Silk (2006) - full transcript
In Taipei, the crippled scientist Hashimoto uses his invention of "Menger Sponge" to capture the energy of the spirit of a child in an old building. He invites the specialist in reading lips, Detective Tung, to join his research team that is studying the phenomenon to understand the movements of the lips of the ghost. Hashimoto is trying to disclose why the energy of the ghost does not dissipate, and Tung discovers the identity and the dramatic story of the boy. He was sick with tumors and was killed by his own mother and buried nearby a nuclear plant. Hashimoto deduces that the rage of the boy for his mother associated to the location where the body was buried were the reason to keep the energy. When the government decides to shutdown the research, Hashimoto becomes insane and takes the spirit with him.
Do you believe in ghosts?
I only believe in money
Why?
I have one question for you
If there really are ghosts
why do they always have clothes on?
Where's the location?
Here
On the top floor
If there really are ghosts
I wouldn't mind catching one
and take a look myself
That's exactly what we are trying to do
Film with Menger Sponge coating?
Japanese government spending
a lot of money on this project
Everything the same as before?
Or you have any special requirement?
Same as before
Exposed for 15 seconds at a time
No flash, and only around the furniture
once every hour
Yeah right, same as before
Nothing
What the hell?
Secure the area immediately
Evacuate everyone from the building
Mr. Hashimoto
How about the authorities?
Authorities?
What authorities!
Japan Scientist...
...invents Menger Sponge:
a black hole for electromagnetic wave
Walking...
on Ceiling...
is Possible
1997 Antigravity Award
to Japanese Scientist Hashimoto
Large-scale Menger Sponge
is the key to Antigravity Effect
Antigravity Research Group Founded
With members from different countries
Su. 28. Chinese
Ren. 24. Malaysian-Chinese
Mei. 23. Taiwanese
Development of Large-scale Menger Sponge
Failed Scientist's Dream Shattered
The apartment which contains high
radioactive contaminants discovered
by inspectors last week
has been evacuated of residents
but as of today
no resident relocation plan is in place
Miss?
When did you receive notification?
Miss...
Radioactive contaminated residence
has been the job of the
Urban Development Commission
and the Atomic Energy Bureau
However,
the emergency evacuation mandates
was approved and signed
by the Foreign Affairs Division
which makes the evacuation an odd move
Questions regarding this evacuation
have not been answered
One statement to warn the public
not to enter the area...
You used the Bureau's name
to request the Taiwanese Office of
the President to evacuate a building?
And the reason is Confidential Matter
regarding the Treaty of Mutual
Cooperation and Security between
the U.S. and Japan?
You've been wasting
the government's money
How many foreign consultants have died!
This is my reason
Large-scale Menger Sponge?
Not yet
It's the only one in the world
Don't forget
It belongs to the government
If you give me more time
I guarantee you
I will be able to talk to you
standing straight on the ceiling
I need one more favor
What?
Taiwan Joint Crime Crackdown Unit
Yeh Qi Tung
To move someone from the JCCU
we'll need authorization from Central
and Military lntelligence
You can do it
Why him?
What's so special about him?
He can see the feathers on a flying bird
Every individual face on a speeding bus
He can see everything clearly
Not only does he have sharp eyesight
but he can also read lips
Fine, I'll help you one last time
If you make one more mistake
Your crippled leg will go back to Japan
teaching high-school physics!
Team, 3rd Floor Flat C. Under Control
4th floor status?
On Alert
We found the hostage in 3rd Floor Flat C!
Evacuate the building
Get the bomb squad!
Tung, hostage found,
but no sign of any suspects
All hands to 4th Floor, Left Wing.
Clear the hallways
Attach Unit Ready! Bomb Squad Ready!
3rd floor secured, 4th floor secured
Bomb Squad Ready
Tung, where is the target?
Still drinking coffee
Anti-Tank Mine C4
Closed-Circuit Wiring
Remote Access Detonator
Can you dismantle it?
There's a code for the activator
Can you decode it?
It has a 12 digit code,
practically impossible
Try your best
Set up a bypass
Do it
Secure the target and get the code
Copy that
Hello
Police?
Police
When did this happen?
Are you still there?
Chiu
Somebody informed him
He knows
Bypass ready
You'll be fine hiding there
I'm going to give you the code
Detonate the bomb
He's going to detonate the bomb
The detonator is inside the room
Find that person now!
U team standby
A team move
Activate
Listen carefully
What is the code?
We need the code
First set of numbers is
Second set of numbers
Last set
What's the last set of code numbers?
What's the last set?
Last set of numbers is
What's the last number?
Dad?
Dad?
Secure the scene. Clear the building!
Give the phone back to me
I want to talk to my Dad
Take away the kid
Dad, where are you?
Dad!
For your mother's seizure attack
we had to use four times the regular doze
to keep her stable
She is suffering
Her muscular
and neural stems are deteriorating
She could fall into a coma at any moment
If the patient's Glasgow Coma Scale
is below 4
next of kin have the right to disconnect
the life support system
Dr. Ma
My mom won't die
Hello?
Hello Wei
Tung, you are early today
You don't have to work?
I was assigned to a new unit
I like to buy some flowers for my mom
Sounds good.
What kind of flowers would you like?
Choose for me
Can you have them delivered to
the hospital?
Sure
Tung
Are you free tonight?
Want to go to a concert with me?
I have two spare tickets
The nurse is not available tonight
I need to be there with my mom tonight
Okay
I will go with my sister
Thanks for the flowers
You are welcome
The 4th floor
There's no contamination
Do not enter
Anti Gravity Unit?
Doesn't look like it right?
You see?
Put up a sign
and we have our new headquarter
Why did you ask for me?
Would you like coffee or tea?
What do you want from me?
Coffee?
Wait
My name is Hashimoto.
I'm in charge of this team
The main mission of this team
is to find a way to achieve anti-gravity
We have tried for four years
Anti-gravity is impossible
Really?
Do you believe ghosts exist in this world?
Follow me
Hashimoto
Are you sure you want to tell him?
I'm sure
There is no one in there, right?
It's just eye drops
Like this
Pay attention to his hand
It seems that he likes apples
Perhaps he is full now
What's he saying?
It's raining
He says: its raining
Raining?
No reaction to sound and image
Can't see. Can't hear
Can't haunt people
Not what you imagined
This is definitely a world first
We've caught the world's first ghost!
Why can I see it?
This is the Menger Sponge
It's made out of human protein
It can capture different
electromagnetic wavelengths
Ghost is just a form of energy
When the Menger Sponge absorbs
enough energy it can defy gravity
Electromagnetic wave is a form of energy
We sprayed a thin layer of microscopic
Menger Sponge on your eyes
It acts like a lens filter
giving you ability to see images
at different wavelengths
It's 4:30 PM
He wants to go out at this time every day
That's an instinctive reaction
The whole room is covered
with Menger Sponge
Even the door knob
The Menger Sponge absorbs any energy
so he's afraid of going out
So you've caught a ghost
But why am I here?
I want you to find out who he is
When he died?
Why he died?
Where his body is buried?
I refuse to take the job
Find someone else
Answer me
You don't know what to say
because you have no reason to refuse
What about your mother?
What are you going to do with her?
Do you have the right
to keep her alive like that?
How do you know she doesn't want to die?
Am I wrong?
How do you know that dying
isn't better than living?
Let me remind you
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis
is hereditary
Don't bring my mother into this
Aren't you going to the concert?
My little sister went to the concert so
there was no one to deliver the flowers
And I want to visit your mom.
So I came instead
Thanks
And you? How was your day?
Nothing special
How is she doing?
Not bad
We had a long talk mostly about you
My mom's been like this for a while
She can't talk
When girls talk we don't
always have to speak
So what did she tell you?
It's a secret
Did mom say she hates me?
Because these past few years
I've let her suffer
Tung
Did she ask you
why I'm torturing her like this?
Did she say she just wants to die
so that she can escape from this pain?
Tung
She's your mother
What do you want her to say?
Tell you that "I've ruined your life"?
"Let me go"
"Let me go so that you can be free"
Is that what you want?
What she really wants to say is
she wants you to be happy
I'm leaving
I still love her
No
I don't think she would accept
If she says yes
will you open your eyes?
Run!
Wait for me!
I've interviewed all the past residents
and the police
Store owners and teachers in the area
Even the breakfast vendor
Nobody knows him
Good morning. Here is the coffee
What about the landlord?
Landlord?
The landlord died 3 years ago
His descendants live overseas
Even so this place has gone through
a dozen owners and residents
No one knows the kid
He's talking again
What is he saying?
The window is broken
He said. The window is broken
You've come to work
Hashimoto!
Let him do it
He's the expert
Before I get started
There's something I need to know
Is he dangerous?
What do you mean?
Ghosts in horror films usually kill
If you're scared then leave
Su
Am I wrong?
It's just following a kid
Anyone can do it
You haven't answered my question
There was a foreigner
who spent one night with him and died
His name is James Carmen
Canadian, 45-years-old
Our hired photographer
How did you know where to send him?
Wherever there are rumors of ghosts,
we send him
We've send him to Japan, New Zealand,
Zimbabwe and London
Ends up we find one right here in Taipei
If it wasn't heart failure
could he have been scared to death?
It's not that easy to be scared to death
Do we need to magnify it
on the computer?
No
What are you doing?
Hey!
What exactly are you doing?
The body has already been examined
I want to take a look at his heart
Look
If this is the thumb
and these are the other four fingers
looking at the size,
doesn't it look like a child's hand?
It does
Su
What are you doing?
That night
after looking at this picture
the photographer must have felt strange
Why is there a child?
So...
He turned
Looked at that corner
Could it be that...
the child doesn't like to be stared at?
Su
Where is the child?
I let him go
This research means too much to you
You won't let him go
You know this, why are you stopping me?
I wasted four years of my life
with a cripple like you
We finally gave some results
And you bring in an outsider!
I don't want to argue with you
Where is the child?
I don't know
Let me out!
Why is Su inside?
Where's the child?
What?
What are you saying?
What are you talking about?
Su
We can let you out
But you need to take off your clothes
What do you mean?
Open up your coat
Want to see more?
Is this enough?
The child is a form of energy
Energy can expand and shrink
You sprayed Menger Sponge
on the newspaper
and wrapped the kid in your pocket
Didn't you?
Let's see your pockets
He's gone
Su
Listen to me, don't move
What's wrong?
Listen carefully
Whatever you do,
don't turn your head to the left
Do not turn your head
Why can't I turn left?
That strand of silk!
Where?
What are you talking about? Where?
Did you see that!
No
His hand
His hand is solidifying
Hurry! Open the door
Hurry
When you die
your energy can only last
for a short period
And then it disappears forever
No matter how much you love the world
Or how much the world loves you
Why doesn't he disappear?
I want you to find the answer
Mom!
Mom...
Mom, do you really want to go?
To be free?
Precisely on time
It's 10:30 am
The eye drop from this bottle
will last the whole day
but bring the bottle just in case
I've saved all our numbers inside
Keep in touch
Why are you bringing a gun?
Stop! Stop!
Are you crazy?
This is dangerous
Do you want to die?
He was waiting to take this bus
Does it mean he's conscious?
No. We call this Inertia
Inertia?
Yes. He's just repeating the daily routine
of his old life
Even though he is dead
his energy keeps on living the patterns
of his previous life
Child - Su
Silk
Silk is the connection
between two energies
Hey, ticket?
Chi Li School of Special Education
Check out Chi Li School
of Special Education
He might have studied here
Grade 3 Class 6
Student Pick-Up Area
Mom
The Daylilies are in bloom
Daylilies?
Daylilies?
No one will ever pick him up again
Does he get hungry?
Does he have to eat?
No. He doesn't need to eat
But we don't know
where he gets his energy either
Why ask?
Cause I am hungry
One order please
I'm going to get something to eat.
Want anything?
I'll go sign in first, be right back
Okay
Now that we know which school he went
to finding out who he is should be easy
And next we're going to find out
how he became a ghost.
Why is this important for you
how he became a ghost?
Only someone who understands death
can truly confront death
Energy, Facial disorder, Hatred
Burial location?
Damn it!
Ren!
What's going on?
He raised his hands!
He's about to attack someone.
What should I do?
Try
to distract him
How?
What should I do?
I don't know!
Spray your bullets with Menger Sponge
and shoot him
You!
Get out of there!
Hurry!
Don't move!
Drop your gun!
Drop it!
How dare you shot a police!
No matter what, don't look into his eyes
He'll see you if you look at him
You shot a police!
Drop your gun!
Now!
Cuff him
Drop your gun!
Get down
Get down
He's back!
Don't you think he's wonderful?
He will never grow old and die
He is free from agony
Don't have any responsibilities
No puberty, no peer pressure
Don't have to worry about college
Don't have to work,
pay taxes, find parking
Free from sexual desire
Please excuse us
See you
I envy you
It's all too difficult living
Director, there's been an accident
It can't be Hashimoto again
There was a shootout in the city
Two civilians and a police officer
were wounded
Tung was the one who fired the gun
Hashimoto forged your name
to bail Tung out
The Foreign Affairs Office just called They
want you to call them back immediately
Hot Shot
Someone issued national documents
to bail you out
Who are you?
The President must be your father
Sign your name, and you can go
Let's go
We need to find out where
the child is buried
Don't you ever get any rest?
After I'm dead
I'll have plenty of time to rest
Do you have any recollection of him?
Did he jump off the building?
How did you know?
His name is Yao
In the history of our school
he's the only one who's tried to suicide
Our school specializes in disabled students
Yao was stricken with something
called Multiple Tumors Syndrome
It caused tiny tumors to erupt around
his chest and neck area
Even after surgery
the tumors kept recurring
Is that the reason he jumped?
His tumors began to move to his face
He couldn't stand
the other kids laughing at him
His mother's name is Chun?
Actually, the day Yao jumped
his mother was also here
I remember she was a very skinny woman
with long hair
That day
She was standing right there
Are you out of your mind?
A few months later
Chun sneaked her son out of
the hospital at night
No one's ever heard from them since
We suspect
You suspect that Chun murdered her
only child
Some people said she went back
to her hometown
Her family have a field of flowers
in the mountains near Taipei
Are they Daylily flowers?
I don't know
This is the only Daylily field near Taipei
Why do you believe the body
is buried here?
It's just a hunch
Hashimoto
Director
I've warned you more than once
No accidents, no deaths
Now, two citizens
and a police officer wounded
You're fired
I want your team shut down right now
Director, listen to me
I don't want to hear another word
from you cripple
Hand over the Menger Sponge now
Bring Hashimoto in
Restricted Area: National Radiation
Synchronization Center
You sure you want to do this?
Don't worry,
Hashimoto will take the blame
There they are
Danger: High Magnetic Flux
We can't reach him on his cell phone
You're the only person he wrote down
as a contact person
so we called you
How's his mom doing?
She's got a blood clot in her brain
A very serious blood clot
So... doctor, what can we do?
If we go into surgery now
there's a 15% chance of success
If we don't
she won't make it through the night
We need a family member
to sign the release form
It has to be direct family
He doesn't have any other family
Are we really going to dig?
Of course
But we need to know where to start
Right over there
Joint Crime Crack-Down Unit
Extension 107
Yeh Qi Tung
is unable to answer the phone
For operator, please press 1
He was choked to death
By his mother?
It's possible
Murdered by his own mother
he must have died
with very strong feelings of hate
Mom
Look!
The Daylilies are blooming
My teacher says
that the Daylily is the flower
of mother and son
Son
Mommy doesn't want you to live in pain
I don't want to see you
looked down upon by the whole world
I'll take all the blame and suffering
Let me help you find a way out
Thank you mommy
How did you know
the body would be here?
That's the National Radiation
Synchronization Center
It's covering the whole hillside
The center is encircled
by an electron accelerator
The violent magnetic field created
by the accelerator
is the source
of the ghost's endless energy
This spot is the very center
of the magnetic field
I finally know
how to become a ghost
You promised me
If we humans have rights
ghosts should have rights too
Do you agree?
You've unlocked the secret
it's time to isolate him forever
What's wrong?
Don't do anything until I get back
Hello
Looking for Tung?
Hi, is he here?
He went out. You'll have to wait for him
Is everything alright?
It is about his mother
Provincial Deep Comatose State Patient
Care Center
Zheng Chun
Who are you?
Give her with adrenaline now
Tung's girlfriend?
I know
She's hot!
Is that the only way you look at girls?
I'm hungry
Wanna go grab some beef noodles later?
I don't eat beef
Why not?
Religious belief
My mom says that if you eat
beef you'll go to hell
Look at him
Do you still believe in hell?
Never seen him like this before
What's happening to him?
It's 10:55 pm
I officially announce the death
of patient Chun
You. Follow me
Hashimoto
Ren
Sorry it's best if you leave now
I'll tell Tung you came by
The big earthquake few years ago
she was found crushed under a building
She wasn't rescued until 16 days later
16 days?
We thought it was strange as well
No one can survive
under those circumstances
When we checked her heart
we found as if
someone had been massaging her heart
to keep her alive
It's very hard to explain
What is that?
It's better if you don't know
He said "the window is broken"
She can communicate with her son
What are you doing?
Where's Hashimoto?
Hashimoto?
Hashimoto?
Mei, what happened to the signal?
We've been shut down
The project is dead
Where's Hashimoto?
I don't know
He disappeared suddenly
I think he left with the child
By the way, your girlfriend came
by looking for you
Wei was looking for me?
I think it had something
to do with your mother
Mei
Why did Hashimoto take the child?
You know, Hashimoto has diabetes
He already lost one leg
The other is not looking good
If he had the kid,
even without both legs he could...
I'm going to eat beef noodles.
Want to come?
No. I'm going to clean up and go home
Ok, I am leaving.
Bye
Where could she go?
One super-sized bowl of beef noodles
Hashimoto
Hashimoto?
Hashimoto
Hashimoto
Here. Beef noodles. Enjoy it
I've found Yao's mother
I know
You know?
I can see that strand of silk
You can see it?
To be exact
that silk is a strand of hate
What are you talking about?
Yao became a ghost because of hatred
It was also out of hatred that he killed Su
You knew this all along?
Where's the child?
Your task is over
It's not over until you hand over the child
Tung
Go see your girlfriend
If you go now you might
get to say your last words to her
What did you say?
Hashimoto
Hashimoto
What the hell? Who ever heard
of dying from eating noodles?
Hello?
Mei
I know why Hashimoto took the child!
What's going on?
Quick! Get out of that place
Why?
I don't have time to explain
Did you hear me?
Mei
Mei
Director
Director
Director
Director
Director
Director
You want to know
what it takes to stand on the ceiling
like this and talk to you?
What does it take?
Well, first you have
to have a strong sense of hate
Next, you have to want to die
Finally, you have to die in the right place
Since I was a child living has
never had much meaning for me
I've wanted to die every day
Now I know the location of
where I should die
The only thing I'm not sure of is
if I have enough hate
That's why I came looking for you
Do you understand?
Now I just want to make sure
I have enough hate toward you
Wait
You see this
A total of 744 times
Every time you called me a cripple
I pressed the button on this counter
Tung
Wei, don't say a word and listen
Wei, do you trust me?
Yes
Okay
Do what I tell you
Don't move and don't ask any questions
Now take a step to your left
A little more
Good. Stop
Now close your eyes
Listen carefully
No matter what you hear
and no matter what happens
don't open your eyes
Yes
- Tung - Don't be afraid
Trust me
Hashimoto
Where are you?
I'm walking on the path
towards eternal release
Mei is dead
Yao's mother killed her
Listen to me
Chun is searching for her son
You have to let Yao go
Tung
Everyone will eventually die
It is important that at that moment
to taste death
and experience it completely
Don't run away from it
Let the child go!
If you know how peaceful
and beautiful the afterlife really is
you wouldn't say that
Tung
I'll see you in the next life
Hashimoto
Hashimoto
Shit!
Get out!
I don't have to ever envy you again
So this is what I'll look like when I die
Tung
Yes it's me
What is going on?
It's very difficult to explain right now
Are you okay?
How about you?
Are you okay?
Not bad
Same as usual
This afternoon
your mother went into surgery
to remove a blood clot in her brain
The doctor said tonight is critical
I know that you can't
let go of your mother
She means the world to you
But if she leaves
you'll have to face your own life
What will you do then?
Both your mom and I
we all want you to live happily
Wei
I have a favor to ask of you
Will you please see
my mother tomorrow?
And tell her
that I just want her to live on
Ask her not to hate me
And ask her not to forget that
she had a son in this world
Tung
Tung
I just want to go on living with you
and really enjoy each day
I love you
but that doesn't make you happy
Want to be alive
Want to be happy
Want life to change
And see you every morning
Here is the release paper
Take care of yourself
Mom
She said yes
Isn't it time for you to open your eyes?
Surgery Release signed by Du Wei
Relation: Daughter-in-Law
Mom
Do you hate me?
Is that why you don't want to leave?
Mom
Hashimoto
I want to thank you
You have helped me understand life
I wonder if hate can live forever
and release us from suffering
Yao's spirit did not remain
because of hatred
not because of where he lied
in the daylily field
It was the love between mother and son
I call to tell you
that I am resigning
I will enjoy what life has for me
No matter where you are
I wish you well
I only believe in money
Why?
I have one question for you
If there really are ghosts
why do they always have clothes on?
Where's the location?
Here
On the top floor
If there really are ghosts
I wouldn't mind catching one
and take a look myself
That's exactly what we are trying to do
Film with Menger Sponge coating?
Japanese government spending
a lot of money on this project
Everything the same as before?
Or you have any special requirement?
Same as before
Exposed for 15 seconds at a time
No flash, and only around the furniture
once every hour
Yeah right, same as before
Nothing
What the hell?
Secure the area immediately
Evacuate everyone from the building
Mr. Hashimoto
How about the authorities?
Authorities?
What authorities!
Japan Scientist...
...invents Menger Sponge:
a black hole for electromagnetic wave
Walking...
on Ceiling...
is Possible
1997 Antigravity Award
to Japanese Scientist Hashimoto
Large-scale Menger Sponge
is the key to Antigravity Effect
Antigravity Research Group Founded
With members from different countries
Su. 28. Chinese
Ren. 24. Malaysian-Chinese
Mei. 23. Taiwanese
Development of Large-scale Menger Sponge
Failed Scientist's Dream Shattered
The apartment which contains high
radioactive contaminants discovered
by inspectors last week
has been evacuated of residents
but as of today
no resident relocation plan is in place
Miss?
When did you receive notification?
Miss...
Radioactive contaminated residence
has been the job of the
Urban Development Commission
and the Atomic Energy Bureau
However,
the emergency evacuation mandates
was approved and signed
by the Foreign Affairs Division
which makes the evacuation an odd move
Questions regarding this evacuation
have not been answered
One statement to warn the public
not to enter the area...
You used the Bureau's name
to request the Taiwanese Office of
the President to evacuate a building?
And the reason is Confidential Matter
regarding the Treaty of Mutual
Cooperation and Security between
the U.S. and Japan?
You've been wasting
the government's money
How many foreign consultants have died!
This is my reason
Large-scale Menger Sponge?
Not yet
It's the only one in the world
Don't forget
It belongs to the government
If you give me more time
I guarantee you
I will be able to talk to you
standing straight on the ceiling
I need one more favor
What?
Taiwan Joint Crime Crackdown Unit
Yeh Qi Tung
To move someone from the JCCU
we'll need authorization from Central
and Military lntelligence
You can do it
Why him?
What's so special about him?
He can see the feathers on a flying bird
Every individual face on a speeding bus
He can see everything clearly
Not only does he have sharp eyesight
but he can also read lips
Fine, I'll help you one last time
If you make one more mistake
Your crippled leg will go back to Japan
teaching high-school physics!
Team, 3rd Floor Flat C. Under Control
4th floor status?
On Alert
We found the hostage in 3rd Floor Flat C!
Evacuate the building
Get the bomb squad!
Tung, hostage found,
but no sign of any suspects
All hands to 4th Floor, Left Wing.
Clear the hallways
Attach Unit Ready! Bomb Squad Ready!
3rd floor secured, 4th floor secured
Bomb Squad Ready
Tung, where is the target?
Still drinking coffee
Anti-Tank Mine C4
Closed-Circuit Wiring
Remote Access Detonator
Can you dismantle it?
There's a code for the activator
Can you decode it?
It has a 12 digit code,
practically impossible
Try your best
Set up a bypass
Do it
Secure the target and get the code
Copy that
Hello
Police?
Police
When did this happen?
Are you still there?
Chiu
Somebody informed him
He knows
Bypass ready
You'll be fine hiding there
I'm going to give you the code
Detonate the bomb
He's going to detonate the bomb
The detonator is inside the room
Find that person now!
U team standby
A team move
Activate
Listen carefully
What is the code?
We need the code
First set of numbers is
Second set of numbers
Last set
What's the last set of code numbers?
What's the last set?
Last set of numbers is
What's the last number?
Dad?
Dad?
Secure the scene. Clear the building!
Give the phone back to me
I want to talk to my Dad
Take away the kid
Dad, where are you?
Dad!
For your mother's seizure attack
we had to use four times the regular doze
to keep her stable
She is suffering
Her muscular
and neural stems are deteriorating
She could fall into a coma at any moment
If the patient's Glasgow Coma Scale
is below 4
next of kin have the right to disconnect
the life support system
Dr. Ma
My mom won't die
Hello?
Hello Wei
Tung, you are early today
You don't have to work?
I was assigned to a new unit
I like to buy some flowers for my mom
Sounds good.
What kind of flowers would you like?
Choose for me
Can you have them delivered to
the hospital?
Sure
Tung
Are you free tonight?
Want to go to a concert with me?
I have two spare tickets
The nurse is not available tonight
I need to be there with my mom tonight
Okay
I will go with my sister
Thanks for the flowers
You are welcome
The 4th floor
There's no contamination
Do not enter
Anti Gravity Unit?
Doesn't look like it right?
You see?
Put up a sign
and we have our new headquarter
Why did you ask for me?
Would you like coffee or tea?
What do you want from me?
Coffee?
Wait
My name is Hashimoto.
I'm in charge of this team
The main mission of this team
is to find a way to achieve anti-gravity
We have tried for four years
Anti-gravity is impossible
Really?
Do you believe ghosts exist in this world?
Follow me
Hashimoto
Are you sure you want to tell him?
I'm sure
There is no one in there, right?
It's just eye drops
Like this
Pay attention to his hand
It seems that he likes apples
Perhaps he is full now
What's he saying?
It's raining
He says: its raining
Raining?
No reaction to sound and image
Can't see. Can't hear
Can't haunt people
Not what you imagined
This is definitely a world first
We've caught the world's first ghost!
Why can I see it?
This is the Menger Sponge
It's made out of human protein
It can capture different
electromagnetic wavelengths
Ghost is just a form of energy
When the Menger Sponge absorbs
enough energy it can defy gravity
Electromagnetic wave is a form of energy
We sprayed a thin layer of microscopic
Menger Sponge on your eyes
It acts like a lens filter
giving you ability to see images
at different wavelengths
It's 4:30 PM
He wants to go out at this time every day
That's an instinctive reaction
The whole room is covered
with Menger Sponge
Even the door knob
The Menger Sponge absorbs any energy
so he's afraid of going out
So you've caught a ghost
But why am I here?
I want you to find out who he is
When he died?
Why he died?
Where his body is buried?
I refuse to take the job
Find someone else
Answer me
You don't know what to say
because you have no reason to refuse
What about your mother?
What are you going to do with her?
Do you have the right
to keep her alive like that?
How do you know she doesn't want to die?
Am I wrong?
How do you know that dying
isn't better than living?
Let me remind you
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis
is hereditary
Don't bring my mother into this
Aren't you going to the concert?
My little sister went to the concert so
there was no one to deliver the flowers
And I want to visit your mom.
So I came instead
Thanks
And you? How was your day?
Nothing special
How is she doing?
Not bad
We had a long talk mostly about you
My mom's been like this for a while
She can't talk
When girls talk we don't
always have to speak
So what did she tell you?
It's a secret
Did mom say she hates me?
Because these past few years
I've let her suffer
Tung
Did she ask you
why I'm torturing her like this?
Did she say she just wants to die
so that she can escape from this pain?
Tung
She's your mother
What do you want her to say?
Tell you that "I've ruined your life"?
"Let me go"
"Let me go so that you can be free"
Is that what you want?
What she really wants to say is
she wants you to be happy
I'm leaving
I still love her
No
I don't think she would accept
If she says yes
will you open your eyes?
Run!
Wait for me!
I've interviewed all the past residents
and the police
Store owners and teachers in the area
Even the breakfast vendor
Nobody knows him
Good morning. Here is the coffee
What about the landlord?
Landlord?
The landlord died 3 years ago
His descendants live overseas
Even so this place has gone through
a dozen owners and residents
No one knows the kid
He's talking again
What is he saying?
The window is broken
He said. The window is broken
You've come to work
Hashimoto!
Let him do it
He's the expert
Before I get started
There's something I need to know
Is he dangerous?
What do you mean?
Ghosts in horror films usually kill
If you're scared then leave
Su
Am I wrong?
It's just following a kid
Anyone can do it
You haven't answered my question
There was a foreigner
who spent one night with him and died
His name is James Carmen
Canadian, 45-years-old
Our hired photographer
How did you know where to send him?
Wherever there are rumors of ghosts,
we send him
We've send him to Japan, New Zealand,
Zimbabwe and London
Ends up we find one right here in Taipei
If it wasn't heart failure
could he have been scared to death?
It's not that easy to be scared to death
Do we need to magnify it
on the computer?
No
What are you doing?
Hey!
What exactly are you doing?
The body has already been examined
I want to take a look at his heart
Look
If this is the thumb
and these are the other four fingers
looking at the size,
doesn't it look like a child's hand?
It does
Su
What are you doing?
That night
after looking at this picture
the photographer must have felt strange
Why is there a child?
So...
He turned
Looked at that corner
Could it be that...
the child doesn't like to be stared at?
Su
Where is the child?
I let him go
This research means too much to you
You won't let him go
You know this, why are you stopping me?
I wasted four years of my life
with a cripple like you
We finally gave some results
And you bring in an outsider!
I don't want to argue with you
Where is the child?
I don't know
Let me out!
Why is Su inside?
Where's the child?
What?
What are you saying?
What are you talking about?
Su
We can let you out
But you need to take off your clothes
What do you mean?
Open up your coat
Want to see more?
Is this enough?
The child is a form of energy
Energy can expand and shrink
You sprayed Menger Sponge
on the newspaper
and wrapped the kid in your pocket
Didn't you?
Let's see your pockets
He's gone
Su
Listen to me, don't move
What's wrong?
Listen carefully
Whatever you do,
don't turn your head to the left
Do not turn your head
Why can't I turn left?
That strand of silk!
Where?
What are you talking about? Where?
Did you see that!
No
His hand
His hand is solidifying
Hurry! Open the door
Hurry
When you die
your energy can only last
for a short period
And then it disappears forever
No matter how much you love the world
Or how much the world loves you
Why doesn't he disappear?
I want you to find the answer
Mom!
Mom...
Mom, do you really want to go?
To be free?
Precisely on time
It's 10:30 am
The eye drop from this bottle
will last the whole day
but bring the bottle just in case
I've saved all our numbers inside
Keep in touch
Why are you bringing a gun?
Stop! Stop!
Are you crazy?
This is dangerous
Do you want to die?
He was waiting to take this bus
Does it mean he's conscious?
No. We call this Inertia
Inertia?
Yes. He's just repeating the daily routine
of his old life
Even though he is dead
his energy keeps on living the patterns
of his previous life
Child - Su
Silk
Silk is the connection
between two energies
Hey, ticket?
Chi Li School of Special Education
Check out Chi Li School
of Special Education
He might have studied here
Grade 3 Class 6
Student Pick-Up Area
Mom
The Daylilies are in bloom
Daylilies?
Daylilies?
No one will ever pick him up again
Does he get hungry?
Does he have to eat?
No. He doesn't need to eat
But we don't know
where he gets his energy either
Why ask?
Cause I am hungry
One order please
I'm going to get something to eat.
Want anything?
I'll go sign in first, be right back
Okay
Now that we know which school he went
to finding out who he is should be easy
And next we're going to find out
how he became a ghost.
Why is this important for you
how he became a ghost?
Only someone who understands death
can truly confront death
Energy, Facial disorder, Hatred
Burial location?
Damn it!
Ren!
What's going on?
He raised his hands!
He's about to attack someone.
What should I do?
Try
to distract him
How?
What should I do?
I don't know!
Spray your bullets with Menger Sponge
and shoot him
You!
Get out of there!
Hurry!
Don't move!
Drop your gun!
Drop it!
How dare you shot a police!
No matter what, don't look into his eyes
He'll see you if you look at him
You shot a police!
Drop your gun!
Now!
Cuff him
Drop your gun!
Get down
Get down
He's back!
Don't you think he's wonderful?
He will never grow old and die
He is free from agony
Don't have any responsibilities
No puberty, no peer pressure
Don't have to worry about college
Don't have to work,
pay taxes, find parking
Free from sexual desire
Please excuse us
See you
I envy you
It's all too difficult living
Director, there's been an accident
It can't be Hashimoto again
There was a shootout in the city
Two civilians and a police officer
were wounded
Tung was the one who fired the gun
Hashimoto forged your name
to bail Tung out
The Foreign Affairs Office just called They
want you to call them back immediately
Hot Shot
Someone issued national documents
to bail you out
Who are you?
The President must be your father
Sign your name, and you can go
Let's go
We need to find out where
the child is buried
Don't you ever get any rest?
After I'm dead
I'll have plenty of time to rest
Do you have any recollection of him?
Did he jump off the building?
How did you know?
His name is Yao
In the history of our school
he's the only one who's tried to suicide
Our school specializes in disabled students
Yao was stricken with something
called Multiple Tumors Syndrome
It caused tiny tumors to erupt around
his chest and neck area
Even after surgery
the tumors kept recurring
Is that the reason he jumped?
His tumors began to move to his face
He couldn't stand
the other kids laughing at him
His mother's name is Chun?
Actually, the day Yao jumped
his mother was also here
I remember she was a very skinny woman
with long hair
That day
She was standing right there
Are you out of your mind?
A few months later
Chun sneaked her son out of
the hospital at night
No one's ever heard from them since
We suspect
You suspect that Chun murdered her
only child
Some people said she went back
to her hometown
Her family have a field of flowers
in the mountains near Taipei
Are they Daylily flowers?
I don't know
This is the only Daylily field near Taipei
Why do you believe the body
is buried here?
It's just a hunch
Hashimoto
Director
I've warned you more than once
No accidents, no deaths
Now, two citizens
and a police officer wounded
You're fired
I want your team shut down right now
Director, listen to me
I don't want to hear another word
from you cripple
Hand over the Menger Sponge now
Bring Hashimoto in
Restricted Area: National Radiation
Synchronization Center
You sure you want to do this?
Don't worry,
Hashimoto will take the blame
There they are
Danger: High Magnetic Flux
We can't reach him on his cell phone
You're the only person he wrote down
as a contact person
so we called you
How's his mom doing?
She's got a blood clot in her brain
A very serious blood clot
So... doctor, what can we do?
If we go into surgery now
there's a 15% chance of success
If we don't
she won't make it through the night
We need a family member
to sign the release form
It has to be direct family
He doesn't have any other family
Are we really going to dig?
Of course
But we need to know where to start
Right over there
Joint Crime Crack-Down Unit
Extension 107
Yeh Qi Tung
is unable to answer the phone
For operator, please press 1
He was choked to death
By his mother?
It's possible
Murdered by his own mother
he must have died
with very strong feelings of hate
Mom
Look!
The Daylilies are blooming
My teacher says
that the Daylily is the flower
of mother and son
Son
Mommy doesn't want you to live in pain
I don't want to see you
looked down upon by the whole world
I'll take all the blame and suffering
Let me help you find a way out
Thank you mommy
How did you know
the body would be here?
That's the National Radiation
Synchronization Center
It's covering the whole hillside
The center is encircled
by an electron accelerator
The violent magnetic field created
by the accelerator
is the source
of the ghost's endless energy
This spot is the very center
of the magnetic field
I finally know
how to become a ghost
You promised me
If we humans have rights
ghosts should have rights too
Do you agree?
You've unlocked the secret
it's time to isolate him forever
What's wrong?
Don't do anything until I get back
Hello
Looking for Tung?
Hi, is he here?
He went out. You'll have to wait for him
Is everything alright?
It is about his mother
Provincial Deep Comatose State Patient
Care Center
Zheng Chun
Who are you?
Give her with adrenaline now
Tung's girlfriend?
I know
She's hot!
Is that the only way you look at girls?
I'm hungry
Wanna go grab some beef noodles later?
I don't eat beef
Why not?
Religious belief
My mom says that if you eat
beef you'll go to hell
Look at him
Do you still believe in hell?
Never seen him like this before
What's happening to him?
It's 10:55 pm
I officially announce the death
of patient Chun
You. Follow me
Hashimoto
Ren
Sorry it's best if you leave now
I'll tell Tung you came by
The big earthquake few years ago
she was found crushed under a building
She wasn't rescued until 16 days later
16 days?
We thought it was strange as well
No one can survive
under those circumstances
When we checked her heart
we found as if
someone had been massaging her heart
to keep her alive
It's very hard to explain
What is that?
It's better if you don't know
He said "the window is broken"
She can communicate with her son
What are you doing?
Where's Hashimoto?
Hashimoto?
Hashimoto?
Mei, what happened to the signal?
We've been shut down
The project is dead
Where's Hashimoto?
I don't know
He disappeared suddenly
I think he left with the child
By the way, your girlfriend came
by looking for you
Wei was looking for me?
I think it had something
to do with your mother
Mei
Why did Hashimoto take the child?
You know, Hashimoto has diabetes
He already lost one leg
The other is not looking good
If he had the kid,
even without both legs he could...
I'm going to eat beef noodles.
Want to come?
No. I'm going to clean up and go home
Ok, I am leaving.
Bye
Where could she go?
One super-sized bowl of beef noodles
Hashimoto
Hashimoto?
Hashimoto
Hashimoto
Here. Beef noodles. Enjoy it
I've found Yao's mother
I know
You know?
I can see that strand of silk
You can see it?
To be exact
that silk is a strand of hate
What are you talking about?
Yao became a ghost because of hatred
It was also out of hatred that he killed Su
You knew this all along?
Where's the child?
Your task is over
It's not over until you hand over the child
Tung
Go see your girlfriend
If you go now you might
get to say your last words to her
What did you say?
Hashimoto
Hashimoto
What the hell? Who ever heard
of dying from eating noodles?
Hello?
Mei
I know why Hashimoto took the child!
What's going on?
Quick! Get out of that place
Why?
I don't have time to explain
Did you hear me?
Mei
Mei
Director
Director
Director
Director
Director
Director
You want to know
what it takes to stand on the ceiling
like this and talk to you?
What does it take?
Well, first you have
to have a strong sense of hate
Next, you have to want to die
Finally, you have to die in the right place
Since I was a child living has
never had much meaning for me
I've wanted to die every day
Now I know the location of
where I should die
The only thing I'm not sure of is
if I have enough hate
That's why I came looking for you
Do you understand?
Now I just want to make sure
I have enough hate toward you
Wait
You see this
A total of 744 times
Every time you called me a cripple
I pressed the button on this counter
Tung
Wei, don't say a word and listen
Wei, do you trust me?
Yes
Okay
Do what I tell you
Don't move and don't ask any questions
Now take a step to your left
A little more
Good. Stop
Now close your eyes
Listen carefully
No matter what you hear
and no matter what happens
don't open your eyes
Yes
- Tung - Don't be afraid
Trust me
Hashimoto
Where are you?
I'm walking on the path
towards eternal release
Mei is dead
Yao's mother killed her
Listen to me
Chun is searching for her son
You have to let Yao go
Tung
Everyone will eventually die
It is important that at that moment
to taste death
and experience it completely
Don't run away from it
Let the child go!
If you know how peaceful
and beautiful the afterlife really is
you wouldn't say that
Tung
I'll see you in the next life
Hashimoto
Hashimoto
Shit!
Get out!
I don't have to ever envy you again
So this is what I'll look like when I die
Tung
Yes it's me
What is going on?
It's very difficult to explain right now
Are you okay?
How about you?
Are you okay?
Not bad
Same as usual
This afternoon
your mother went into surgery
to remove a blood clot in her brain
The doctor said tonight is critical
I know that you can't
let go of your mother
She means the world to you
But if she leaves
you'll have to face your own life
What will you do then?
Both your mom and I
we all want you to live happily
Wei
I have a favor to ask of you
Will you please see
my mother tomorrow?
And tell her
that I just want her to live on
Ask her not to hate me
And ask her not to forget that
she had a son in this world
Tung
Tung
I just want to go on living with you
and really enjoy each day
I love you
but that doesn't make you happy
Want to be alive
Want to be happy
Want life to change
And see you every morning
Here is the release paper
Take care of yourself
Mom
She said yes
Isn't it time for you to open your eyes?
Surgery Release signed by Du Wei
Relation: Daughter-in-Law
Mom
Do you hate me?
Is that why you don't want to leave?
Mom
Hashimoto
I want to thank you
You have helped me understand life
I wonder if hate can live forever
and release us from suffering
Yao's spirit did not remain
because of hatred
not because of where he lied
in the daylily field
It was the love between mother and son
I call to tell you
that I am resigning
I will enjoy what life has for me
No matter where you are
I wish you well