December 25th, 1945.
Tomoko, the sun has set
I can't see Taiwan now.
Are you still waiting for me there?
"Cape No. 7"
Fuck you!
Fuck you, Taipei!
We can't pass through
Yes, we can.
No, we can't. Too low.
Yes, we can. Really.
Let's give it a try.
Try what?
We'll get stuck. Try your ass!
Are you getting in or what?
Tomoko, come on!
Wait a minute...
Come on! We don't have all day here.
Tomoko, out!
OK, sorry.
Back off, please.
Got good light. Keep it close together.
Excellent!
Keep it close. Thank you
That way!
Now, come on! Keep it close now...
Hey! What do you think you're doing?
Come on! Jeez!
Tomoko, we're trying to shoot here. What do you think you're doing?
All right, ladies. Never mind.
Let's do it professionally, all right? I want everybody in and smiling.
Good!
Old Mao...
Registered mail!
Come on!
A healthy young man has to work.
Don't force me, please
There's no vacancy
How could it be?
Old Mao is 80 and he refuses to retire.
He doesn't see you waving hands, nor hear you calling him.
He can't be a mailman anymore
Hey...
You can't go swimming.
You have work tomorrow and later on.
What if you got sunburn?
What we want is a dip in the water.
What are you hollering at?
Don't be a bitch!
Stop looking at the girls! Watch the road!
Hey! I'm also a model!
How can you do it to me?
Watch out!
What the hell are you doing?
Damn it!
I told them they'd get sunburn.
They wouldn't listen. What can I do?
You don't care about anything.
But you want me to be responsible.
What do you want me to do?
Hey, you!
You smoked in my bathroom?
Don't you think I'll tell the manager?
Just paint it. Don't waste your time.
Come on. It's done.
Grandpa, he's here!
First day at work and you're late.
You too.
You're late for school.
From Hengchun Professional School...
to Junior High through Hengnan Rd. and to Elementary School through Beiman Rd.,
to Zhongzheng Rd. and then Hsinhsing Rd..
This is the returned mail. Give it back tomorrow.
Any question?
That's it. Go!
You're late already
Hey! You forget this!
Fuck! You're dead!
Jerk! So late on the first day!
Damn! Got me out and left me here.
Where are you from?
Post office's motorcycle broke down.
Fuck! I thought you were mute.
Why aren't you wearing the helmet?
Driver's license, please.
What about him?
And them?
And her?
And she ran through a red light too!
There are plenty of them. Why me?
Because you're in a bad luck.
Driver's license!
Don't have it?
And driving without license too.
What's your name?
What is your name?
What the fuck is your name?
Shameless!
Fuck!
What are you doing?
I'll kill you!
What the hell are you doing?
What are you doing?
Rauma, stop it!
I'll kill this motherfucker!
You're not in SWAT team anymore!
Come here!
Sorry...
You! Maintain the traffic!
Goddamn it!
What the fuck?
I'm sorry
He's in a bad mood.
Are you all right?
Why don't you listen to me?
Come on!
Come on! Don't be a fool!
What's wrong?
Can't start it!
It's tricky
Why is it wrapped like this?
Wow! It's convertible!
Do you have our mails?
No!
Can you fix it or not?
All my tools are in there.
Then go get it!
My owner has the keys.
You arrived just now?
When'll your owner be here?
He lives in there!
Then why don't you ring the bell?
Amitabha, please...
Amitabha. I'm not police.
I'm Frog, and I have no money
I replace you?
I've been in politics longer than you.
I don't replace you.
I let you be the mayor first.
Mayor, excuse me. This needs your stamp now.
Put it on my desk.
All right. Put it there.
Stamps? Everything needs my stamp.
Japanese singer's concert at the beach
It's Mayor's most important job You have to learn how to do it
Mayor, if you approve this...
all the representatives will kill you
Tomoko...
Please forgive my cowardice.
I dared not admit we were in love.
I even forgot how I became obsessed...
with that rebellious girl...
who upset me all the time.
Tomoko...
You were stubborn and vain.
But I couldn't help being crazy for you
You graduated from the school...
when we lost the war.
We're losers.
Our aristocratism is no more.
I'm nothing but a poor teacher.
Why should I be the scapegoat?
I have nothing to do with the war.
I'm but a poor teacher.
I love you, but I have to leave you.
O, Lord, let us praise together...
and call thy name.
A...
...men!
Everybody, let's pray together.
Malasun!
Miss, how are you?
I have an appointment with Mr. Huang.
Can you tell him I'm here?
Wait a second, please.
Hello? Is Mr. Huang available now?
Miss, it's a new brand.
We repackage the aborigine's millet wine.
The goal is to go international.
Thousands years of history with new sensation.
We named it Malasun.
I'll pour one for you.
No, thanks...
Yes? I have a Mr...
Malasun! Ma-la-sun...
Mr. Malasun, who says he has an appointment with you.
OK. The B1 office.
B1 office. No problem.
The elevator is there.
Where's the general manager?
You...
Mr. Representative, can I help you?
Have a seat, Mr. Representative!
What is love?
It's nothing but a game.
Honey, darling, baby.
Whatever you call me.
Which floor?
The basement.
Can't you walk?
Don't you have legs?
5th floor!
Oh, I'm scared of nothing because I love you.
But if you love someone else, I'll kill you for sure.
Oh, I'm scared of nothing because I love you, baby.
Please indulge me to show your love.
Amen!
Who says Hengchun has no talent?
Dada, why are you here?
The church is done?
Not yet.
Then why are you here?
Lord kicked me out of there.
Mr. Representative, why so mad?
The hotel is yours, but the sea is ours.
You think rich people can make everything BOT?
What are you talking about?
We have to go global now.
It's a global village.
What global village?
You outsiders build up hotels here.
The lands BOT. The mountains BOT.
Now the sea BOT too.
What about us natives? Be employed?
- Are we living on the same Earth? - Hey!
Where are you going?
Here it is!
Open the door then!
The sea is so beautiful.
Why can't people see it?
Why?
Because rich people bought it too.
They left us nothing.
The annual Spring Scream is in Hengchun.
What about us natives?
What do we get?
We can only cheer with the crowds.
And all we get is garbage everywhere.
Come on! We have nothing to do with Spring Scream.
This year we invite...
a famous singer from Japan.
What's his name again?
His voice is like the sea...
I don't care if your Japanese singer...
is going to be a doctor or a sailor.
What I'm asking you...
is to have a local warm-up band.
Do you understand me?
But there's no local band here.
I want gaiety this time.
That's why we need killing bands.
You have no such talents here.
What are you talking about?
You? We?
What happened to your global village?
What do you mean?
I mean...
All right, whatever.
I assure you that I can get...
a great local band for you.
No. It's impossible.
Yes, it's possible.
No, it's impossible!
Yes, it's possible!
Believe me when I say it's possible.
Or let's run for the Mayor next year.
Wait and see who will be elected.
Come on! Please!
I promised those people in Taipei.
Why don't you cancel it?
We've paid them. How could it be cancelled?
- Yeah! - Listen, it's all right.
If you don't want a local band,
I won't let you party at beach,
even if I have to kidnap the Mayor.
Let's go!
Wait a minute...
Listen to me, please.
Do you know how much money I've spent?
I even get lots of foreign models...
for people to take photos with.
It's Integrated Marketing, you know?
I'm running for the Mayor next year.
Think about it. I'll give you 1 minute.
Have you heard of Kousuke Atari?
Don't you understand what I'm saying?
Wait... wait a minute!
All right!
I'll have your band.
No... our band.
Ma-la-sun.
Try it...
What do you think? Is your mouth...
filled with the beautiful flavor?
Wow! You really can drink.
Let me get you one more.
Why?
OK. I'll be right there...
Yes?
What? They're leaving!
OK. I'll be right there!
What the hell?
I'm a model too.
Why can't I go on the runway?
Why do you always ask me to be a caretaker and an interpreter?
You're good looking.
But the current fashion doesn't suit you.
You look good actually.
You're still young, you know?
I'm old!
I'm so upset that I age early.
I stay here in Taiwan after graduation
because you said that I was special.
Now you say I'm not in trend...
and that I can only be an interpreter?
Please, don't start with me.
It's an emergency. We had no choice.
But it's a lifetime chance.
The Japanese label doesn't believe...
they can get proper musicians...
in such a place like Hengchun.
Do me a favor, please.
Supervise everything there.
Be a caretaker.
Anyway, you can't ask me to stay without asking for my consent.
You can't do that.
The key to Miss Tomoko's room.
You know the Japanese are so picky.
We don't know how to deal with them.
When you speak ill of the Japanese...
don't forget I'm Japanese too.
Why should we cancel our plans?
You're late every day. Lazybones!
What do you think you're doing?
I don't work here.
Schedule your route today.
I'll see if it's appropriate.
The 3rd day.
How could I stop myself from thinking about you?
You're a student from the sunny South,
while I'm a teacher from the snowy North.
We're so different.
But why do we love each other so much?
I miss the sunshine and the warm winds.
I remember you were upset by the ants.
I know I shouldn't laugh at you.
But the way you stamped on the ants, it fascinated me.
It's as if you were dancing...
with anger and airing joyfulness.
That was when I fell in love with you.
Attention, everyone.
We have an audition at 7:30 this evening.
All those who can play any instrument are welcome to attend.
Your ID card, please.
My ID card is needed?
Don't you have it? Then how do I know if you're native.
Move! Don't you see I'm limping?
Get out of my way!
This kid is impossible. Move!
Hsiang, eat it by yourself.
Number 10? All right...
All right...
You're the best. Eat it by yourself.
Ma'am, my friend registered for me...
to play the drums in an audition.
Okay, you're free to go.
Do you want to see me performing?
Who would take care of these kids?
Take them with you then.
- Do you want to go? - Yes!
Hey, you! Stop!
Stop...
Ask your people to be quiet, please.
Stop the racket!
Quiet!
Quiet! Do you hear me?
Where are those 3 kids from?
Get them out of here!
Let me tell you something...
Be quiet when someone's performing.
Otherwise it'd seem so rude.
Old Mao!
Finished already?
Finished?
Applaud!
Number 10, it's your turn.
Number 10? Shit! It's me!
Number 10...
Take care of these kids for me, please.
Number 10...
Number 10!
What are you doing?
Number 10! It's me!
Who's spraying water?
Sorry...
That's not water. It's saliva.
You're disgusting!
I didn't think you would come.
Take it.
Or I will crash it.
How dare you?
Well, go ahead and do it.
See that?
There goes Hengchun's drum player.
Go with me.
Are you going on stage?
It won't hit you...
See? I told you. What are you afraid of?
Hey, Mr. Postman.
Playing guitars is supposed to make you happy
Old Mao, please!
Put it away!
My wife and your father died early.
My kids are working elsewhere.
Your brothers are away either.
Only your mother and I are left here.
We're so lonely.
The house is big...
and the bed is large...
Come on!
Speaking about the house makes angry Why should you mention the bed too?
The priest says...
that it's not good to be alone.
That was why their God created women.
People are meant to be social.
That's all I can say.
I hope you understand.
He's the only one who can play drums.
You can't ask him to because of that.
You don't think he's good enough?
That's not the point.
What matters is how he charms the audience on stage.
But...
He looks like an insect.
What insect?
You look down upon him already.
Frog!
The rehearsal is 7:30 at the hotel basement.
I picked you among others.
Don't let me down.
Remember, put your feelings into it.
Come on!
This aborigine is good at mouth organ.
Mouth organs are not for a rock band.
Says who? He played drums yesterday...
and guitar and mouth organ. It was great.
Everyone loved it.
Ask him to play the bass guitar then.
What does a mouth organ player know about the bass guitar?
Goddamn it!
Those do-re-mis are the same anyway.
I bet he knows how to play them both.
You think I know nothing about music?
What the hell are you doing?
You play the bass guitar. Your son plays the guitar.
I don't know how to play bass guitar.
It's okay. Everything will be fine.
All right, that's it then.
And the lead vocal...
Go get Mr. Representative's... that kid!
Wait a minute. Who's that?
Was he there yesterday?
The one who got mad playing the guitar.
Can he sing?
Don't look down upon him.
He was a lead vocal in a Taipei band.
He can write, play and sing.
How often do you meet a talent like him?
What are you complaining about?
Did I say anything?
This is men's talk.
What are you moaning about?
Your tooth aches? Why don't you see a doctor?
Ignore her. Come on...
The one who plays keyboard is too old.
Old? How about this one? She's 40.
Look how beautiful our sea is.
Why can't young people stay here?
Tomoko, take a look at our sea...
I don't understand your dialect!
Excuse me...
7 o'clock tonight at Chateau Hotel.
You'll join the band on our behalf.
What about my grandpa? Is he in?
Come on! It's a rock band.
Old Mao can only play yukin.
Son of a bitch!
Malasun!
What did you say?
It's Malasun.
Damn! It's 7:30 now.
Till 9 o'clock? What's wrong with you?
Enough! I want to talk to your manager.
Frog!
- Have your feelings with you? - Yeah...
Put your feelings into it, all right?
You're in it too?
I'm Frog.
The drummer.
Frog!
- How are you? - Frog!
When were you back?
My daughter.
She's so cute.
Leave her alone.
I'm the drummer, your mom's friend.
How do you do? I'm Frog the drummer.
Insect! Go back where you came from.
I'm sorry.
Where's Aga?
God knows!
Forget it. Let's start the rehearsal.
Rehearse what? It's our first day.
Yeah, we don't have the score. and we don't know each other.
Hi, I'm Hong Kuo-rong.
The town council chairman.
Hi, I'm Frog the drummer.
I know! I picked you personally!
I'm the town council chairman. I'm 170 centimeters tall.
I weigh 75 kilograms and I'm 60 years old.
What I love most to do is...
quarrel, fight, kill people and set a fire.
And my ambition...
is to burn down Hengchun...
and to ask all the young people...
to come back here to rebuild it.
We'll be the employers, not the employees.
Do we know each other now?
Yes! It hurts!
All right already! Calm down!
Yeah, calm down...
You said something too!
What are they doing downstairs? Band?
Mr. Malasun?
Can you lower your voice?
You scared me!
Here!
Do you clean the cup before it's passed on to someone else?
Yeah.
They're rehearsing now.
I see.
I'll report to you in a couple of days.
I've informed our Taipei Office.
Yeah.
Yeah, I see.
What the hell are you doing?
Mind your tempo.
Stop fooling around!
Take your call outside!
You're getting nearer and nearer.
It's next to me today.
I've had enough!
Malasun!
I have and appointment with your general manager...
Mr. Representative...
I'm Hakka in Baoli. Here's my calling card.
This is our new product.
Revolutionary millet wine.
It's called Malasun.
Age-old tradition with new sensation.
This is for you. Try it please.
He's waiting for you upstairs.
Thank you.
Mr. Representative...
I'm the only salesman in Hengchun.
I'm wondering if you can help me...
and introduce me to other hotels.
My boss wants this new product...
to be high-class.
Please. Do me the favor.
Baoli belongs to Checheng.
This is Hengchun here.
Why should I help you?
Have some pride, young man.
Stop kissing someone's ass for money.
Yeah, not bad.
I've been watching them rehearsing.
Yeah, the first song will be ready this week.
The second one by this weekend.
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...
Stop...
What?
I'm adding something here.
Be a skywalker...
Amen!
All right, whatever. As you wish.
One more time!
- When the sky is empty... - Wait...
After that...
I'll try something cool. Come on!
Hey!
Can you try it after we do it once?
It's been 3 days.
We haven't finish anything yet.
You, with the keyboard!
Mind your tempo.
The bass guitar is lagging.
Drummer can't stop criticizing.
What the hell do you want?
What? Stop moaning!
You look down upon us, don't you?
You're the best, all right?
Only you can say anything.
What do you want?
What? Wanna fight?
I'd like to point out 3 things.
First, the keyboardist is too young.
while the bass guitarist is too old.
We have to find someone else.
Second, you're a mess.
We should rehearse more often.
Third!
They want you to write 2 songs.
But there's only one now...
written by you a long time ago.
But what matters is the other song.
Can you do it?
Can you do it if I can't?
I'm not in charge here.
Ride to hell!
Aga...
When are you normally off duty?
Around 5 o'clock.
5 o'clock?
You're fast, aren't you?
Put the mails inside the mailbox to avoid them being stolen.
I've got complaints about losing mails.
Hey, girl!
Who do you want?
Excuse me... Is Aga here?
He's off to work. What do you want?
He won't be back until late afternoon.
I'm the coordinator of the band.
This CD is for his reference.
Please give it to him.
So, you're that Japanese girl?
Come on. Come in, please.
No, thanks. I'll write him a note.
Won't you come in and have a seat?
No, thanks.
You're Japanese...
but you write well in Chinese.
I'm sorry. Are you all right?
I didn't mean to hurt you.
My betel nut...
What is it?
I'm fine.
Are you all right?
I can't see.
Wipe them clean! I can't see...
Help him up.
My legs are fine.
Get on!
Wipe them clean!
Excuse me... well...
Thank you.
What happened? Are his hands hurt?
Damn!
What happened to your nose?
He's hurt already and you put an X on his nose?
His wound is right here.
I have to avoid his eyes and nose tip.
What else can I do?
What are you laughing at? He's in pain.
The staircase is too steep.
You really know how to play this?
Can you do it?
It's not what you're thinking!
Aga!
Aga...
Please! Don't tell anyone!
He's young and ignorant. Why don't you help him?
Don't I have anything better to do?
I'm old and limping and you want me to help him?
How many times have I told you?
What if it's notifying someone's...
wedding, giving birth or death?
We have phones. Who writes letters anymore?
Damn you!
Are you working for the post office or the phone company?
Old Mao, don't tell anyone please.
Come on. I don't need money.
Buy whatever you like with it.
I like playing music.
Buy a new instrument then.
Who am I playing for?
Who wants to listen to...
us old people playing?
The newspaper says I'm a gem.
Who gives a damn?
If I'm a gem, I should go out and show them...
instead of staying at home.
All right...
Only hundreds of them. They won't give you so hard a time.
I heard someone got in jail for opening private letters.
I told you it's not that!
What is it then?
Porno?
Yeah, yeah...
How I wish a storm would come now...
and drown me in the ocean between Taiwan and Japan.
Then I won't have to be responsible for my cowardice.
Tomoko...
I've been sailing for several days.
The weeps brought by the sea wind
age me already.
I don't want to leave the deck,
or go to bed.
I've made up my mind.
Once I land...
I'll no longer see the ocean.
Sea wind, why do you always bring the weeps?
They weep for being in love, for marrying someone.
or giving birth.
I weep when I think of you marrying someone else.
But the sea wind dries my tears...
before they drop.
I can't cry any tear, which ages me even more.
Curse the wind!
Curse the moonlight!
Curse the sea!
I told you already!
The bass guitarist was too old.
Now you have someone even older.
It was not me who asked him here.
I'm not in charge here.
You're not in charge?
All right, I'll see how you're going to sing on stage.
I love my girl.
I love you so much.
When we were in the park...
do you know what happened?
I saw the moonlight...
You...
You really want him to use that as a bass guitar?
I bet that old man...
never touched a bass guitar.
Our Japanese singer will be here soon.
What can we do now?
What about your other song?
I haven't seen anything!
Have you listened to the CD I gave you?
Look at him!
Don't tell me writing songs is not your job.
What are you doing?
Look!
It's salt!
He spent his time at the beach.
You've been late everyday.
I thought you were busy writing songs.
Now I know that you were at the beach.
How can you be so mean?
I quit!
Get out of my way!
Why didn't you say anything?
Do you understand anything she said?
Wow! The Japanese eats everything!
I see the moonlight sprinkling.
I have something to tell you.
Please think about it, girl...
What are you doing?
Play this.
How do you play this thing?
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
尽量尽量
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 love sickness.
Tomoko, you must receive my love sickness.
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 love sickness...
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!
Ten...
Nine...
Eight...
Seven...
Six...
Five...
Four...
Three...
Two...
One...
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.