Spider Lilies (2007) - full transcript
When Jade, a web-cam girl visits Takeko's tattoo studio she becomes entranced with the image of the spider lily and with Takeko as well. In order to get closer to the object of her desire, Jade asks Takeko to give her the same lily tattoo, challenging Takeko's monastic existence and opening up memories which threaten to tear the two women apart.
Rainie Yang (Jade)
Isabella Leong (Takeko)
Spider Lilies/ Tattoo
[I am only an illusion in your dreams.]
[And you are alive only in my dreams.]
Do you want to have a private session with me tonight?
I'm Jade.
Why do people want to get tattooed?
Do they feel clothed?
...or naked?
If I tell you that I have a tattoo somewhere on my body...
where do you expect it will be?
Take the dress off, let me have a look.
So, my tattoo is very sexy.
It is so late, why don't you go to sleep?
Alright, I'm going to sleep soon.
You go first.
Hurry up, you little girl.
Alright, I'll go to bed in ten mins.
So, you wish where it will be?
I have been turned on by you.
If you wish to explore more...
Please buy in for my private chat.
Grandma!
Hello, cam video lover
Do you want to have a private session with me tonight?
Hello, is it Jade?
Ms. Jade, please...
you disconnected again yesterday ...
Do you know that my Grandma is 100 yrs older than me?
I tell you! there will be no customers if you behave like this.
The customers are there to look at pretty young girls.
This is your last warning
Could you please take notice this situation!
Alright! Alright!
And...I'll get tattooed and perform live, how's that?
[August: 19 customers in total
they want to symbolize themselves with the tattoos.]
Miss, Miss?
You have been waiting for me?
Ching, tell your sister how many candies you made today.
These children made over 10 catties of candies today; very tasty!
Alright alright
Brother, how is it going today?
There is one thing, Takeko...
Everybody calls me Ching...but why only you call me "brother"?
Because I'm your sister.
I don't understand.
[Search: Dissociative Disorders
Dissociative fugue, inert and indolent]
Ching?
Have a look at what I've done today.
I did it really.
How about this drawing?
It looks fierce.
But that guy...he never paid you.
[Customer #079: Adong
Tattoo request: devil head]
- But, he do paid today.
Don't even think about running.
Fuck you!
If you still want to call me 'Big Brother'
take your wallets out
Give me your money
-I dont have any
-That's what you say
Fuck!
Master said, behind every tattoo there was a secret.
In this line of work,
you must understand all these secrets
- I've paid you now
But never reveal them.
Hey, Takeko, could you give me a tattoo...on my belly...tattoo...
A devil head, please. Takeko, Takeko!
You don't have any sense of beauty.
No one understands that
or...or...here...here...
On my belly, a panther? Alright? A panther! Yahoo! Panther!
No.
You can't?
If you tattoo this...
I decided to tattoo a pair of knives on his arms
That way his fists would have more power
Adong is actually an introverted person
He needs the tattoos to give him strength
Takeko, where is your tattoo?
It's still here.
#@$!$#!$@%#$%^$#^#%^%^@%@%$#%
(Sorry, I can't understand Japanese)
@#$@$$!@#!
%@#%@#%@#%
$#$!$!@!@#~!#@
%@%@$@#$
%@%@#%@%#@
%@%@%^@^@$#!#$!
You like this tattoo?
It's a real body tattoo.
Takeko! you have a customer!
Wait. Wait. Wait.
Are you already 18 years old?
So what?
If you're not 18, Takeko wont do the tattoo.
So you're already 18 then?
I just turned 18.
Let's go for a drink with me later?
How about it? Come with me? Come on.
Please, have a seat.
Have you had a tattoo before?
No, I just want to have a look first
Give these to me. Hold this.
Get us once you've decided
Hey Takeko, there's something I want to discuss with you
A very small favor.
Do me a favor, give me a tattoo, whatever it is, please, please!
Takeko, Takeko!
Takeko.
Please give me a tatoo on my belly...
A devil head, please!
You still have no sense of beauty
Takeko, please!
Takeko, please, I'm begging you
[Taiwan dialect]
[It is said that insomniacs
can't distinguish reality from dreaming]
[Jade is having a break today
p.s. to accompany grandma who can't sleep]
Watermelon or pineapple?
Pineapple.
Grandma, I have something to ask you...
I met a neighbor today.
Her name is Takeko.
Do you remember?
Takeko.
Takeko.
Hm...don't remember.
You don't remember? Nevermind
And...I had a green wig before.
Where is it now?
Wig?
The wig on the model when you sold clothes years ago.
Ouch...it's not here.
Let me help you.
Did you throw it away?
Grandma!
How did you find it in the dark?
It's fluorescent, so different from other materials.
Grandma, I love you.
You're...stupid.
We can stop here.
It's over?
Why it is so fast today?
We can stop here today.
Is it a tatoo knife?
It's not a knife, but tattoo machine.
And... if I become fat, will my tattoo change shape?
Will it distort like this?
And...
I want this golden flower.
How is it?
Sorry.
Why not?
This flower, it's the path to hell.
Hell?
It's Manjusaka.
(Manjusaka: Buddhism word, means "the connection between the real world and the nether world")
But...
I saw one friend of mine...had one.
Really?
When?
When I was 9 years old.
9 years old?
You can't trust memories from when you were 9
It's true!
You should have another think about
why you want to have a tattoo
How about you?
What about me?
You should have tattoos.
Why do you want to get tattooed?
I...I forget...
my business card.
Jade?
Yeah, it's my name.
That's my Blog, where you can find my photos and diary...
you will know better when you browse it. Bye.
[Jade's Blog]
[Today, I met my first love in tattoo shop. I was only 9 years old then;
If you want to know my first love experience, please log in at 23:00 tonight.]
Hello, cam video lovers, do you want a private session tonight, my love?
Hello, cam video lovers, do you want a private session tonight, my love?
Jade's coming!
You sit here.
Where is Takeko?
[5 people on line: Xiong, King, Mark, QiangSheng, Silence]
Will she come?
[Xiong: are you going to discuss your first love experience here?]
Yes.
Do you want to hear the love story of a little girl?
[I want to hear the first sex experience of a little girl.]
I wasn't even 10 years old when I first fell in love.
[Silence: such a liar.]
It's true!
I was just over 9 years old at that time.
I used to sitting in the threshold of alley.
Waiting for a neighbor to pass by.
I am Jade.
Am I beautiful?
That is a very beautiful wig.
Like this...
[That's not beautiful at all, lol...]
Who said it wasn't beautiful!
????
I am very beautiful when I wear it properly
Do I look good?
You look beautiful.
You accent makes you sound like a foreigner
Are you local?
No, I lived in Japan when I was young.
My mom is Japanese.
Japan? I have never been to Japan before.
I feel dull and lonely by myself
Do you wanna come to my house?
Isn't your mom at home?
I don't have a mom.
There's only me and my grandma.
Why don't you have mom?
My mom...she...
When the earthquake happened...
mom carried me outside...
and...my mom herself...died when the house collapsed.
Alright...and...may I send the beautiful Jade home?
Ok.
I will always remember...that beautiful dusk
and the sound her humming as she rode the bicycle.
Little jasmine...
Will you forget me?
Little jasmine...
Please remember...I am still here.
[You slept with somebody when you only 9 years old? Did you feel painful for the first time?]
Little jasmine, please remeber. I am still here.
[Xiong: you fucked with your neighbor, was it high?
Mark: How much to do 'it' with me, just give me a price]
[King: Get to the point! Were you high?]
I wasn't!
[?]
[?]
In...in...in fact...I...just...just...
just..just...start to record...then...then...they...they disconnected
So you haven't recorded anything... and you can still laugh?!
What's you're problem?
Speaking slowly is fine, but you act slowly, too.
You can't just wait here, you must use some techniques.
Ask her whether she needs money.
Ask her if she needs your help.
You can't even use such a simple techique?
You make me angry
I don't want to ... trick her
Hello, cam video lover.
do you wanna possess me privately tonight?
What the hell is this?
Hey! I'm Jade.
What's on the letter?
Mom, I send you 3,000 Yuan,
I will return when I have time. Take care.
Thats it?
It's a short letter.
She didn't mention Jade?
No.
Who's that?
Jade's mom!
Jade's mom?
I thought...
Didn't her mother...
She should be in Taipei.
But...in the earthquake...her mom...
After the earthquake, her mom took Jade's brother and left
Her father has been in jail for many years!
Hello?
OK.
The removalists are here
Have a safe trip
Thanks for the chocolates.
I will give it to Jade.
[Customer #091: Jade
Tattoo request: unclear]
Ching?
It's time to sleep.
You have no story today?
Not many customers came today.
But, there was a wierd girl.
She kept asking questions
And asked about my tattoo.
She ask for stories from you?
Not really.
I don't care, I have to listen to your story.
You tell me one.
Ching?
%@#%@#$!$!@
#@%@%@^@$@%@#
#@$#@$
@%$^#^#$&%^&%*&^*^(^(^&(^&$^#$%@
Your brother still can't return
But...
I'm getting closer to him.
But...you're a girl...
%$@%@%#!@#$!@$
I am not a coward.
^#%@%^@^$&^&^%^*%*
I am not scared
Is that so
^$%^%#$%@$#
%^&$%&^&%#^%@%@%#
Do you tailor tattoo deisgns for each customer like this?
Did you change styles?
No. I think this uniform is pretty.
Did you browse my Blog?
I've been busy. No time to get online.
You're really that busy?
If you have spare time, you should view it.
If you have the will, you can find some time.
Honestly, I don't like going online
Really?
I was thinking that, after you see my Blog,
we can discuss tattoos together
If you're impatient,
You can find someone else
[Silence: Hello, what's your story today?]
I am in no mood.
Everyone, either we go directly to a private session or nothing
[300 points, private session, ok?]
When she starts to strip, press these two buttons to record.
Don't forget to ask her if she wants to meet, and how much
Hurry up and entrap her
Don't take too long
[Wait!]
What's up?
[Don't strip, I just want to chat]
But 300 points are not cheap.
Don't you want to see anything?
[Alright, can you show me your smile?]
Hello.
[Hello, are you upset today?]
It's better now.
[I love the story you told yesterday.]
Huh? You heard my story?
Do you have cam video? Talk to me on the mic.
What's wrong? Catch a cold?
[I...have difficulty in talking...sorry]
That's fine. Then what do you want to chat about?
[What kind of person are you?]
I...
I am...outgoing, happy...
sometimes upset...
but I feel satisfied ...
because I can do whatever I love to do, no one can stop me.
[So, you went into this cam video business by yourself?]
That's right! I like to do this.
[Aren't you afraid of meeting some bad guys on line?]
I wont
I'm in my own home, it's impossible to meet bad guys.
And the internet is virtual and false. If I like,then I go on line;
If I don't like, then I get off.
Sometimes I am shouted at by Sister Chong.
And Sister Chong is also a false person. I never see her.
[Sister Chong?]
Sister Chong is the web manager and my boss.
[and, am I false?]
If...
You remember me and I remember you...
Then it shouldn't be considered false.
[Does your first love remember you?]
Of course they remember
It is so hard to meet her
Let me tell you...
She designed a tattoo for me.
And she told me...she would tattoo that design on my body...
And I will show it to you, ok?
[You always...have day dreams like this?]
Day dreams?
It's not a day dream. I have a good memory.
[9 year-old memory is not trustworthy.]
It's true!
9 years old?
You can't trust memories from when you were 9
It's true!
Who...who are you?
Why don't you trust me?
[Memories often lie, especially for yourself.]
What do you mean?
[Because you...]
[Sound like you're so lonely]
You twit
You promise to come home all the time,
but you never do.
OK then. When you return,
will you buy any presents for me?
That's good ... Snoopy pencilbox?
It's nice.
Takeko.
Jade?
Remember my name this time?
Your hair...
Isn't it beautiful?
It's beautiful.
So what?
You look different from the images on the net.
Oh...you went online then?
I...I didn't.
Whatever, it doesn't matter.
I'm here to tell you...
I've made the decision.
Huh?
Didn't you ask me to think about
why I wanted to get tattooed?
I want to keep the memory of love.
So...thats why I need this tattoo
Because of the memory from when you were 9 years old?
So what if I was 9?
Those who really forget people,
Are adults, not children.
Anyway...
I want a tattoo of love
I am serious.
[Early September: 11 customers
Men: request strength
Women: memory of love]
Wow...Takeko!
You are the best artist in the whole world!
I love you so much!
You're crazy.
Why don't you accept elder sister-younger brother love?
(he means Takeko and him)
Don't you have someone you like?
It was long ago. In the past.
Then ...
Was your lover a girl?
Actually,
we have same sex orientation!
How about this ...
If we can't become lovers, we can be brother and sister.
Is it ok?
You're a jerk.
But... sis ...
Why I didn't see you have any girlfriend?
Seriously, why not?
Why not, Sis?
[Customer #091: Jade
Tattoo request: ]
Anyway...
I want a tattoo of love
I am serious.
When will you come?
After dinner.
Earthquake!
Takeko.
Are you tired?
No.
It's alright.
I tattooed for Adong today...
It lasted many hours.
My eyes are a bit tired.
But the final result was good.
Does he like it?
He likes it a lot.
He asked me to be his elder sister.
No.
It was a joke
Will you be here all the time?
I will.
But sometimes, you're late to take me home.
It's because I need to complete the designs
I don't want be alone at night.
You won't be
I will pick you up everyday.
Ok?
Obviously, she must be online
[5 people on line:Silence, J, Long, Johnson, Hao]
Which one is she?
[Jade, I...]
Hello, thank you for choosing Jade
Today, I will offer a free chance for private session
If you have tattoos on your body, please show them to me.
I will perform only for you.
A very special show!
[Jade, I...]
[Jade, private session OK? 500 points!]
Show me your tattoos
If you don't show me your tattoos, I will perform for someone else
[Hao: I have tattoos]
Congradulations! Hao.
[It's private time]
You see...
These young women...
Can play people better than you
They pretend
Pretend to be an innocent girl.
They are all flirty and snobbish inside.
They cheat money out of men...
To buy famous brands.
To buy drugs, or sleep with some cuties.
There's not a good one amongst them
How...how...how...how...
Do you know?
Why don't I know?
You are doing your job, don't you understand?
Let me tell you.
These women...
Need a man to teach them a lesson.
Hao, what did you think of my private show?
Please share your thoughts with everyone
[Hao: I feel so high. Jade is so sexy]
Remember to come and have
another private session with me next time
[Can we talk?]
I knew it would be you
Show me your tattoo, I will give you a freebie
[Why do you want to see tattoos?]
So what?
[Why do you exhaust yourself like this?]
And you exhaust your money the same way.
Spending money for private session feels better, huh?
[I don't want to see you like this]
Like what?
[You are wasting your youth]
What do you mean?
If you despise me, then don't go online
Why [?] yourself, and be afraid to admit it?
[You will hurt yourself]
If you really look down on me, you can just get lost!
Did you come here to lecture me?
Who you think you are!
What the hell has it got to do with you?
Don't tell me what to do, who the hell are you?
[I am not conceited, but...]
You wont admit to yourself [?]
and you want to criticize my morals?
[?]
[Xiong: Hey, stop quarrelling!]
[Big 2: Accept the truth that you are only a prostitute.]
[Langzi: Let it go, we will get off if you're not going to perform.]
Jade is so tired today.
She wants to say good night to you all.
[J: Private session, please.]
Alright.
300 points.
The last private show tonight.
I want to keep the memory of love.
So...
I want to have this tattoo
You should have a tattoo, right?
Why did you want to get tattooed?
I...I forget
Iridescent moonlight
The haze covers little jasmine
I gaze at you
Never want to lose you
Iridescent moonlight
The haze covers little jasmine
I am waiting for you
To enter my dreams
Little jasmine
Please remember I am still here
Little jasmine
On the branch, blooms natrually
Little jasmine
Please remember me
Don't ever forget me
Takeko.
What's the matter with you?
Nothing.
It's nothing.
Ching...
If someone wants this tattoo...
What's your opinion?
What do you mean?
Why do they want the same one as yours?
If...they keep begging for this...will you agree?
Then their tattoo is fake
I hate the fake tattoo.
It's different from yours.
Even if it's fake...
It can still comfort them.
Sis...
You haven't said anything today.
It hurts ...
I can't distract myself from the agony.
Even if you can shout at me or something.
Takeko!
It's me! I am the knife master - devil head Adong!
[Police Office]
You have been investigating this site for nearly a month...
Why haven't you got any results?
I....I....I think....she...she...
Is...is...not guilty as this shows.
Fuck you! what's your definition of guilt?
%@$@#$!#@$#!#? [Taiwanese]
I...I...I...
You what!...Fuck you!
If you cannot do this, you will never be a senior officer!
You will be a junior forever
Get out!
[Silence: Private session]
[Silence: Private session]
Don't you despise me? Why are you online again?
[I come here to say goodbye]
[I come here to say sorry]
[I am so sorry]
You shouldn't abuse me like that.
I didn't mean that, but...
But what?
[Please, as soon as possible...]
[Leave this line of business.]
Why do you keep saying that?
[I am worried...]
You are worried about me?
You are worried about what?
[Traps are everywhere on the internet.]
[I admit that I've been watching you]
[But I can't tell who I am.]
I can't stand you,
Why are you acting so shy and mysterious
[I care about you.]
So...you were feeling jealous!
[Sometimes...]
[It's my last request]
[Please leave this place]
Then...why should I have to listen to you?
[Because I...]
[I really love Jade, I hope you can be happy.]
Because...
I really love you...
I hope you can be happy!
Wow...cool knives!
Aren't they cool?
Takeko is such a genius!
I'm finding some time to try these kniveies!
Isn't she here?
She told me not to bother her.
What do you want her for?
Yeah, I come here to make sure about something.
Make sure... whether she will do the tattoo for me.
She has been working on the picture all day.
She is very easy to get upset!
What picture?
Some...some damned boring flowers
Really?
To be honest, she loses her temper easily these days.
I thought she didn't have periods.
You bet! She's totally a tomboy,
Extremely serious when she's working on her pictures.
She doesn't have femininity at all.
She is not tough and she still pretends to be cool like that.
And she is unsociable and eccentric.
She just thinks that she is a real man!
Yeah!
What's all that noise!
Jade...
Are you busy now? Adong said you were working on the drawings.
Yes, it's yours.
Wow...really?
It's my picture!
You do not understand yet. Tattoos are painful, I am telling you.
Generally speaking, men are scared to pain more than women.
It's not true.
When should I come? tomorrow?
It's not that urgent. It's Frday Ok for you?
Ok, then I will come on Friday.
Friday...
You came late today and yesterday.
You didn't show up until the head called us to sleep.
Sorry, because of the drawings.
Is this it?
Wow, it's so nice.
I think I have new story to listen to.
A customer wanted my tattoo...
But you didn't agree with it.
So...I changed to draw this jasmine pattern.
Why don't you tell me a story ... anything will do.
You haven't told me story for a long time.
Then I'll tell you the story of when you were young
I have no story.
Everyone has a story.
Only that, you've forgotten yours.
Why are you waiting here? Go to sleep now.
I'm scared of sleeping by myself.
Ching is grown up now. Please have a little courage, ok?
No, don't leave me alone.
I'm not leaving you alone.
I'm just...going to study at my classmate's
No...No...
You always say no.
Ching is not a good child. I don't like you any more.
I will not spoil you like mom!
Bad sister...bad sister...
Bad sister.
Why are you ignoring me?
That night...
Was everything that happened between us false?
Takeko, look at me.
That night...
I shouldn't have left my brother alone.
He can't recognize me now.
It wasn't your fault!
If I was with him, the result might have been different.
It was all an accident.
You shouldn't say this.
It wasn't our fault!
Why?
I can't understand your story...
Why...why is today's story so weird?
It's only a story.
Don't think too much.
My head hurts.
Takeko.
Why do I feel...
You are angry with me.
I'm not.
Don't think too much.
Go back to sleep.
Jade.
This is mine?
It's yours.
It's jasmine!
So it's not that Manjusaka.
This was drawn for you
You drew it for me :)
I understand.
This is what should be considered my tattoo of love.
It's only a tattoo.
No, it's love.
I told you before, I need a tattoo of love.
Afterwards, you drew these jasmines for me.
It's only a tattoo.
You have too many illusions!
What do you mean?
Is it my illusion?
Or do you conceal yourself too much!
Otherwise I will spell it out.
You thought if you log in my Blog anonymously,
and I won't know who you are.
I know it's you,
why don't you admit the truth?
I don't understand.
Whether you despise me,
or if you're too afraid to face your own feelings.
I'm sorry.
Why do you remember all these things?
How about you?
You choose to forget?
I don't.
Tell me the story of your tattoo...
The tattoo on the wall, it isn't real, is it?
This is my dad. After he died,
My brother could not recognise anything
All he could recognise was this tattoo.
The doctor said my brother lost his memory of everything
Please, give me the same tattoo pattern as my dad had.
So...this is why you got it
They are the most important people in my life.
Where is your mom?
Did she return home?
She will never return.
Are you still mad at her?
Really? Mom, do you really miss me?
When you come home next time, where will you take me to play?
Tokyo? Is it Disney land?
Ok! Ok!
She doesn't remember me.
Just like you.
So...
I always have illusions.
people are all around me.
Will you remember me?
Hold me.
Hello, cam video lovers.
Do you want to have a private session with me tonight?
[off-line]
[Thank you for accepting my suggestion, don't come back...goodbye.
I love you Jade.]
Sir, it's...it's done.
It is raining in the early morning
Dew moistens the little jasmine
its white leaves, chaste and fresh
I covertly kiss your breath
Evening wind is breezing over grassland
Sunset dyes little jasmine
Smile bursts, silently and soundlessly
Takeko!
Adong! Adong!
Adong!
Ching!
Ching! Ching!
Ching!
Ching!
Should Ching be upstairs?
Ching!
Ching!
Sorry, I am the police of ShinZhong district.
In his case, he's in a coma, the level is 5...
Which is considered a deep coma.
I can't say whether he will wake up.
Takeko!
They are false!
Why they are false!
Dad!
I didn't mean to leave brother alone.
I didn't!
You thought you tattooed this flower on your body, then I would wake up?
[I can't finish the tattoo, please forgive me, bye, Takeko]
[So it seems your tenderness was false,
All you left was a half finished tattoo]
[I can feel it...it's still...painful]
I have no other choice.
I can only live in virtual world.
I will be waiting for you here day and night.
[Silence: Jade! Jade!]
You come at last.
[Get off line immediately!]
[Leave now!]
No, I won't!
You don't care about me. I'm about to drown.
[Jade! please listen to me...]
[I...am a police officer]
What are you saying?
Ja...Jade...
it's...it's....I...am...a police...
We..we..decide to...to... search your website tonight...
[We have been investigating this website for a long time.]
[The whole course of search and arrest will be recorded.]
[If you are still on line...]
[You will be part of the evidence]
Actually...
The one who said that they love me was not Takeko...
Evening wind is breezing over grassland
Sunset dyes little jasmine
Smile bursts, silently and soundlessly
I cannot see your secret
Iridescent moonlight. the haze covers little jasmine
Little jasmine
Please remember me
Don't ever forget me
I will wait for you online
This is my last request...
Please...remember me.
A computer can make you cry like this...
Don't cry...don't cry...
alright...don't think of the computer.
Don't cry...don't cry...
Brother.
Sister!
Why do you remember all these things?
And you?
Do you choose to forget?
[Sorry, I will wait for you in the tattoo shop...]
The background of this movie is the 921 Taiwan earthquake (21th, Sep,1999),
where many people lost their families.
Isabella Leong (Takeko)
Spider Lilies/ Tattoo
[I am only an illusion in your dreams.]
[And you are alive only in my dreams.]
Do you want to have a private session with me tonight?
I'm Jade.
Why do people want to get tattooed?
Do they feel clothed?
...or naked?
If I tell you that I have a tattoo somewhere on my body...
where do you expect it will be?
Take the dress off, let me have a look.
So, my tattoo is very sexy.
It is so late, why don't you go to sleep?
Alright, I'm going to sleep soon.
You go first.
Hurry up, you little girl.
Alright, I'll go to bed in ten mins.
So, you wish where it will be?
I have been turned on by you.
If you wish to explore more...
Please buy in for my private chat.
Grandma!
Hello, cam video lover
Do you want to have a private session with me tonight?
Hello, is it Jade?
Ms. Jade, please...
you disconnected again yesterday ...
Do you know that my Grandma is 100 yrs older than me?
I tell you! there will be no customers if you behave like this.
The customers are there to look at pretty young girls.
This is your last warning
Could you please take notice this situation!
Alright! Alright!
And...I'll get tattooed and perform live, how's that?
[August: 19 customers in total
they want to symbolize themselves with the tattoos.]
Miss, Miss?
You have been waiting for me?
Ching, tell your sister how many candies you made today.
These children made over 10 catties of candies today; very tasty!
Alright alright
Brother, how is it going today?
There is one thing, Takeko...
Everybody calls me Ching...but why only you call me "brother"?
Because I'm your sister.
I don't understand.
[Search: Dissociative Disorders
Dissociative fugue, inert and indolent]
Ching?
Have a look at what I've done today.
I did it really.
How about this drawing?
It looks fierce.
But that guy...he never paid you.
[Customer #079: Adong
Tattoo request: devil head]
- But, he do paid today.
Don't even think about running.
Fuck you!
If you still want to call me 'Big Brother'
take your wallets out
Give me your money
-I dont have any
-That's what you say
Fuck!
Master said, behind every tattoo there was a secret.
In this line of work,
you must understand all these secrets
- I've paid you now
But never reveal them.
Hey, Takeko, could you give me a tattoo...on my belly...tattoo...
A devil head, please. Takeko, Takeko!
You don't have any sense of beauty.
No one understands that
or...or...here...here...
On my belly, a panther? Alright? A panther! Yahoo! Panther!
No.
You can't?
If you tattoo this...
I decided to tattoo a pair of knives on his arms
That way his fists would have more power
Adong is actually an introverted person
He needs the tattoos to give him strength
Takeko, where is your tattoo?
It's still here.
#@$!$#!$@%#$%^$#^#%^%^@%@%$#%
(Sorry, I can't understand Japanese)
@#$@$$!@#!
%@#%@#%@#%
$#$!$!@!@#~!#@
%@%@$@#$
%@%@#%@%#@
%@%@%^@^@$#!#$!
You like this tattoo?
It's a real body tattoo.
Takeko! you have a customer!
Wait. Wait. Wait.
Are you already 18 years old?
So what?
If you're not 18, Takeko wont do the tattoo.
So you're already 18 then?
I just turned 18.
Let's go for a drink with me later?
How about it? Come with me? Come on.
Please, have a seat.
Have you had a tattoo before?
No, I just want to have a look first
Give these to me. Hold this.
Get us once you've decided
Hey Takeko, there's something I want to discuss with you
A very small favor.
Do me a favor, give me a tattoo, whatever it is, please, please!
Takeko, Takeko!
Takeko.
Please give me a tatoo on my belly...
A devil head, please!
You still have no sense of beauty
Takeko, please!
Takeko, please, I'm begging you
[Taiwan dialect]
[It is said that insomniacs
can't distinguish reality from dreaming]
[Jade is having a break today
p.s. to accompany grandma who can't sleep]
Watermelon or pineapple?
Pineapple.
Grandma, I have something to ask you...
I met a neighbor today.
Her name is Takeko.
Do you remember?
Takeko.
Takeko.
Hm...don't remember.
You don't remember? Nevermind
And...I had a green wig before.
Where is it now?
Wig?
The wig on the model when you sold clothes years ago.
Ouch...it's not here.
Let me help you.
Did you throw it away?
Grandma!
How did you find it in the dark?
It's fluorescent, so different from other materials.
Grandma, I love you.
You're...stupid.
We can stop here.
It's over?
Why it is so fast today?
We can stop here today.
Is it a tatoo knife?
It's not a knife, but tattoo machine.
And... if I become fat, will my tattoo change shape?
Will it distort like this?
And...
I want this golden flower.
How is it?
Sorry.
Why not?
This flower, it's the path to hell.
Hell?
It's Manjusaka.
(Manjusaka: Buddhism word, means "the connection between the real world and the nether world")
But...
I saw one friend of mine...had one.
Really?
When?
When I was 9 years old.
9 years old?
You can't trust memories from when you were 9
It's true!
You should have another think about
why you want to have a tattoo
How about you?
What about me?
You should have tattoos.
Why do you want to get tattooed?
I...I forget...
my business card.
Jade?
Yeah, it's my name.
That's my Blog, where you can find my photos and diary...
you will know better when you browse it. Bye.
[Jade's Blog]
[Today, I met my first love in tattoo shop. I was only 9 years old then;
If you want to know my first love experience, please log in at 23:00 tonight.]
Hello, cam video lovers, do you want a private session tonight, my love?
Hello, cam video lovers, do you want a private session tonight, my love?
Jade's coming!
You sit here.
Where is Takeko?
[5 people on line: Xiong, King, Mark, QiangSheng, Silence]
Will she come?
[Xiong: are you going to discuss your first love experience here?]
Yes.
Do you want to hear the love story of a little girl?
[I want to hear the first sex experience of a little girl.]
I wasn't even 10 years old when I first fell in love.
[Silence: such a liar.]
It's true!
I was just over 9 years old at that time.
I used to sitting in the threshold of alley.
Waiting for a neighbor to pass by.
I am Jade.
Am I beautiful?
That is a very beautiful wig.
Like this...
[That's not beautiful at all, lol...]
Who said it wasn't beautiful!
????
I am very beautiful when I wear it properly
Do I look good?
You look beautiful.
You accent makes you sound like a foreigner
Are you local?
No, I lived in Japan when I was young.
My mom is Japanese.
Japan? I have never been to Japan before.
I feel dull and lonely by myself
Do you wanna come to my house?
Isn't your mom at home?
I don't have a mom.
There's only me and my grandma.
Why don't you have mom?
My mom...she...
When the earthquake happened...
mom carried me outside...
and...my mom herself...died when the house collapsed.
Alright...and...may I send the beautiful Jade home?
Ok.
I will always remember...that beautiful dusk
and the sound her humming as she rode the bicycle.
Little jasmine...
Will you forget me?
Little jasmine...
Please remember...I am still here.
[You slept with somebody when you only 9 years old? Did you feel painful for the first time?]
Little jasmine, please remeber. I am still here.
[Xiong: you fucked with your neighbor, was it high?
Mark: How much to do 'it' with me, just give me a price]
[King: Get to the point! Were you high?]
I wasn't!
[?]
[?]
In...in...in fact...I...just...just...
just..just...start to record...then...then...they...they disconnected
So you haven't recorded anything... and you can still laugh?!
What's you're problem?
Speaking slowly is fine, but you act slowly, too.
You can't just wait here, you must use some techniques.
Ask her whether she needs money.
Ask her if she needs your help.
You can't even use such a simple techique?
You make me angry
I don't want to ... trick her
Hello, cam video lover.
do you wanna possess me privately tonight?
What the hell is this?
Hey! I'm Jade.
What's on the letter?
Mom, I send you 3,000 Yuan,
I will return when I have time. Take care.
Thats it?
It's a short letter.
She didn't mention Jade?
No.
Who's that?
Jade's mom!
Jade's mom?
I thought...
Didn't her mother...
She should be in Taipei.
But...in the earthquake...her mom...
After the earthquake, her mom took Jade's brother and left
Her father has been in jail for many years!
Hello?
OK.
The removalists are here
Have a safe trip
Thanks for the chocolates.
I will give it to Jade.
[Customer #091: Jade
Tattoo request: unclear]
Ching?
It's time to sleep.
You have no story today?
Not many customers came today.
But, there was a wierd girl.
She kept asking questions
And asked about my tattoo.
She ask for stories from you?
Not really.
I don't care, I have to listen to your story.
You tell me one.
Ching?
%@#%@#$!$!@
#@%@%@^@$@%@#
#@$#@$
@%$^#^#$&%^&%*&^*^(^(^&(^&$^#$%@
Your brother still can't return
But...
I'm getting closer to him.
But...you're a girl...
%$@%@%#!@#$!@$
I am not a coward.
^#%@%^@^$&^&^%^*%*
I am not scared
Is that so
^$%^%#$%@$#
%^&$%&^&%#^%@%@%#
Do you tailor tattoo deisgns for each customer like this?
Did you change styles?
No. I think this uniform is pretty.
Did you browse my Blog?
I've been busy. No time to get online.
You're really that busy?
If you have spare time, you should view it.
If you have the will, you can find some time.
Honestly, I don't like going online
Really?
I was thinking that, after you see my Blog,
we can discuss tattoos together
If you're impatient,
You can find someone else
[Silence: Hello, what's your story today?]
I am in no mood.
Everyone, either we go directly to a private session or nothing
[300 points, private session, ok?]
When she starts to strip, press these two buttons to record.
Don't forget to ask her if she wants to meet, and how much
Hurry up and entrap her
Don't take too long
[Wait!]
What's up?
[Don't strip, I just want to chat]
But 300 points are not cheap.
Don't you want to see anything?
[Alright, can you show me your smile?]
Hello.
[Hello, are you upset today?]
It's better now.
[I love the story you told yesterday.]
Huh? You heard my story?
Do you have cam video? Talk to me on the mic.
What's wrong? Catch a cold?
[I...have difficulty in talking...sorry]
That's fine. Then what do you want to chat about?
[What kind of person are you?]
I...
I am...outgoing, happy...
sometimes upset...
but I feel satisfied ...
because I can do whatever I love to do, no one can stop me.
[So, you went into this cam video business by yourself?]
That's right! I like to do this.
[Aren't you afraid of meeting some bad guys on line?]
I wont
I'm in my own home, it's impossible to meet bad guys.
And the internet is virtual and false. If I like,then I go on line;
If I don't like, then I get off.
Sometimes I am shouted at by Sister Chong.
And Sister Chong is also a false person. I never see her.
[Sister Chong?]
Sister Chong is the web manager and my boss.
[and, am I false?]
If...
You remember me and I remember you...
Then it shouldn't be considered false.
[Does your first love remember you?]
Of course they remember
It is so hard to meet her
Let me tell you...
She designed a tattoo for me.
And she told me...she would tattoo that design on my body...
And I will show it to you, ok?
[You always...have day dreams like this?]
Day dreams?
It's not a day dream. I have a good memory.
[9 year-old memory is not trustworthy.]
It's true!
9 years old?
You can't trust memories from when you were 9
It's true!
Who...who are you?
Why don't you trust me?
[Memories often lie, especially for yourself.]
What do you mean?
[Because you...]
[Sound like you're so lonely]
You twit
You promise to come home all the time,
but you never do.
OK then. When you return,
will you buy any presents for me?
That's good ... Snoopy pencilbox?
It's nice.
Takeko.
Jade?
Remember my name this time?
Your hair...
Isn't it beautiful?
It's beautiful.
So what?
You look different from the images on the net.
Oh...you went online then?
I...I didn't.
Whatever, it doesn't matter.
I'm here to tell you...
I've made the decision.
Huh?
Didn't you ask me to think about
why I wanted to get tattooed?
I want to keep the memory of love.
So...thats why I need this tattoo
Because of the memory from when you were 9 years old?
So what if I was 9?
Those who really forget people,
Are adults, not children.
Anyway...
I want a tattoo of love
I am serious.
[Early September: 11 customers
Men: request strength
Women: memory of love]
Wow...Takeko!
You are the best artist in the whole world!
I love you so much!
You're crazy.
Why don't you accept elder sister-younger brother love?
(he means Takeko and him)
Don't you have someone you like?
It was long ago. In the past.
Then ...
Was your lover a girl?
Actually,
we have same sex orientation!
How about this ...
If we can't become lovers, we can be brother and sister.
Is it ok?
You're a jerk.
But... sis ...
Why I didn't see you have any girlfriend?
Seriously, why not?
Why not, Sis?
[Customer #091: Jade
Tattoo request: ]
Anyway...
I want a tattoo of love
I am serious.
When will you come?
After dinner.
Earthquake!
Takeko.
Are you tired?
No.
It's alright.
I tattooed for Adong today...
It lasted many hours.
My eyes are a bit tired.
But the final result was good.
Does he like it?
He likes it a lot.
He asked me to be his elder sister.
No.
It was a joke
Will you be here all the time?
I will.
But sometimes, you're late to take me home.
It's because I need to complete the designs
I don't want be alone at night.
You won't be
I will pick you up everyday.
Ok?
Obviously, she must be online
[5 people on line:Silence, J, Long, Johnson, Hao]
Which one is she?
[Jade, I...]
Hello, thank you for choosing Jade
Today, I will offer a free chance for private session
If you have tattoos on your body, please show them to me.
I will perform only for you.
A very special show!
[Jade, I...]
[Jade, private session OK? 500 points!]
Show me your tattoos
If you don't show me your tattoos, I will perform for someone else
[Hao: I have tattoos]
Congradulations! Hao.
[It's private time]
You see...
These young women...
Can play people better than you
They pretend
Pretend to be an innocent girl.
They are all flirty and snobbish inside.
They cheat money out of men...
To buy famous brands.
To buy drugs, or sleep with some cuties.
There's not a good one amongst them
How...how...how...how...
Do you know?
Why don't I know?
You are doing your job, don't you understand?
Let me tell you.
These women...
Need a man to teach them a lesson.
Hao, what did you think of my private show?
Please share your thoughts with everyone
[Hao: I feel so high. Jade is so sexy]
Remember to come and have
another private session with me next time
[Can we talk?]
I knew it would be you
Show me your tattoo, I will give you a freebie
[Why do you want to see tattoos?]
So what?
[Why do you exhaust yourself like this?]
And you exhaust your money the same way.
Spending money for private session feels better, huh?
[I don't want to see you like this]
Like what?
[You are wasting your youth]
What do you mean?
If you despise me, then don't go online
Why [?] yourself, and be afraid to admit it?
[You will hurt yourself]
If you really look down on me, you can just get lost!
Did you come here to lecture me?
Who you think you are!
What the hell has it got to do with you?
Don't tell me what to do, who the hell are you?
[I am not conceited, but...]
You wont admit to yourself [?]
and you want to criticize my morals?
[?]
[Xiong: Hey, stop quarrelling!]
[Big 2: Accept the truth that you are only a prostitute.]
[Langzi: Let it go, we will get off if you're not going to perform.]
Jade is so tired today.
She wants to say good night to you all.
[J: Private session, please.]
Alright.
300 points.
The last private show tonight.
I want to keep the memory of love.
So...
I want to have this tattoo
You should have a tattoo, right?
Why did you want to get tattooed?
I...I forget
Iridescent moonlight
The haze covers little jasmine
I gaze at you
Never want to lose you
Iridescent moonlight
The haze covers little jasmine
I am waiting for you
To enter my dreams
Little jasmine
Please remember I am still here
Little jasmine
On the branch, blooms natrually
Little jasmine
Please remember me
Don't ever forget me
Takeko.
What's the matter with you?
Nothing.
It's nothing.
Ching...
If someone wants this tattoo...
What's your opinion?
What do you mean?
Why do they want the same one as yours?
If...they keep begging for this...will you agree?
Then their tattoo is fake
I hate the fake tattoo.
It's different from yours.
Even if it's fake...
It can still comfort them.
Sis...
You haven't said anything today.
It hurts ...
I can't distract myself from the agony.
Even if you can shout at me or something.
Takeko!
It's me! I am the knife master - devil head Adong!
[Police Office]
You have been investigating this site for nearly a month...
Why haven't you got any results?
I....I....I think....she...she...
Is...is...not guilty as this shows.
Fuck you! what's your definition of guilt?
%@$@#$!#@$#!#? [Taiwanese]
I...I...I...
You what!...Fuck you!
If you cannot do this, you will never be a senior officer!
You will be a junior forever
Get out!
[Silence: Private session]
[Silence: Private session]
Don't you despise me? Why are you online again?
[I come here to say goodbye]
[I come here to say sorry]
[I am so sorry]
You shouldn't abuse me like that.
I didn't mean that, but...
But what?
[Please, as soon as possible...]
[Leave this line of business.]
Why do you keep saying that?
[I am worried...]
You are worried about me?
You are worried about what?
[Traps are everywhere on the internet.]
[I admit that I've been watching you]
[But I can't tell who I am.]
I can't stand you,
Why are you acting so shy and mysterious
[I care about you.]
So...you were feeling jealous!
[Sometimes...]
[It's my last request]
[Please leave this place]
Then...why should I have to listen to you?
[Because I...]
[I really love Jade, I hope you can be happy.]
Because...
I really love you...
I hope you can be happy!
Wow...cool knives!
Aren't they cool?
Takeko is such a genius!
I'm finding some time to try these kniveies!
Isn't she here?
She told me not to bother her.
What do you want her for?
Yeah, I come here to make sure about something.
Make sure... whether she will do the tattoo for me.
She has been working on the picture all day.
She is very easy to get upset!
What picture?
Some...some damned boring flowers
Really?
To be honest, she loses her temper easily these days.
I thought she didn't have periods.
You bet! She's totally a tomboy,
Extremely serious when she's working on her pictures.
She doesn't have femininity at all.
She is not tough and she still pretends to be cool like that.
And she is unsociable and eccentric.
She just thinks that she is a real man!
Yeah!
What's all that noise!
Jade...
Are you busy now? Adong said you were working on the drawings.
Yes, it's yours.
Wow...really?
It's my picture!
You do not understand yet. Tattoos are painful, I am telling you.
Generally speaking, men are scared to pain more than women.
It's not true.
When should I come? tomorrow?
It's not that urgent. It's Frday Ok for you?
Ok, then I will come on Friday.
Friday...
You came late today and yesterday.
You didn't show up until the head called us to sleep.
Sorry, because of the drawings.
Is this it?
Wow, it's so nice.
I think I have new story to listen to.
A customer wanted my tattoo...
But you didn't agree with it.
So...I changed to draw this jasmine pattern.
Why don't you tell me a story ... anything will do.
You haven't told me story for a long time.
Then I'll tell you the story of when you were young
I have no story.
Everyone has a story.
Only that, you've forgotten yours.
Why are you waiting here? Go to sleep now.
I'm scared of sleeping by myself.
Ching is grown up now. Please have a little courage, ok?
No, don't leave me alone.
I'm not leaving you alone.
I'm just...going to study at my classmate's
No...No...
You always say no.
Ching is not a good child. I don't like you any more.
I will not spoil you like mom!
Bad sister...bad sister...
Bad sister.
Why are you ignoring me?
That night...
Was everything that happened between us false?
Takeko, look at me.
That night...
I shouldn't have left my brother alone.
He can't recognize me now.
It wasn't your fault!
If I was with him, the result might have been different.
It was all an accident.
You shouldn't say this.
It wasn't our fault!
Why?
I can't understand your story...
Why...why is today's story so weird?
It's only a story.
Don't think too much.
My head hurts.
Takeko.
Why do I feel...
You are angry with me.
I'm not.
Don't think too much.
Go back to sleep.
Jade.
This is mine?
It's yours.
It's jasmine!
So it's not that Manjusaka.
This was drawn for you
You drew it for me :)
I understand.
This is what should be considered my tattoo of love.
It's only a tattoo.
No, it's love.
I told you before, I need a tattoo of love.
Afterwards, you drew these jasmines for me.
It's only a tattoo.
You have too many illusions!
What do you mean?
Is it my illusion?
Or do you conceal yourself too much!
Otherwise I will spell it out.
You thought if you log in my Blog anonymously,
and I won't know who you are.
I know it's you,
why don't you admit the truth?
I don't understand.
Whether you despise me,
or if you're too afraid to face your own feelings.
I'm sorry.
Why do you remember all these things?
How about you?
You choose to forget?
I don't.
Tell me the story of your tattoo...
The tattoo on the wall, it isn't real, is it?
This is my dad. After he died,
My brother could not recognise anything
All he could recognise was this tattoo.
The doctor said my brother lost his memory of everything
Please, give me the same tattoo pattern as my dad had.
So...this is why you got it
They are the most important people in my life.
Where is your mom?
Did she return home?
She will never return.
Are you still mad at her?
Really? Mom, do you really miss me?
When you come home next time, where will you take me to play?
Tokyo? Is it Disney land?
Ok! Ok!
She doesn't remember me.
Just like you.
So...
I always have illusions.
people are all around me.
Will you remember me?
Hold me.
Hello, cam video lovers.
Do you want to have a private session with me tonight?
[off-line]
[Thank you for accepting my suggestion, don't come back...goodbye.
I love you Jade.]
Sir, it's...it's done.
It is raining in the early morning
Dew moistens the little jasmine
its white leaves, chaste and fresh
I covertly kiss your breath
Evening wind is breezing over grassland
Sunset dyes little jasmine
Smile bursts, silently and soundlessly
Takeko!
Adong! Adong!
Adong!
Ching!
Ching! Ching!
Ching!
Ching!
Should Ching be upstairs?
Ching!
Ching!
Sorry, I am the police of ShinZhong district.
In his case, he's in a coma, the level is 5...
Which is considered a deep coma.
I can't say whether he will wake up.
Takeko!
They are false!
Why they are false!
Dad!
I didn't mean to leave brother alone.
I didn't!
You thought you tattooed this flower on your body, then I would wake up?
[I can't finish the tattoo, please forgive me, bye, Takeko]
[So it seems your tenderness was false,
All you left was a half finished tattoo]
[I can feel it...it's still...painful]
I have no other choice.
I can only live in virtual world.
I will be waiting for you here day and night.
[Silence: Jade! Jade!]
You come at last.
[Get off line immediately!]
[Leave now!]
No, I won't!
You don't care about me. I'm about to drown.
[Jade! please listen to me...]
[I...am a police officer]
What are you saying?
Ja...Jade...
it's...it's....I...am...a police...
We..we..decide to...to... search your website tonight...
[We have been investigating this website for a long time.]
[The whole course of search and arrest will be recorded.]
[If you are still on line...]
[You will be part of the evidence]
Actually...
The one who said that they love me was not Takeko...
Evening wind is breezing over grassland
Sunset dyes little jasmine
Smile bursts, silently and soundlessly
I cannot see your secret
Iridescent moonlight. the haze covers little jasmine
Little jasmine
Please remember me
Don't ever forget me
I will wait for you online
This is my last request...
Please...remember me.
A computer can make you cry like this...
Don't cry...don't cry...
alright...don't think of the computer.
Don't cry...don't cry...
Brother.
Sister!
Why do you remember all these things?
And you?
Do you choose to forget?
[Sorry, I will wait for you in the tattoo shop...]
The background of this movie is the 921 Taiwan earthquake (21th, Sep,1999),
where many people lost their families.