'll dress you up pretty
Will I last that long to see it?
What is it?
The road is rough going
Has the train arrived?
No, there's still time
Let's stroll
Pull over there and wait for us
Remember what we're to do?
We remember, one after the other
Good, and do you remember the song
I taught you yesterday?
Yes, the Jesus Love Me song
Good, sing together for me
Jesus loves me this I know, for the Bible tells me so
Little ones to him belong, they are weak but he is strong
Yes, Jesus loves me. Yes, Jesus loves me
Yes, Jesus loves me, Bible tells me so
- Jesus gave his life for love, so my sins he may remove
- Chin-hua
Christ and me, which one do you belive in?
Let me pick it up
Chin-hua, Chin-hua
Chin-hua, Chin-hua, Chin-hua
What's the matter?
Nothing, nothing
Nothing, just that, for no reason, I feel you're going to die
"If everything is God's doing"
"God's doing is hateful taunting"
"Feelings order me to look fixedly at
the ugliness around and in me"
"I sense my own destruction"
"and destruction is inevitable"
"I wonder if there's someone who, while I'm sleeping"
"could quietly strangle me"
Having returned to his room, in the small hours,
Okagawa look sleeping pills to kill himself
On his body were his letters to his wife, children and friends
Beside his pillow was a Bible worn out from flipping
in his letter to his son he says
Life is a fight to the death
When defeated, self-destruct as didst thy father
To avoid implicating others in misfortune, as didst thy father
"God's soldiers are here to capture me!"
"It is impossible to write on"
"To go on living in such a state of mind"
"is unspeakable torture"
"I wonder if someone could strangle me
quietly while I am sleeping"
You're a wake?
Mother's gone.
Do you want to get up and see her off?
Asleep again?
He's woken up
Did he take any sleeping drugs?
0.8 grams. or else his head aches
He wakes for helf an hour to one hour and falls asleep again
Been this way since returning from China?
Such frail nerves, even people coughing at the door startle him
Done any writing lately?
The other day I heard people saying such awful things about his works
Grandmother, come on, let's go
I won't see you off
Take care
"Last time in China I met you and I was reborn"
"This time where can I go? What's the use?"
"I went to China, as if by chance"
"Also seems to be fate"
"I've always loved Chinese culture"
"I was curious about Chinhuai River"
"After reading 'A Night on the Chinhuai' by Tanizaki Junichiro"
"It so happened the News Agency sent me to China as an observer"
"So I met again my classmate at Teikoku University, Yung-nien"
Some what disappointed?
No
You come at the wrong time
The Kuomintang Army will march north soon
Many troops are moving in to reinforce the Nanjing Garrison
They want free meals and drinks and wenches to bed with
The brothels are fed up and move into inside streets
They'd rather entertain old customers
Chinhuai were prettier in the past
Mister, please tell me where is the Lotus House?
- Who knows?
- Look for yourself
Hey, Miss, look in the inside streets, It's moved
Girls were prettier in the past
Master
Fool, look at the woman right now in your present state of mind
Then she'd look prettier
Everything looks pretty to you right now
Yes
Okagawa, how about tailing her?
Please, where's the Lotus House?
In there perhaps
In there
That lass just now is over there
Hey, Miss
Miss, wait for us
Lassie, lassie
We'll take you to Lotus House
You know where it is?
Sure I do
Miss, not so fast, wait for us!
You're going to Lotus House too?
We'll take you there
Ride with us, OK?
Yung-nien
Don't frighten her
Lassie
She...
See? Here's one
Let's go in
But we're going to that one ahead
- Slow coach, hurry up!
- Chinhuai by night
You drank so much, are you up to it?
What can one bottle of wine do to me...
Don't lose face when in there
Here it is
Lotus House
And my luggage?
- Hsiao-erh, deliver the luggage here later
- Yes, sir
Guests arrive!
Come on
Mr Tan, sir, you're here
Allow me.
Attend to the guests
Madame, Master Tan's here
One moment. I'll fetch a few wenches
Madame
Master Tan
Welcome
Amah
Attent to Master Tan
Camelia
Punish her to down 7 cups
Master Tan's here?
Naughty! You've not come for a long time
You've forgotten us
I've just arrived
Quiet, I'll introduce a friend
- Master Tan
- Madame, long time no see
Long time no seeing Camellia
Been busy, I've just arrived
You come at the right time, Old Master Chen is inside
As if you've arranged to meet here
It's a joyful night
Here comes Old Master Chen
Run away? There's no escape
Bride snatching?
Tan Yung nien
Master Tan, you sure are chummy, bringing a friend too
Camellia, come here
It's not necessary
I've already said hello, same old rules
So soon?
Everybody, I solemnly present
My good friend from my days of studying in Japan
Mr Okagawa Ryuichiro
Mr Okagawa
Sir, explain to him in Japanese what we're a playing
Silly, Okagawa's Chinese in most likely better than yours
Master Tan, have a warm drink
His Chinese is so good
That the Japanese newspaper is sending him here to be a reporter
Come on, let's drink
Mr Okagawa, bottom up
Cheers!
It's joyful event, drink more!
Let me fill it for you
Fill it up!
Sorry, sorry
- Cover up his eyes
- Cover them
Well, enough, enough
Wait, wait, stop playing
Wait, wait
Touch
So many girls here, touch anyone and she's yours
I only want her, she's the one
No, Chin-hua is my cousin
She's not one of the Lotuse House
Oh yes, it's OK, as long as she's willing
Come here, get covered
Touch
Here, here
Chin-hua's drunkard father's sent her to borrow money again?
Yes
How much?
He wants to buy a vegetable field
So much? The he must sell Chin-hua
What's the matter with him
Okagawa
Nothing, he's always having headaches
Don't worry, it's over now
Why don't you eat? It's good
I've eaten already
How come there's still such a lot left?
You'd say everything's good to eat
Well, everything is
I don't understand how you can eat so much for breakfast
What's the matter?
Still having headaches?
It's hereditary, congenital migraine
Haven't had a relapse for a long time
Yes, you had headaches back in our schooldays
But it's coming back lately
Every time it hurts, seems there's a cogwheel
lurking in the corner of my eye
Pulling lighter and tighter
Last night we just drank and I forgot to ask how's your mother
How is she now?
Before coming over I visited her at the lunatic asylum
I believe she won't leave that place for the rest of her life
In Japan I'm under great pressure, a heavy burden
No creative inspiration at all
Right, come over to relax
Why didn't you produce it earlier?
I've a country cottage, go take a rest there
Why not bring her with you?
Her?
That one
What's this called?
This is authentic bean curd dessert, very creamy
Don't let them see us eating
Well, you've got goodies and won't share with us
Come here, I want to talk to you
Good morning
Tastes good?
Can I have one?
Here, take it back
Good grief!
I've told you not to play here, outside!
Are you all right?
I'm fine
Serve you right, snatching my goodies
I meant to give it back
Had a good time last night?
What?
Okagawa
What is it?
Come and see if there's anything you can bring back to Japan
They're very nice
Why not?
He likes you?
What?
Do you want to marry him?
Not a bad idea,you collect a bride-price to take home to your father
So you no longer need to borrow money
Well?
How do I get married?
Madame will teach you
Haven't you longed to see red candles and beddings?
Now your dream's come true
"All that is precious in this world"
"is found in the irreplaceable momentary emotion"
"Besides this, I know nothing about this girl"
Sir, Miss Chin-hua is still a virgin
She's too young, and prepared too hastily
Later on, please bear with her
Never had a bath this way
Never had such nice hot water
I know you love me
Wash my feet
You're Christian?
Or Catholic?
What's your belief anyway?
Isn't there a Christ?
When I was 5, Christ bathed me
That's not called bathing, it's called baptism
You believe in Christ, and yet you come to Lotus House?
If I don't come, my parents will starve to death
They say when Papa took the bride-price
He's overjoyed. So much money
Not even enough for half a year's drinks
What?
Nothing
What do I have to do to be your wife?
Pretty, aren't they?
I meant to take them back to Japan
They're yours now
Why?
A souvenir
Not because you love me?
Do you like them?
Now do you like me or Christ more?
What are you doing?
Thanking Christ!
I give you earrings and you thank Christ?
It's Christ who told you to give them to me
Help, Christ save me!
Hsiao-erh, stop here!
Chin-hua
Do you know my home is on the other side of the trees and sky?
Okagawa
Okagawa, look, the branches are spinning
As if they're sending my voice to the other side of the sky to you
Okagawa
"Ignorance of literature does not matter"
"So long as she loves me naturally, honestly"
How much longer?
"Unexpectedly, a totally uncultured young girl"
"Elevates my creative desires to another higher plane"
When do I stop?
"Arousing once again my love for life"
"I just fear I can't receive in time these inspirations, love and life"
"He has a sort of superstitious feeling"
"If one does not seize this moment and admire quickly"
"The masterpiece painting may vanish like a mist"
Didn't you say you wouldn't sleep?
I didn't sleep
Go to sleep
Go to sleep
Naughty!
I've no more strength. Let's sleep
No sleeping
No sleeping? What for?
No sleeping
Don't move
Are you always like that?
Where I come from, they call sale of boys moving rocks
Yes, where I come from many rocks work in the fields
Some are rocks bought by the rich from other places
Is that so?
So you're a rock that's moved to Mr Tan's house?
That's right. To pay the farm me
Or else we'd starve
Say, who's worth more, you or I?
You know how to pull a rickshaw? Or punt a boat?
Of course I do
Give me
Let you punt? Can you? Good.You punt
Careful!
- Okagawa, help!
- Chin-hua
What the devil?
Give a hand quick!
This way. Give me your hand!
Okagawa
You know how to swim?
You can't swim. It's dangerous, don't you know?
You may kill yourself!
Give it back
What?
Dry it, dry it. Christ, dry the hat quickly
So Christ is the sun?
You won't understand
Sir
Hsiao-erh, go fetch the manuscript beside my desk
Let's play fire lighting here rather than run around
In a while we'll take a big hot water bath
Are you all right?
Yes
Pass them over
Okagawa. Okagawa
More
What are you burning?
Sir
Are you mad? Who told you to burn these?
How can you burn these things?
Do you know it's hard work writing these?
Why you said you're not coming
Okagawa, see what they're burning?
I told them to burn it
Cover it first
Okagawa, come here, here
I just received a telegram
See? Your wife's given birth
It's a boy
Congratulations! You're a father a second time
Congratulations!
- Thank you
- Chin-hua, Chin-hua
You bigamist, you bigamist!
Christ told people not to commit bigamy
You'd cheated Christ!
Chin-hua
You cheated me!
These are not be burnt
Stop it!
Chin-hua
Don't go on like this
Chin-hua
Okagawa, sorry, I didn't mean to make such a mess
You cheat me!
You cheat me!
What are you doing? What are you throwing?
Go away, go away, go away!
"Being father to a baby should have been a happy even"
"But, seeing Chin-hua in such a state,
I just can't be happy"
"Returning to Nanjing, I found a telegram waiting for me"
"My father died, I must go back to Japan"
Miss, Madam, have a heart, spare a dime!
I've given already. Again?
Spare a dime!
Here, such noisy brats
No more
Have an orange
After the orange, when it's time, we've got to leave the carriage
This is not right
You're seeing him off, but not speaking to him
He's got a headache, in a bad mood
Have an orange
Madam, spare a dime, I beg you
Have a piece
Chin-hua, you know what you're missing?
Please, Sir, spare a dime!
Get lost!
Little beggars, kicked you out and you're back again. Get out. Scram!
Do you know what you're missing?
Chin-hua, Chin-hua
Chin-hua
Get out!
Big deal, Let's go then
We're here begging for food, not begging for his money
Who does he think he is?
Miss, give me
Look after her for me
"When the train reached the Nanjing Station, Chin-hua got off"
"She did not return to Lotus House"
"Camellia heard her saying to Hsiao-erh. "I'm back to square one""
What are you kids doing?
Shouldn't you line up? One by one!
- I've queued for a long time, go line up back there
- You've got food and you don't tell us?
Get lost, scram!
Son of a bitch!
I told you to come earlier
Those in front move forward a bit
Don't push, easy, everyone gets a portion
Little Sister ask Chin-hua to take you to the city for a full meal
If she gets a full meal, she wouldn't have come back
That's right
You take such a lot, what's left for Us at the back to eat
Don't quarrel, don't there's enough to go round
Here, congee
You took so long
I've got vegetable seeds too
Are vegetable seeds edible?
Grow vegetables and sell them, then we won't have
to wait for Christ distributing congee
Can we plant vegetables still?
"From the window of the little steam engine running"
"He watched the cherry blossoms of Mukaijima"
"In his eyes, cherry blossom in full bloom"
"Are as melancholy as a row of rags"
"In the cherry blossoms, those cherry blossoms of Mukaijima
ever since the Edo period"
"He suddenly saw himself"
Ready?
Please
Headache again?
This...
You bought for me on your last trip to China, remember?
Help me put it on, will you?
My sister likes it too, if you go again next time...
So beautiful!
Mama, so beautiful!
Papa, are there cherry blossoms in China? Papa
What do they have in China?
So beautiful!
"Okagawa, Chin-hua's returned to Lotus House"
"I guess she's no other way to go besides this"
"When she saw me she asked if you'd come back, and when"
"I gave her some money"
Spread open your legs
"Okagawa, I've come back to Lotus House"
"So happy to see Mr Tan"
"So I don't have to call to the tree for you"
"There's no wind. The tree before the house, I just don't see it move at all"
Madame, come look at this
"There's no food back home, the farm can't produce anything"
Let's see
"Okagawa"
"They told me to dress up, said you're back"
- Drink it yourself
"If not for this, I wouldn't know they lied last time, saying I was marrying you"
- Master said he's unwell and can't drink wine
"I'm not mad at you any more, I'm a bigamist too"
Sir, Chin-hua is still a virgin. She's very young
Please bear with her
OK
Have a good time!
"Christ, I'm in this business for the sake of my Papa, brother and sister"
"Even so, I think I can go to Heaven"
"I can see Okagawa again"
"Okagawa, what do you like in me?"
"Myself or my body?"
"How have I been doing?"
"Madame taught me to be considerate and loosen the body"
"Then you'll love me very much, and you won't go"
And if I go?
"Okagawa, as soon as Chin-hua came back to Lotus House,
she contracted a disease"
"Which would take long to cure"
"It shouldn't be fatal"
"At first, when she saw me she'd ask will you come back"
"And when"
"Lately she'd quiet. A few days ago she suddenly asked me
to pass on her letter to you"
"Okagawa, you taught me to write this name, remember?"
"I like to learn to write on leaves"
"Whenever I'm free I'd get the letter-writer at the street corner
to write a 2-bit letter to you"
"Write until you come back"
"Do you still have headaches?"
"I'm just like before, very healthy, not afraid of the cold"
"Two rickshaws pass by the stinking graveyard"
"Inside the wicket gates with oysters standing"
"Stand several blackened stone pagodas"
"He watches the slightly glowing sea opposite the stone pagodas"
I'm ill, my illness will infect you
Melon seeds? Is the tea still warm?
I'll make you another cup
Who does she think she is?
The other day I saw Miss Jasmine give her V.D. pills she's got left
In fact she cold cleanse it by scraping with ox bone
dipped in incense ash from the Confucian temple
Pass it on a customer and she'd be OK
Anyway she caught it the night she acted the virgin again
Just act the virgin once more
Wonder if we've caught it too
Disobedient!
I think...
Wash the bowls, chatterbox!
In 2 days they'd shoot convicts
Dip in some fresh dead man's blood, that'll fortify her more
You mean immune to all venoms?
Bookkeeper says if business is bad
she must receive even foreigners
When you go out, don't gossip about it
Chin-hua
Chin-hua
Chin-hua, they say the Japanese gentleman will be back soon
Okagawa
Stop her shouting, it scares away my guests
If she goes on shouting this way, I'll throw her out
She is such a pest!
Hsiao-erh
Is Mr Tan here?
I've got many letters for him to send for me
I come alone, go to bed with me
What?
You can pass the disease on to me
What do you mean?
I catch it and you'll be healed
What about you?
I still have strength, I can still pull the rickshaw
But you can't do business, Madame says she'll throw you out
They had give me their leftover V.D. pills
Amah
- I paid Madame, she let me in
- Go away!
Come
Let me help you!
I don't want your help!
Christ in Heaven
I take this trade to feed my father, brother and sister
I don't want to infect other people
Let me be uncleansed myself
Even so I can still go to Heaven
Even if my business is not good
- I won't pass on my disease to others
- Let me help you!
Hsiao-erh
What are you doing?
I'll kill you!
Help me, help me
Okagawa
Okagawa
Camellia
- Well?
- Okagawa
Where's the doctor?
He's here
Why didn't you ask hem in?
Amah, Amah
Chin-hua
We've got the best doctor to treat you
Only Christ is the doctor
This doctor is Christian too
Where's Okagawa?
How long has she been ill?
It comes and goes
Jesus gave his life for love
Well?
Give her water
Quick, a glass of water!
Lord Jesus loves me
What's her illness anyway?
- She's not only got venereal disease, but influenza in her organs too
- Drink water, drink tea, take food
Miss Chin-hua, don't go on like this
Lord Jesus loves me
Better send her to a hospital
- Sir, sir
- Where's the letter write?
Chin-hua
Come back, come back!
- What am I to do?
- Chin-hua
Miss, don't go on this way!
Show him, show him
Chin-hua, Okagawa's coming back!
Christ
Yes. Jesus loves me, the Bible tells me so
Jesus gave his life for love, so my sins he may remove
Heaven's gate opens for me, so his lamb may enter free
Yes, Jesus loves me. Yes, Jesus loves me
Yes, Jesus loves me, the Bible tells me so
Jesus loves me this I've know, never leaves his lamb alone
Lord saves me from woe by day
Looks like I'm dying soon
If I don't pass on my disease to a customer. I can't do business
Looks like I'm dying soon
I'm just a woman
I don't know when I'll fail to resist the man who comes for me
Christ, please protect me
Besides you, I've no one to rely on
Christ
What can I do for you?
Can you speak English? English?
"He look familiar, where have I seen him before?"
"The pleasure-boat, I passed by he with
a fat lady on the pleasure-boat, right?"
"That one's hair was redder"
"I saw his snap shooting in the Chinhuai Confucian Temple"
"Or was it before the Lishe Bridge Restaurant?"
I can't, I've got an awful disease
People coming close to me will catch it too
Four U.S. dollars?
Five
Nine. Wait
I thought I'd seen you somewhere
In fact you're Christ!
Christ, Christ
Are you here to heal me?
Heal me, as you heal the lepers
Let me be whole again so I can see Okagawa
And be with him
Christ, heal me. Okagawa
"Okagawa, I very much want to see you"
"and you to see me"
"When I touch myself, It's just like you touching me"
"Is Japan very far away?"
"You said the other side of the trees, how many
trees do you have to pass"
"I hate myself for that day when I ran home in Nanjing without a word"
"At least I should've told you I wanted you to stay"
"If I hadn't left, maybe you wouldn't either"
"And to this day you're still caring for me, loving me"
"I regret very much, Okagawa, very much"
"Chin-hua, I know what I should do"
"I'll come back to China. I'll take you to Japan for treatment"
"As for the future, I'll worry later"
"At least this is my duty right now"
I have decided what I should do
I'll go now to buy the ticket for the earliest train to Tokyo
I'll take the earliest boat from Japan to China
Chin-hua, I'll take you back to Japan
Okagawa
Stop here
Okagawa
- Okagawa
- Chin-hua
I have decided what I should do
I will take you to Japan for treatment
Even if I cannot take care of you for life
This is the least I can do
What's the matter with your hand?
Nothing, just a scratch
How did you get it?
Wait
Thank you
Let me take that
I'll get it, I'll get it
Come
So he's the one who reads letters to you?
You can read this one to me
Tell him I'm very happy
Without him, I've got Christ
Hsiao-erh
Hsiao-erh, look who's come back!
Sir
- Sir, I'll carry it for you
- The master wants to bring me back to Japan
Sir, my master's inside
You're here, of course he's here
Come on
Why, there's once when his master's
not here, he came alone...
Come on, let's go
Camellia
Give it to me
- Camellia
- Chin-hua
Chin-hua
Don't run so fast!
- Camellia
- Chin-hua
- Camellia, Camellia, Camellia
- You're waking people up
Camellia, look who's back?
Pipe down!
Mr Okagawa
Don't shout,if you wake up the masters, Nadane will beat you again
My master's back, Madame won't beat me
Don't tell him I'm sick
Come
He says he'll take me to Japan
I want to cure this disease quickly
I also want to buy red candles and beddings
But I've no money
Go back to your room first
You'll find a way for me? Really?
Go, go in quick!
Once he came to see me
What?
He's come when I dreamt, he'd come when I prayed
- Chin-hua
- I dreamt he treated me to a meal
Why should he treat you to a meal?
After Christ came I slept well
I'm very happy, Okagawa
I'm very happy
Chin-hua,I think you've made a mistake
Okagawa
You've woken someone, I'll go and see
Yung-nien, you're woken?
No
You must be careful
She doesn't know you know
What?
She told Camellia not to tell you
How could I not know?
Then pretend you don't know
Pretend I don't know
I forgot to put on socks
I'll cook some food
You come along too
Ok
Amah, hurry, come and help
Hsiao-erh, help me buy sesame cakes
Shall I wake up Madame?
If I could make those dishes Christ treated me to
She's only dreaming
She's told this dream many times
The roast pigeon could fly
I used my chopsticks and it flew away
Knocking over a bottle of Shaoxing wine
Many dishes, steaming hot
And he didn't eat, because
he didn't I like Chinese food
Is it true what you said in your letter?
A foreigner who looked like Christ came to her
Madame took his money
Chin-hua believed it's him
She even dreamt of Christ giving her a treat
Christ said if I finished all the dishes I'd be cured
What an appetite I'd got
Remember that half-breed reporter?
You'd have seen him
The one who stayed at the same hotel as we in Shanghai
He said he's some special corespondent
Heaven's beautiful, with round columns
Christ sat on a high rose wood chair
Behind him there's water's glow, water's sound
I also heard someone punting
You just dreamt of returning to Qinhuai, silly
Now I'll fry a real fried egg
Such array for frying an egg!
Sir
What is it?
- That foreigner's by the river
- Go away!
Okagawa
Okagawa
They say the man's got V.D., it's only hearsay
Okagawa
When they return, just say you dreamt it
After Christ left I did have a dream
Hsiao-erh's back, says when he was buying
sesame cakes by the river
He saw that Christ of yours buying sesame cakes too
Miss Chin-hua, Miss Chin-hua
Miss Chin-hua, Miss Chin-hua
I heard you're back. I wanted to buy a new dress and follow you to Japan
I don't want you to see me so ugly
I fear you don't want me
Nobody home, Madame beat me, sent me back home
My kid sister's sold, no one wanted me
There's no congee at home, whom'd I believe?
I'll go up with you to pack, I'll take you back to Japan
Christ seemed to have said some people posed as him to cheat
I'll take you to Japan for treatment
I'm not sick!
- You are!
- I'm not!
You must go for treatment
I'm not sick!
Go wash your face, get changed
I'll pack for you, go
Lord Jesus love me
You still believe?
You still belleve in him?
I don't recover, who do I believe?
When I'm well, I'll buy a new dress, so you'll see how pretty I am
What do I come back for?
If I hadn't come back, Chin-hua wouldn't be so upset
If I hadn't left, she wouldn't believe that man's Christ
So she's cheated, well just let her dream on
Isn't that happier?
Don't blame youself too hard
If only we could die together
I seem to remember you've written
Even it the gods were unfortunate., they couldn't commit suicide together with us
Right?
Right?
Take your medicine, the Japanese mister told you to take more fruit
See who you'd believe in
Go on being sick, later on people not only won't see you
They won't come to Lotus House at all
To me, sorrow is even more unbearable than anxiety
Headache again?
I don't know, I don't know
Go back, you can do nothing staying here
Tomorrow there's a boat for Japan
Boat for Japan? There's a boat?
I'll go and talk to Chin-hua
Okagawa, I'll look after Chin-hua here for you
She's always wanted you to find her pretty
If you stay to see her die, that's even more cruel
I want her to know I love her
She knows
I love her more than Christ does
What about your family in Japan?
They trust you
What if you bring Chin-hua back to Japan?
I've said in my letter, even if we can't be together for life
At least I want to cure her disease
If you feel obliged by this promise
Then go in peace
Chin-hua didn't know you only came back to take her to Japan for treatment
She relied on others to read letters to her
Nobody had read her this sentence
What did you say?
So what if she goes to Japan?
In Japan she can be treated
She's ill, she's ill
She's ill, she's ill
She's ill
Feeling cold?
I'm well, no need to follow you to Japan
You can go. I'll wait for Christ
There's boat tomorrow, we'll leave
Trust me
I'll wait for Christ
Christ takes care of Chin-hua all her life
It feels good to pack for you, like your wife
It's still warm, have you just taken it off?
If I'd packed your clothes for you earlier
Write more letters to me, I know more and more characters
That letter writer's no good, I'll find another
If he died, there's another one
I don't want to write, come with me to Japan
At least I can do this
There are doctors here, when I'm healed
I'll a pretty snapshot for you
Lots of pretty dresses in Japan
There are pretty dresses here too
Is there an Okagawa?
There's Christ here, that'll do
Where I am, Christ is there too
You don't go, I don't go!
Hsiao-erh
Sir, after you've gone, what will happen to Miss Chin-hua
Okagawa
Are you leaving now?
Just going for a walk
"No,I can't pass on my disease to you"
"No matter, I'm not afraid"
Chin-hua
Hsiao-erh
Okagawa
Okagawa
- Miss Chin-hua, Miss Chin-hua
- Okagawa
Miss Chin-hua, get on board
Miss Chin-hua
- Miss Chin-hua, you're still ailing
- Okagawa
Miss Chin-hua
Miss Chin-hua, Miss Chin-hua
Miss Chin-hua
Miss Chin-hua, Get on, you're still ailing
Miss Chin-hua
Miss Chin-hua, you're still ailing!
Sir, sir, sir
Okagawa
Chin-hua
I'll go with you
Let's go back to pack
I've done the packing
Hsiao-erh, Hsiao-erh
Just now I called to you, the tree didn't have
the strength to transmit my voice
No need, from now on there's no need to call that way
What's the matter?
Nothing, too windy outside, nothing
Can we wait until it's warm?
Your head still aches?
Is Japan warmer?
It's cold here
Are you still cold?
Once in Japan, I'll dress you up pretty
Will I last that long to see it?
What is it?
The road is rough going
Has the train arrived?
No, there's still time
Let's stroll
Pull over there and wait for us
Remember what we're to do?
We remember, one after the other
Good, and do you remember the song
I taught you yesterday?
Yes, the Jesus Love Me song
Good, sing together for me
Jesus loves me this I know, for the Bible tells me so
Little ones to him belong, they are weak but he is strong
Yes, Jesus loves me. Yes, Jesus loves me
Yes, Jesus loves me, Bible tells me so
- Jesus gave his life for love, so my sins he may remove
- Chin-hua
Christ and me, which one do you belive in?
Let me pick it up
Chin-hua, Chin-hua
Chin-hua, Chin-hua, Chin-hua
What's the matter?
Nothing, nothing
Nothing, just that, for no reason, I feel you're going to die
"If everything is God's doing"
"God's doing is hateful taunting"
"Feelings order me to look fixedly at
the ugliness around and in me"
"I sense my own destruction"
"and destruction is inevitable"
"I wonder if there's someone who, while I'm sleeping"
"could quietly strangle me"
Having returned to his room, in the small hours,
Okagawa look sleeping pills to kill himself
On his body were his letters to his wife, children and friends
Beside his pillow was a Bible worn out from flipping
in his letter to his son he says
Life is a fight to the death
When defeated, self-destruct as didst thy father
To avoid implicating others in misfortune, as didst thy father