Hey! Are you leaving?
Hey! Japanese girl!
Your job is not done. Why are you leaving?
Miss Tomoko, what's wrong with you?
Miss Tomoko!
Miss Tomoko...
The grandson of my younger brother is getting married today
We have the reception this evening
Please come and enjoy with us
We'll be waiting for you
Congratulations
I'm the bass guitarist of the band
I want to practice a little
Look, Mr. Representative!
This Hakka is so diligent
He works day in and day out
Diligence is the only strategy he knows
The bottles of wine he's sold today...
...are more than the mails at Aga's
Shit!
Nothing...
Hey! Malasun!
Chateau Hotel. May I help you?
60 bottles?
OK... Thank you. Bye
Let me show you one more time
Why can't I do it right?
What can I do?
Malasun!
What the hell?
Let me show you. It's...
Malasun! You hit the jackpot!
Mr. Representative called...
...and asked for 60 bottles of wine
For the wedding reception
60...
I'm sorry...
60! 60 bottles...
Malasun, you know Mr. Representative well?
Please give this old man a chance
Don't tell him you can play, please
Malasun! Hi, everyone!
It's on Mr. Representative
Our company's new product Malasun millet wine
Aga!
Come on... Bon appetit!
Miss Tomoko...
This is Aga's mother
I've seen her. She visited us once
Sit there!
Harder!
Next! Mr. Chen Kuang-hui
Here I am! I'm Chen Kuang-hui
Dad, my head aches! Stop!
All right!
I don't need help!
Idiot!
Wow! You really can drink!
Why are you dressed like this?
I don't know. Well...
Sit there...
There's no seat here
I'll... sit there instead
Hi, Ma'am
Why are you dressed like this?
Uncle Frog, you're handsome!
Thank you, Mr. Lin
You're so cute!
Stop, you chicken! I'll get you!
Go on... Cheer for Daddy
Go on, cheer for Daddy
Now..."Whirling Neon Light"
You have suits like this one?
The boss is drunk again
This is for you
The December sea is filled with anger
I tolerate the shame and regrets...
...accompanied by uneasiness
Not sure I'm going home...
...or leaving home
Hey, friend...
This is my princess
Isn't she pretty?
If you see her, please tell her...
...that I no longer take risks
I'm back here for a peaceful life
Please?
Mr. Representative...
It's the last bottle. Cheers!
No, I have more
I'll do it
I'll leave it here
Enjoy yourself. Thank you
This Hakka is really...
It's all right. I'll go. You eat
He always gets drunk and falls
Come on. Drink...
Mr. Representative!
How are you? Long time no see
Fine. I'm great
This is my wife
Is she pretty?
Yeah...
Here. Propose a toast over there
They're waiting for you. Go ahead...
I'm sorry...
He was at the SWAT team in Taipei
You know them, always taking risks
Sometimes they were gone all day long
His wife left him because of it
He's always in a bad mood
Once he fell from the 3rd floor while he was chasing the perpetrator
I want to sing
He was hurt badly Stayed at the hospital for six months
Then he was reassign here, back home
Tomoko?
- Tomoko? - Get off me!
- Tomoko! - I said get off me!
First love is filled with emotions
I flush when she says she loves me
The girl is happy
But she pretends to be angry
Oh... yeah... she's pretending
First love is filled with emotions
I flush when she says she loves me
Fuck! I'm looking at the characters!
Your owner's wife is older than you
And she has 3 kids too
What matters is her husband is still alive
What the hell are you thinking?
Have you seen breeding frogs?
A couple of male frogs get on one female's back
Those male frogs...
Do they fight one another?
No!
Then why should we human beings...
...insist on monogamy?
Right on!
Aga! Come out!
Come out!
Why don't you come out?
You're too proud!
Why did you treat me like that?
Aga!
You're so cocky!
Why did you do this to me?
I'm simply doing my job
What are you laughing at?
Damn you!
I got you!
Look at this
This is my princess
She's pretty, isn't she?
Isn't she pretty?
If you see her, please tell her...
Why did you do this to me?
I'm a girl...
...away from home
I'm working here
And I work very hard
Why did you do this to me?
Evening. We're on the Sea of Japan
My head ached badly earlier today
I hate this thick fog
It blocked my sight during the day
But the stars are beautiful
Remember when you were in 7th grade...
you challenged my lunar eclipse theory
...with the myth of Moon being eaten?
I'll tell you another scientific truth
Do you know the stars we see now...
...are lights reflected...
...from billions of light-years away?
Wow! Billions of light-years away!
And we haven't seen them until now
In billions of light-years...
...what will Taiwan and Japan become of?
Mountains and seas will still be there
But the people will be gone
I want to take another glimpse at the sky
In this changeable world...
...I want to see what eternity is
I met a school of grey mullet heading to Taiwan for the winter
I trust my love to you to one of them
May your fisherman father catch it
Tomoko, though it tastes bad...
...you have to try it anyway
You'll understand...
...that I didn't mean to leave you
I'm moaning on the deck at night...
...that I didn't mean to leave you
You really expect anything from us?
But after 15 years...
...I fail after all
Though I'm not really that bad
A new day dawns, but who cares?
Sunlight only brings thick mist anyway
I saw before dawn...
...the aged you from the future...
...and the aged me from the future
The morning mist covers my wrinkles on the forehead
The sun scorches your black hair
I've lost you completely
Tomoko...
Please forgive the cowardly me
You...
Those letters are very important
You have to give them to that girl...
...whatever it takes
Oh, Jeez!
Who did this?
You idiot! You'll be put into jail!
I told you to return the mail but you opened it instead?
Cape No.7, Hengchun
Kojima Tomoko?
I don't remember this person
We're about the same age if she's still alive
It's 16 degrees Celsius here...
...with a 12-knot wind above the 97-meter-deep sea
I've seen a couple of sea birds
We're landing tomorrow night
Tomoko...
I left you all my photos taken in Taiwan
I gave them to your mother
But I took one of them with me
It's you playing at the beach
The sea in the photo is so calm...
...and your smiles fascinate me
Whoever your new lover will be...
...he can't be good enough for you
I thought I packed all my beautiful memories
Now I realize that all I can take away is emptiness
I really miss you!
Wow! Rainbow!
May the rainbow bridge the two ends of ocean
...and bridge you and me
When sunshine returns
To the rainy southern country
I'll try to finish
The love story in the past
When sunshine...
So many strings. I can't do it right
It's a love song!
It's easy. Only a few chords
Come on!
Let me tell you something Come earlier to practice tomorrow
All right...
I never use these two strings
Can I cut them off?
No, you can't!
Say it nicely. Why did you shout?
Have you found that girl?
I tried, but didn't find her
I'll try harder
The lyrics...
I know. I'll revise them
So... I have to go
I need to turn off the lights
I'll do it
All right, it's up to you guys
Yeah, I think he can do it well
I think so too
Damn!
You were so quick to answer
I'm senile!
You hurt my feelings
It's you who brought him here, not us
Yeah! We don't even know him
Never mind me, Old Mao
Come on! I know what you want
You're cocky only because you can play the bass guitar?
Why can't we have two bass guitarists?
Any instrument is all right for me
I have to be on stage
Damn! They say I'm a gem!
Tomoko, I've landed safely
After the seven-day voyage...
...I finally step on my homeland
But I miss the sea already
Why is the sea standing for...
...the two extremes of hope and death?
This is my last letter to you
I'll mail them later
This sea can't tolerate love
At least it can tolerate lovesickness
Tomoko, you must receive my lovesickness
So that you'll forgive me a little bit
I'll bury you in my heart forever
Even when I'm getting married...
...or at some turning points of life...
...I'm bound to think of you
The girl who ran away from home...
...standing alone in the crowd...
...wearing the white hat...
...which you'd worked so hard to buy
You wanted me to recognize you in the crowd, didn't you?
I saw you... I saw you...
You were standing there silently
It's an old address. Anyone knows?
You're like the July sun
I dare not glimpse at you any longer
I saw you standing there silently
You lit up my chilled heart
I was sad, but had to hide my feelings
I didn't speak anything
I know that my lovesickness...
...is like the shadow under the sun...
...chased by me and chasing me...
...for the eternity
Why are you so sad?
Because of love? Of work?
Or is it because of us?
I'm afraid it'll still be raining tomorrow
Miss Tomoko...
Aren't you expecting the rainbow?
Tomoko...
I wrote my guiltiness in my last letter...
...to show my apology to you
That's how I can forgive myself
Hey, you two!
No singing for you tomorrow on stage Can you live with that?
I was sleepless last night, thinking
I've played yukin for more than 50 years
I'll be on stage for the first time tomorrow and I'll be shaking this?
Hey, you!
You can sing very well
Don't you want to sing on stage?
I think...
Shut up! No one asks you anything
Hey, slam-dunker...
Red hair is not trendy now
Aga is home revising the lyrics
He asked us to rehearse without him
Today, I bought something for each of you at the airport
Dada, this is Ancestors' Eyes...
...to protect your health
Thank you
Malasun!
This is Bead of Butterfly Pupa...
...to bring you fortune...
...for your diligence
Thanks. Fortune is all I need
Frog!
This is Bead of Hands and Legs...
...to improve your craftsmanship
Rauma...
This is Bead of Peacock...
...to guard your love for your wife
This is Bead of Tears
It's my lifelong aching for my wife
But I bought it. Wear it anyway
You're aching because of love
Thank you...
Old Mao!
Duck's grandpa is playing the timbrel now
Playing the timbrel is good as well
Old Mao! This is Bead of Sunshine
It represents your nobility
I have Mazu too. Won't they fight?
No, they won't!
We're all family. Why should we fight?
Speaking of family...
Actually I have something for you
We need unification...
...because we're all part of the band
I had these custom-made earlier
And I'll give them to you right now
This is my own design
It's our uniform actually...
...for us to wear on stage
Uniform?
Malasun
Thousands years of history with new sensation
The uniform for family
Sorry to bother you
Make yourselves at home. I'll be in my room
The breeze informs of Spring's coming
The fragrance of blooming flowers...
...reminds me of you far away
You're like a blooming flower in the sunshine of Spring
The light of hope will lead us well into the future
We're stepping on the roads we chose
Now I know...
...why people said I sang too hard
Aga, I...
Are you all here? It's your turn
All right?
Atari, all right?
- OK! - Yeah, I see
Please
Do me a favor
I'll make a DVD
Project our logo on that big screen
It's the best way of promotion
Don't ask too much!
You've got the T-shirts
Thanks a lot!
Let's have a rest in the hotel
Tomoko, can you ask them to prepare the meal?
That policeman is the band's guitarist
Policeman?
You're very popular in Taiwan
Miss Tomoko...
Rainbow!
Can I have a cigarette?
Don't tell me you don't speak Japanese
After today...
...you don't have to see us anymore
I'm in love with Aga
I've been in love before
But this is different
I don't know if it's love or not
You Japanese don't know what love is
Have you been hurt by any Japanese?
Why are you so prejudiced?
Is it Dada's father?
He must've hurt you really bad
My heart died long ago
I'm looking for a girl in Hengchun whose heart died too
She's probably 80 years old now
Her name is also Tomoko
I saw a package at Aga's place
A Japanese package with an unknown address
Or more aptly put...
...there are seven love letters in it
When the Japanese old man died...
...his daughter found them in his closet
She mailed them on his behalf
Unfortunately, no one remembers an old address 60 years ago
I read those love letters
Never seen anything more beautiful
It'd comfort the lovesick old lady
What's the matter with you?
Send the package to this address
That Tomoko lives here
How do you know that?
She's my grandmother
Then... I'll give the package to you
I did something bad to her
She doesn't want to see me anymore
Go ahead!
Go!
Aga!
I found the owner of the package
Can you go now?
That urgent?
Aga...
When the concert is over...
...I'll go back to Japan...
...with the Japanese staff
They offered me a job in Japan
And you accepted?
Don't forget to tell me...
...what that Tomoko looks like
This is Bead of Warrior...
...to guard your honor and bravery
I'll pretend that you forget me...
...that you send your love to me away...
...like a migrating bird
...and that you throw the past away
I'll pretend...
...until I believe everything I imagine
And then...
...I'll wish you all the happiness
Anybody home?
Hey! What did you say to Aga?
Those near the sea water...
Please come closer!
The tide is ebbing
Please come closer!
Thank you!
Be careful! Come closer!
What were you thinking?
You asked him to send a mail?
What's wrong with you?
Mr. Manager...
...wanna contact Mr. Representative?
He may be in the crowd
What good will it do?
Do something! Do you hear me?
Miss Tomoko...
Is there anyone who can sing?
I can sing very well!
Ask him if you don't believe me
Ask him
Aga's here!
Come on! Get on stage...
What took you so long?
Didn't they hate each other?
Stay...
...or I'll go with you
Don't be nervous! Relax!
Who's nervous? Idiot!
I wanna collect the warmth of Summer
Wanna cross the river named Happiness
Wanna be a snake swallowing elephant
It sounds stupid, but why not?
I wanna write a song
When the sky is empty and the earth is dry
I'm pouring passion for you
Make you crazy and make you thirsty
I want the whole world to know you're mine
The weather's gone mad and the sea is boiling
That's why I want to seize the day
Stop wasting time
Be a skywalker...
An angel like you
Should have wings and name
Should have fatal beauty
Should belong to me for once
When the sky is empty and the earth is dry
I'm pouring passion for you
Make you crazy and make you thirsty
I want the whole world to know you're mine
The weather's gone mad and the sea is boiling
That's why I want to seize the day -Grandpa!
Stop wasting time
Be a skywalker...
When the sky is empty and the earth is dry
I'm pouring passion for you
Make you crazy and make you thirsty
I want the whole world to know that you're mine
The end of the world scares me not
I'll keep on enjoying myself
'Cause loving you makes me happy
Be a skywalker...
Be happy, oh...
Relax! What are you afraid of?
Here. Take this
If Sea can talk and if Wind falls in love with Sands
If my longing's lost in vacancy
I'll listen to the waves Let the wind blow my hair
My love for you grows with time
Summer's here when Spring's away
I finally realize on retrospect
When sunshine returns
To the rainy southern country
I'll try to finish
The love story
In the past
When sunshine leaves
The too sunny southern country
Will you give me back
All the love you took away
Before you said goodbye
Sea is blue. Stars shine bright
My arms are empty without you
Sky is endless at my lonely nights
Please forgive my hesitancy
To confess that I love you
This is Bead of Peacock...
...to guard your everlasting love
When sunshine returns
To the rainy southern country
I'll try to finish
The love story
In the past
The rainbow... Thank you very much
Don't mention it
Will you give me back
All the love you took away
Before you said goodbye
It's all right. Let them sing one more
No, they only have two songs
Come here!
Old Mao!
Rauma!
Rauma...
A boy sees a wild rose
Ah! I know that song too
It blooms so early in the morning
He rushes to see it clearly
The rose makes him happy
Rose, rose, the red rose
The rose in the wilderness
Miss Tomoko...
These are the letters my father wrote
I accidentally found them in my father's bedroom closet
My father died in January this year
I read every one of the letters
How the beautiful secrets...
...hidden in them broke my heart
I mailed these letters he wrote...
...which he was supposed to send...
...60 years ago
Sorry for keeping you waiting for so long