After examining the situation of world and of our Empire,
… we have decided to resort to one extraordinary measurement.
Subject loyal, we have ordered to our government…
… that communicates to him to USA, Great Britain,
… Chinese and the Soviet Union,
… our acceptance of the conditions…
… of its Joint Declaration.
To procure the security and well-being of our subjects…
… and the prosperity and happiness of all the nations, she is one….
… solemn obligation transmitted by our imperial ancestors.
Declare the war to USA and Great Britain…
… with desire to assure the car-preservation of Japan…
… and the stabilization of Eastern Asia.
Violate the sovereignty of others…
… or to venture to us in territorial enlargement,
… was far from ours thoughts.
Relax.
Quiet. Thus everything will be easier.
Open the mouth when it says to you.
keep closed.
It beams either, it beams or.
they return the pains.
Closes the mouth.
you want to move the belly?
you want ?
That is the sensation that you have? It tightens strong then.
Prepare the water!
Hurry up!
returned the light. Finally.
Is a boy… congratulation , congratulation .
15 of August of 1945. Japan announced the unconditional yield.
Taiwan was released after 51 years of Japanese dominion.
the lady of the older brother, Lin Wen-heung, gave a son him.
called Kang-ming that it means Light.
CITY OF SADNESS Directed by Hou Hsiao-hsien
Already leaves? Pardon the disorder.
we have not received to them properly.
return again.
- Ah, hello - A small gift for you.
Go to play another side.
Callaos or the grandfathers will beat to you with the cane.
Yes, I am.
Thanks, thanks.
I do not want to bother.
Moan to bother as much.
Thanks.
Until this behind schedule then.
I will be hoping to You.
Wen-heung,
… you said to him to your brother that it came?
I wrote to Wen-ching.
too much is occupied to come.
Cannot come?
Who will remove the photos then?
Calm, father I already fixed everything.
To whom you requested it?
To the friend photographer of the old Gao-kun.
Is a photographer of first.
the best one of the district.
Not as good as Wen-ching.
has come Mr. Xu. take him inside.
By the business and ours future prosperity.
By the prosperity!
LITTLE SHANGHAI
All quiet ones, does not move.
does not move.
Smile, please.
Ready?
Thanks!
20 years and 11 months of Showa emperor.
Good weather, with clouds.
I took the letter of recommendation of my father…
… to look for work in Hospital Kimguishiu Miners.
My brother was giving classes and…
… sent to its Wen-ching friend to look for to me.
For fresh in mountains…
… and the Vista was so beautiful.
From now on, would see it every day
felt to Me so happy.
a photography.
Very pretty.
Photographs of two of my brothers greater before the war.
Not yet returned. Somebody in Shanghai saw my third brother.
But we do not have the news of the second, that it was sent to the
Philippines.
This is the study of Wen-ching.
Hinoe says that this one is study of Wen-ching.
So that he is not he here?
Where is Wen-ching?
To the bottom, taking photos.
Pass, please.
- You first - No, please.
All these books are yours?
Mine and of Wen-ching.
We are true rates of library.
You are reading Marx?
Very progressive, eh?
All is interested, so we are studying it.
Mr. Lin, remembers Wen-ching?
the deaf person.
Wen-ching.
I present to You…
… to Mr. Lin.
Enchanted.
My superior one.
we have heard much on you.
Is a pleasure.
Mr. Ho, a journalist.
Of the continent.
Tomen seat, please.
You are familiarized with China.
Has to teach to me much.
Chinese is disoriented at this moment.
Since Chen Yi is governor of Taiwan,
… the things has changed It thinks different that the Japanese.
In what sense?
it manages the things of different form that the Japanese.
Our Japanese director suffered an attack this morning…
… but insisted on leaving after that they applied an injection to him.
Its Shisuko daughter is very sad.
During last the three days, papa was…
… threatening going away to the south of Taiwan He said that Mr. Chen would
take it.
But he died years ago.
Papa was in its funeral.
the other day, the Office of Japanese repatriation said to us…
… that a boat would come a Keelung to gather to us.
said to Us that no we moved away much.
But this morning papa packed their suitcases and went away.
We are all very worried.
Pain… head.
Pain… stomach.
Where hurts to him?
does not worry.
I do not believe that he is serious.
thank that it returned.
can Here recover.
Perhaps the tomb of my mother is in an unfortunate place.
Died leaving four children.
the brother who follows to me he disappeared in the Philippines.
the minor is deaf.
the other returned of the war but he is crazy.
Wen-leung, what you are doing?
Wen-leung, quiet!
leave me, peacefully!
Wen-leung, you are crazy!
Wen-leung, calm down!
Quiet! Quiet!
Calm.
Now will be put well.
When Taiwan was restituted to China,
… said to us that we hung the flags.
the Japanese flag is white with a red circle in center.
You can hang it anyway,
… unlike the Chinese flag.
people discussed. The sun had to be above or down?
But the mayor was inflexible It had to be down.
To the dawn, the sky is red thus that the sun had to be down.
Everybody must have it as he said.
But sent to somebody to verify it.
first that it verified they had hung correctly,
… but in mountains, no.
Most of people had the sun down.
Then the mayor felt rejustify himself.
But during the day, a man arrived from the city…
… and said that was mistaken,
… and that would shoot it for that reason.
the mayor was terrified and it spread new orders,
… but already was the putting of the sun.
All the sky was red.
Is strange. Suddenly the flags…
… Japanese no longer served more.
Safe like underpants for children.
All has red rumps.
Like the monkeys.
Wu also had one of those.
Eye with which you say.
This man he is reporter of the continent.
Your wife could do something with my flag?
Described that all the teachers…
… of Taiwan has the red buttocks.
Comes, we let speak and we drink.
cheers!.
Change the subject.
Now that the war is finished, how is the things in Taiwan?
By all means that he is everything very well.
We are again low the flag of China.
Of return with the mother country.
Is an pleasant sensation.
But being honest,
… governor Chen Yi he is a bandit…
… and I do not trust nationalistic government.
We go, is enough to speak of policy and we drink!
drink.
Take up the glasses.
That that is singing is " Song of the Exiles ".
Yes, is certain.
We, those of the continent, we listened in the radio.
Sing with them.
In agreement.
18 of September…
From that tragic day…
18 of September…
From that tragic day…
… I have been far from my home.
I abandoned infinite treasures…
… and I began to peregrinate…
… I began to peregrinate.
Far from house…
… I began to peregrinate…
… I began to peregrinate.
In what year…
… or in what month…
… I will undertake the return to my loved home?
In what year…
… or in what month…
… I will undertake the return to my loved home?
Good morning, Srta. Shisuko.
Good morning.
Is Hinomi?
Is on duty.
I feel It.
- Hello, I can help it? - It wanted to speak with Hinomi.
Is in surgery.
Could have finished.
So that it does not verify it?
Wait a little while, please.
This sword was the object more appraised of my late brother.
Now no longer serves to him.
Please, gives it to Hinoe.
I know that my brother it will keep it like a treasure.
This is a poem that wrote my brother.
Hinoe was present when it did it.
Please, gives it along with to it sword like memory.
Thanks.
This is for you, Hinomi.
For me?
Kimono?
Is precious,
… but I cannot accept it,
… is your appraised possession more.
Please, accept.
When it is in Japan,
… you will remember to me when you use it.
Shishuko…
Hinoe has been so amiable with we all these years.
we do not have to never forget to us of others.
dragonfly, red in the putting of the sun.
Saw I to You the other day?
When he was gathering Moors in the fields,
… I saw you or only you were a vision?
Always I will remember to you.
the cocoons is flown as they want.
Soon I will follow.
To all happens to us the same.
the Japanese adores spectacle of the cherry trees.
First, in flower…
… and soon, the cocoons falling in the Earth.
They feels that the life also it would have to be thus.
In the era Meiji…
a woman committed suicide throwing itself to a cataract.
In the era Meiji…
a woman committed suicide throwing itself to a cataract.
was not fed up with the life. It did not have lost the will to live.
Simply could not face imminent loss of youth.
Once lost, nothing it would have sense.
So that not to be like the flower of the cherry tree…
… and to fall in the fullness of our beauty?
Taken by the wind.
the letter that it left it was inspiration…
… for all the young people…
… during the Meiji Restoration.
a full time of enthusiasm and heroic spirit.
the cocoons is flown as they want.
Soon I will follow.
To all happens to us the same.
In what pavilion it is Wen-leung?
Right now I watch it.
Wen-leung, the business is work of the man, you do not create?
the man can do any work.
Now that you have recovered, you can make any thing.
you have six boats in your family,
… loaded with rice and sugar…
… and on the verge of weighing anchor to do much money in China.
Those boats is ideal in order to make contraband.
In a trip roundtrip we can to make much money fast.
What you say?
she would have to ask to him to my brother.
What you must ask?
It consultations everything with him?
Keep this between us.
Those of Shanghai we are well organized. You do not have to worry .
we will take care of everything.
the rice and the sugar they are not problem.
We go, I know astute.
When the opportunity calls, it is of idiots not to open the door to him.
Health!
By you, Wen-leung.
Ah-ga, enjoying company of the ladies, I suppose.
Ah-tao, sees table eight.
Excuse me.
I want to present them to Tsun-chu and Yen.
Is amiable with these of continent, causes that they are amused.
What is this?
We are speaking of businesses!
What does all these women here?
they come and sit down here.
they come.
Forget of those of the continent.
was hoping to You.
I have a business to offer.
Look well, note the difference?
Red Monkey, presented
He is Ah-ga.
She is my girl, Ah-tsun.
Hello.
You are very pretty.
and very amiable you.
Take a cigarette.
Permit me to light it.
Mr. Ah-ga, we hoped to more often see it.
Thus it will be.
Thanks.
I go inside, Red Monkey.
These is tickets Japanese true.
we applied seals soon to Them and they can change by cash.
This is of the group of Kimguichiu?
How many you have?
a full valise.
Happens some idea to you?
is no problem.
Now no, Red Monkey.
I want to sleep.
Leave me to rest.
I do not want to do it now.
Later. Leave me to sleep just a little bit.
Who is?
Hinomi, you are occupied?
Enough.
Ten.
When I was here, all was so amiable with me.
I brought these fruits to thank for it to it.
Thanks to all.
Thanks.
the police of the continent killed to cigarette salesman. You
knew It?
Yes, I listened to it.
- You also? - Yes.
the villagers was furious All the street was very tense.
Really furious.
the thing almost explodes.
the cigarettes introduced them by contraband…
… a high official.
the bribes allows that between everything.
they pursue to the small fish but they leave the fat fish peacefully.
- we did not need to smoke - I yes.
I cannot be without cigarettes.
the cigarettes is not so important like the rice.
the prices is controlled by Shanghai stops…
… to have its gain.
the civil employees not only introduces contraband cigarettes.
does not matter to them if we have rice and sugar,
… only the money.
With the Japanese, the times was hard but still we had rice.
In less of a year, the rice increased 52%.
But increased the wages?
you have reason.
For being sincere, this is not government, is a private company.
With the head Chen Yi covering itself…
… its own pockets,
… not them yours.
Please, you eat a little dumpling of rice.
has made It Hinomi.
Thanks.
In fact, this one is not the true problem.
For me, the true problem it is unemployment.
you have reason.
After the return to China,
… many Taiwanese lost its uses.
Many of them was intellectuals…
… that was not easily calmed.
Without work,
… sooner or later he must have chaos.
is not only the intellectuals.
the soldiers.
Yes, the soldiers before recruited by Japan now does not find use.
One of the continent, assumed the Court…
… throwing to the villagers and replacing them by…
… its own wife, uncle and nephew.
Now all the Court is handled…
… by its family.
They has their logic.
the Japanese infuse to you…
… an enslaved mentality You must change.
Not even we know to speak Mandarin.
Enslaved? Curse.
we were as low as in order to want to return to us enslaved?
the Ching dynasty sold to us.
Who asked to us if we accepted to be yielded to Japan?
Let’s go to drink.
If the Nationalistic government…
… does not change its forms,
… although we have won the war,
… the suffering still will continue.
How much it will happen before we pruned to raise our heads?
Who knows?
We must hope.
That is useless.
If we want a future,
… the sufferer multitudes they must offer resistance.
If the Nationalists continue leaving that Chen Yi does of hers,
… will be problems in Taiwan.
Lao I have.
Surely that will be them, so,
… prepares the pen to relate it, Mr. Ho.
You will be our witness of the continent.
Is a song folkloric, Lorelei, cradle in a German legend.
It treats on a beautiful siren that feel on a rock in the Rhin.
the sailors is so enchanted with its song,
… that hits their boats against the rock and dies.
Until the 8 years, I heard.
Memory to the goats bleating and voice of an actress in an opera.
I made the mimics of her My teacher said that he would be actor.
I fell of a tree, I hurt myself head and I had fever.
could not walk and no I knew that he was deaf…
… until papa me wrote it.
too young Era stops to take it to me to chest.
What happens?
has fever.
Papa wants to you.
wait for me down.
Dale some remedy.
And well?
is Here.
Hello, Wen-heung.
Bring.
Give it to me!
What is this?
What is?
What the fuck to you!
Tell to your head who comes!
What the fuck to you! Put it off. So that you smoke?
Put it off.
You are blind? You do not know to read!
Fuck!
you want to die young.
How you could do this?
What you think that beams?
Bring to your head here!
you go look for your head.
I do not give sufficient money you for your expenses?
If this subject filters,
… many could leave harmed.
And I could die!
I will become person in charge.
You will become person in charge?
How you can make you responsible?
is written Here that Lin Wen-heung he is the owner of the merchandize.
You cannot have responsibility. Do not annoy me.
and you get dressed like those types of Shanghai.
The last shout of the fashion!
Vague useless!
Where is Wen-leung?
I do not know it.
together walk all the day…
… and you say that you do not know it?
Speak.
Really I do not know it.
you go call to Mr. Ko.
Send me with Taipei 24.