Goodbye, 513.
I blew up a Japanese boat
at the Lingjiang River in Zhejiang.
He was asked to send the country's money to the home front.
People accused him of embezzlement.
Eventually, he hanged himself.
I've never heard of this student.
You are on the land of China,
and I'm a Chinese police officer.
BASED ON PAI HSIEN-YUNG'S WORK A GREAT LITERARY FIGURE OF TAIWAN
Salute.
Stand up!
Salute!
Front!
Everybody, take off your name tags.
Stand up!
Sit down.
Which one of you is the lieutenant colonel?
Sir.
Ying just told me that Qing Zhu took a leave of absence and left.
Do you know the size of my flight boots?
Speak of her name again
and you will know it from my footprints on your body.
I saw something in the reading room.
It's in today's newspaper.
Criminal Wanted.
The convoy operation begins now.
It's an escort mission.
The one whose name is picked must take off immediately.
The destination, rendezvous point,
course and speed
will be sent to you over the radio after you take off.
Ying told me
Qing said something in school.
She said that her dad was a bank manager,
but I don't know if he's the one
in the newspaper.
This one.
Zhen Guo.
Get ready in the runway and take off immediately.
I'd like to take a leave.
I'm sorry, sir.
I have something really important to do, so I reject this mission.
The airport is closed. No passage is allowed.
Are you new here?
Zhen.
Pro-democracy, anti-persecution.
-Zhen. -Pro-democracy, anti-persecution.
What did you say?
-What did you say? Stop that! -Pro-democracy, anti-persecution!
-Gong! -Call Gong!
-I refuse to take on this mission. -Shut up!
Or I'll be too late.
Gong, tie him up.
-What are you doing? -The airport is closed.
What?
Zhen.
Qing got your note, Zhen!
Qing got your note!
Can you hear me?
Qing?
Qing got your note!
"Now I'm on your bed because I am injured.
I hope to meet someone to spend my entire life with. From 513."
Qing got that note you wrote her.
Three years ago in Zhejiang,
you were wounded and rested in a girl's dormitory, remember?
Why are you still standing there?
She went to the train station and I came from there.
The train is going to leave to Dongbei.
Aren't you going to find her?
Come on out!
-Gong. -Hey.
Hey.
-Stop! -Zhen.
-Don't point your gun at me. -Calm down!
You're not allowed to go anywhere. They've already drained the oil tank.
The chief is coming here.
No plane is allowed to take off in Nanjing.
Have you gone crazy because of that little lover?
Gong, help me.
Qing is leaving.
-She's leaving! -I know.
Calm down. Let me think about it.
Let me think about it.
I'm clueless.
There is another one!
There is another airplane,
and they missed that.
Hey, 513.
You are not that old.
Help me again this time.
Then, I will make a shed for you.
Nobody will dare to take you apart. Let's go.
Shit!
Stop shooting!
It's an old airplane!
It will crash itself!
Don't shoot!
Move away.
Move away!
That day,
Nanjing was still peaceful.
But Uncle Guo flew 513 to his battlefield
to find his lover who was also his enemy.
That afternoon,
Uncle Guo won his greatest
and last victory.
After that, Uncle Guo kept losing.
Uncle Jiang was mad at him.
He left Uncle Guo alone in the freezing Dongbei.
Do you copy, 513?
Return immediately.
The 9th Wing is taking off for the escort mission.
They've received the order to shoot other airplanes.
Do you copy?
I've found it. It's going to depart.
513.
She can see us.
Let's go down.
Honey, I can hear the sound of an airplane.
Where did it come from?
-Look over there. -Look!
How can it fly so close to us?
Its number is 5...
It's 513.
Let's bring them all out, 513.
I must see her.
It's flying over here.
It's coming back.
You should all leave.
The pilot isn't very skilled.
It may hit us.
-Let's get off. It's safer outside. -Okay.
-Let's go. -Okay.
She's not on this train.
She must have gone.
No, I must try again.
Please hold up, 513.
Let's have one last try.
She saw us, 513.
Qing, wait for me and don't go!
I'll come back to find you once I land!
The train is leaving now. Hold your tickets and start boarding.
Go. Hurry.
Line up, don't rush.
NANJING STATION
He's back.
You should go back now.
Things could get serious.
Let's go.
Captain is leaving! Go find her if you want to see her!
Capture him!
Don't run!
Arrest him!
What are you doing?
Hey.
I've never seen Zhen run that fast.
Did he get away?
Yes.
Where is Zhi-jian?
He just took over and now this happens?
Relax.
He's writing a report now.
My transfer order has taken effect, so they won't remove him.
Besides, who else can replace him?
He will probably get a major demerit recording.
He can't be promoted within the next three years.
A major demerit recording is nothing as long as he's okay.
Zhen almost crashed into a high-ranking officer in the sky.
How could he get away?
-Well... -How is it going?
Don't worry, it's fine.
I thought they would ask me to write a report.
But they said nothing and left within a couple of minutes.
I guess they don't want anyone to know
that a high-ranking officer is coming to Nanjing.
Otherwise, the students may go on a march again.
Zhen must have found Qing by now.
I hope they've gone far.
Everything will be fine if they can hide for a couple of years.
Are you two
new pilots?
How could you allow him to go find Qing?
Lady Qin.
If he didn't run, he would get caught on site.
He disturbed the high-ranking officer's plane.
Even if they didn't put him in jail,
he would be spending a year and a half in the detention center.
That's how it should be.
You mean you don't want them to be together?
You shouldn't inform Zhen at the airport.
If he was put in jail for a year and a half,
Qing would go away.
And he could finally give up.
Qing is a wanted criminal.
Now, she's got a deserter to go with her.
They are targets now.
If Qing is caught, you are all to be blamed.
I'm in charge of this village now.
I said they could be together, so they could be together.
Hey, aren't you going to Luoyang?
Go now.
What are you doing, Wei-xun?
What are you doing?
Do you want to go find your lover like Zhen?
ARRIVAL BOARD
There's no use waiting here.
The trains to Dongbei are not available to the public now.
We have nowhere to go.
I'm tired too.
But we'll figure something out.
Let's get married.
Run! Hurry!
Don't run!
Everyone!
-Arrest them. -Follow me. Don't be afraid.
Drink this.
And we'll be together forever.
Forever.
Just you and me.
And a suitcase.
Where can we go?
Are you still afraid?
I'm not afraid.
I'm just worried about you.
You've lost everything.
You came all the way because of this note.
I'm worried
that you would take us to a point of no return.
Follow me closely then.
You won't get lost.
People upstairs, listen up!
This is Nanjing Military Police.
The deserters in the station yesterday,
please turn yourselves in now.
Freeze! Arrest him!
-I don't want to fight anymore! -Are you trying to run?
I've been fighting for eight years!
Are you from the Air Force?
Why didn't you go to the New Society Club?
You came to this place instead?
I'm a veteran.
Sorry, sir.
Please show me your discharge papers.
And you,
show me your identity document as well.
Sir.
The headquarters ordered us
to find a pilot who has disturbed the chief's plane.
Sir.
Show me your discharge papers.
I have my husband's discharge papers.
I'll show you my identity document.
What's this?
A leave of absence letter?
What's that all about?
I've taken a leave from school.
And he is discharged.
Sorry, sir.
You must show your discharge papers.
Freeze! Don't run!
Run.
Hurry.
Stop right there.
You...
You must come with me.
This is not funny.
LEAVE OF ABSENCE
Jinling.
Do you have a student named Qing Zhu?
No.
No?
Her certification of leave of absence is at our hotel.
Her luggage too.
This is the Greater China Hotel. Please send someone to collect it.
Otherwise, we'll throw it away.
You are finally leaving.
Somebody doesn't want me to stay, so I have to leave.
I was angry.
Don't hold that against me.
If Qing and Zhen get to your hometown
in Dongbei,
remember to write me a letter about it.
I know.
I was worried
that you would continue to argue with me about that.
Rest assured.
Everything is at peace now.
I figure they've already gotten away.
Would you come back to visit me?
Can I visit you in Luoyang?
I'm left alone in the village.
If I pass by this place in the future,
I'll definitely visit you.
I should get going.
Take care.
Stop.
What's wrong, Priest Gretchen?
Qing Zhu left her luggage
in a hotel near the train station.
Where did she go?
No one knows.
Officer, if you don't show up, I'll throw their luggage away.
This room, officer.
-Excuse me, could you... -Where did the girl go?
Where is she?
Yesterday, the military police came to arrest the deserters.
I don't know what was going on between the girl and the pilot,
but he left the girl and ran away.
The girl was taken to the military police force.
By the way, the young couple's wedding wine is not paid yet.
Can you pay their bills?
Let me take care of it. It's not a big deal.
-Thank you. -Not a big deal?
How much does this worth?
How could your pilots do that?
All we've got is a paper-cut.
Are you happy?
All of you got the trophy,
and you left us and ran for yourselves.
You left her alone.
I had nowhere to go,
so I came to the military police force to find her.
You had nowhere to go so you came here.
Where did you get the courage to marry her?
In that seedy hotel?
With a glass of wedding wine that you couldn't even pay yourself?
-Lady Qin. -Shut up!
Don't you dare pick that up!
You are cheaper
than a half bottle of a wine from the street.
Where did you get that?
How much did it cost?
Fifty cents?
Is that how much you are worth?
I'd make you a dozen for free.
You made that.
I thought it was so pretty,
so I kept one for myself.
When you were decorating Ying Wang's bridal house,
I snitched it.
The news about her is everywhere.
It's best to take her home.
Criminal Wanted
All right.
Don't cry.
I'll take you home.
My little thief.
You stole a paper-cut and got caught.
Are you happy now?
Qing can be released
once the person who bails her out signs this.
Thank you.
Let's go.
Go.
Lady Qin, look after her for me.
I'll be here for a while, Lady Qin.
What about him?
He disturbed the chief's plane.
He would be sent to the Military Police Headquarters.
Look, I'm his captain. Can you do me a favor and uncuff him?
He can't get away anyway.
Leave it.
He should be cuffed.
Leave it.
Is that necessary?
If I don't lock her in, she'll go find Zhen, sooner or later.
Lady Qin.
Can you visit Zhen for me?
You should worry about yourself first.
You are still wanted in the newspaper.
Who knows when the search will be over?
Lady Qin.
Zhen hasn't been in jail.
I don't know if he has anything to eat.
A few days in jail
and an empty stomach can't make up for what he has done to your life.
Sir.
The military police told me
that Qing had been bailed out by one of the wives here.
I want to see her.
My wife is in charge of the village.
If you want to find someone, ask her first.
I'm waiting here because I want to show you my respect.
If I really want to get into the village,
I can get a search warrant from the court and have the Military Police escort me.
Do you understand what I mean?
Please do.
Let's go!
RENAI EAST VILLAGE
Sir!
-Lady Qin. -Hey, 726!
Lady Qin.
Where is Qing?
I locked her in Ying's bridal house.
At least, for now.
I'm glad to hear that.
She is safe
being locked by you.
Lady Qin.
Thank you.
How long do you have to stay in there?
Yesterday, an officer of the court-martial said that,
for the disturbance of the chief's plane and the railway damage that I've caused,
I'll be imprisoned for a year and a half.
A year and a half?
It's not that bad.
The officer said
after one year of imprisonment, I will automatically be discharged.
I will be an ordinary citizen then.
When I get out,
I'll leave with Qing
to Dongbei or anywhere.
I will quit flying.
Lady Qin.
Is the police still trying to find Qing?
She's fine.
Take care of yourself.
Rest assured.
I'm more comfortable here than I was in the wing.
Captain is scarier than the warden here.
I told my friends inside that my captain punished me to drag the plane.
They couldn't believe it.
They couldn't believe that a man could drag a plane.
Your time is up, 726.
All right.
Don't make any trouble here.
I will take care of Qing for you.
Okay.
Hey, Lady Qin.
Lady Qin.
Do you have any money with you?
I haven't eaten anything
since I got here.
Okay.
Officer.
-Please. -Okay.
Give him something to eat.
Thank you.
This is from your visitor.
Has he eaten anything?
Yes.
I'm full.
May I be excused?
Lady Qin, you should go to Luoyang as soon as possible.
It's my dad that they want.
They can't do anything to me.
I promised Zhen that I'll take care of you.
Stay.
There must be some other way.
I'm tired
of hiding.
As time goes by, everything will be fine.
Just like it did before.
Come.
Sit.
We've fled from the war.
We've lived the hopeless life
of running and hiding.
But that eventually ended.
I want to know
how that ended for you.
I took the wives, changing from this train to the next.
Going from this province
to the next.
But we got through that.
Our flight
ended here.
Sometimes,
I feel this house is too big for me.
Maybe because I don't have any children.
But just think about it.
Our flight
gave us the peaceful life that we have now.
I'm satisfied.
I don't have a big house,
and I am at bay.
You are satisfied,
but I can never be.
I told you to go to Luoyang as soon as possible.
It is for your own good.
Otherwise,
if I give that house one more look,
your peaceful life
may end
in a not-so-pleasant way.
Lady Qin.
Lady Qin, that police officer from Zhejiang
found a clerk of the court.
He told him everything.
And the clerk told him that tomorrow
he will sign a search warrant for the police officer.
They will come to the village with the military police.
Where is your captain?
Gong.
Captain.
Go to the train station
and see if there are tickets to leave here tomorrow.
Buy one if there are any. The farther from here, the better.
Far from Nanjing.
I will deal with anything else.
The military police will be here at dawn.
Before that, we have to get Qing out of here and to the train.
Go now.
Okay.
Everything will end when the sun rises.
You should go to Luoyang as soon as you can.
I'll turn myself in.
Don't stop me.
Otherwise, you'll regret it.
There must be some other way, Qing.
I don't want to hide anymore.
Unless the captain turns himself in,
or he brings my dad back to life.
Lady Qin.
Your peaceful life
and your big house
are built on my dad's death.
Lieutenant Colonel.
The ship you blew up
wasn't Japanese troopship.
My dad was in charge of the ship.
Inside of the ship was the money of the Bank of Zhejiang.
Three million silver coins.
The ship belonged
to one of my dad's friends.
My dad asked his friend to help him
ship the money to the rear area.
But the ship with the money of the Bank of Zhejiang
just disappeared.
It didn't reach its destination.
My dad's friend ran away.
He ran to Hong Kong.
My dad went to Hong Kong to find him.
He said that
the ship was blown up on the Lingjiang River by a plane.
But because it was a foggy day,
he couldn't see where the plane came from.
He refused to see my dad since then.
Just like you.
My dad didn't believe his words
and so did the bank.
The bank asserted
that my dad conspired with his friend
to take that money.
So they sent people to arrest my dad.
My dad couldn't defend himself.
Besides, he felt too ashamed.
So your dad...
He hanged himself.
I fled
after I buried him.
The bank probably thinks he is still in Hong Kong
to this day.
It couldn't be me.
There's no such coincidence.
The day when the doctor came, you didn't recall it precisely.
The clearance papers
are still in my dad's drawer.
You'll remember everything once you see it.
The ship weighed 500 tons.
The route was along Lingjiang River.
The date of departure
was February 12, 1945.
Like the captain said,
take the train and leave.
The farther, the better.
Do it before I change my mind.
Otherwise, you won't be able to go anywhere.
WAR DIARY
Lingjiang River.
It was 1945,
February 12.
I got promoted to the lieutenant colonel,
and moved into this house.
But a bank manager hanged himself because of me.
Qian-yi.
Qian-yi!
Qian-yi.
Although you're afraid that she may run, you can't just lock her in.
The Military Police have got the warrant.
They are coming to the village with the police.
Help us, Qian-yi. We are running out of time.
Gong has got the ticket.
Take Qing and leave through the back of the village. Gong is waiting.
Let's go.
Hey, wait a second.
Go.
Hurry up.
Madam Zhou.
I'm tired.
I don't want to run.
When the police get in,
your efforts of coming this far to find Zhen will be wasted.
Run when you have the chance.
After he gets out, everything will be easier for you.
Ms. Zhu.
Judging from the situation, I'm one step behind you this time.
But believe me,
I will always be one step behind you.
Just one step,
but no further than that.
Even if I can't catch you,
I will make you lose your sleep and appetite.
How do you like that?
You can run.
I won't stop you.
Listen carefully.
There will always be a thing to be settled, and it'll always bug you.
Run.
You shut your mouth!
Qian-yi.
Go to the post office and send a telegraph now.
Ask your uncle and aunt to come here.
I must make an arrangement for you before I go to prison.
I'll lose all the benefits
once I go to prison.
The house and the pay.
You will be homeless.
Nobody will tell.
We'll be fine once we get to Luoyang.
Qing won't say anything.
She asked me to take you to Luoyang.
Let's run away
before she changes her mind.
We can't run.
I must turn myself in.
A student is homeless
because of me.
Now, the police are after her.
Things won't be easy for her.
Didn't you hear what they say?
You'll lose your appetite and sleep. This matter will always bug you.
Qian-yi.
A life in fear and guilt is meaningless.
I have nightmares every night.
My late brothers are haunting me.
My nightmares are unbearable.
If I don't come clean,
a bank manager will haunt me.
I can't bear it.
I'm haunted by too many ghosts.
I can't run away.
You can!
You've never been on the run, but I have.
After we got married,
I've gotten used to fleeing.
I've been in this prison for half my life.
Now I finally get the chance to get out.
I can go to Luoyang with you and live in peace.
But you want to go to prison?
Hey!
Qian-yi!
Forgive me.
My husband wants to go to prison.
I've seen Zhen in prison, and I know what it's like to be in prison.
My husband can't go there.
After you are gone, I'll leave for Luoyang immediately.
I'll tell them that you are responsible for my dad's death.
Nobody will know.
I've destroyed the evidence.
Go with me.
Lady Qin!
I'm really sorry, but my husband can't go to prison.
Arrest her.
Qing!
Hanged himself?
And you buried him?
The same version of the events as your dad's.
The ship was blown up.
You and your dad had nothing to do with the three million.
Sir.
Can I speak to her about something?
These are all nonsense!
Her dad is dead. Why are you giving her a hard time?
Ma'am.
Three million silver coins just disappeared.
Go and look at this official document yourself.
Maybe he committed suicide to escape punishment.
He just asked me
about how the ship was blown up.
I was thinking
if you would come.
I will do as you said.
I'll go to Luoyang
with my husband.
I want to see you
one last time.
You got me here.
And now you want to see me?
Lady Qin.
You are too weak and indecisive.
If you can't do what is necessary,
you will have nowhere to go.
There'll be no train to take.
Sir.
The plane that blew up the boat...
Qing.
We've asked those who live beside the Japanese airport.
No Japanese planes were reported to have taken off that day.
Qing.
I'm sorry.
I'll be living in guilt for the rest of my life.
Give it to me.
Please.
Lady Qin.
Don't forget to write when you get to Luoyang.
I can no longer see Zhen.
Get out of my sight
before I change my mind.
Be quiet.
Take her in.
You should go.
Qian-yi!
They're all excuses.
Nonsense!
I'm leaving.
-I'll visit you when I have the chance. -Do you have the nerve to?
Qing could be standing with the wives and see you off.
Wei-cheng
blew up his dad's boat.
Don't you know?
Doesn't he know that?
Or are you pretending you don't know?
Hello, this is the switchboard.
Connect me to the police station.
Wei-xun!
You haven't been to prison, but I have been.
Wei-cheng can't go to prison.
This is the police station, please speak.
Hello, this is the East Gate Police Station.
Qian-yi.
I'm happy to be married and live in the village with you.
So far we've gone through all the things together.
Listen to me.
Go hide in Luoyang.
Hide there for the rest of your life and never come back.
I'll be happy for you if you can live in peace.
Don't cry.
After you are gone,
I'll teach these goddamn pilots a lesson.
Where is Lady Qin?
Where did she go?
She went to...
She went to Luoyang
with the captain.
How did Qing get arrested?
Lady Qin promised me that she would take care of Qing.
Don't worry.
Leave it to me.
I will find a way to save her.
-You'll not be able to do that! -Be quiet, 726!
I want to go out!
-Why are you so selfish? -Wait, what...
-Why did you let them arrest her? -Don't hit him!
Why?
Don't hit him!
He was a soldier when he committed that, so he should go to military prison.
It took seven years
to clear his name.
That's enough.
We couldn't leave her with no direction and nowhere to go.
It's not auspicious to lose the first battle
after he became the captain.
I don't think Zhi-jian is that good.
He should go to prison.
Why do I get a feeling that a storm is coming?
Hurry!
Subtitle translation by Chang Jing