Hibiscus Town Page #5

Synopsis: Love, humiliation and politics play out in a distant village of China during the cultural revolution.
Director(s): Jin Xie
  10 wins & 6 nominations.
 
IMDB:
8.2
Year:
1987
164 min
102 Views


Tear Off the Mask of Hibiscus Town's

Backroom Black Capitalist Gu Yanshan!

Rein in the Right-leaning

Li Menggang Before It's Too Late!

Expose Fake Leftist Li Guoxiang's

True Colors as a Cheap Slut!

Wang Qiushe... Loyal Defender of

the Great Cultural Revolution!

Little generals, listen to me,

I support the revolution... honest!

Hold her tight! Let's go!

Ai, Li Guoxiang...

- Listen to me! Let me finish...

- Faster!

Little generals...

Welcome the Little Generals of

the Red Guard to Hibiscus Town!

Sweep Out All Ox Ghosts & Snake Spirits!

Bombard the Capitalist Headquarters!

Little generals, come in and

get out of the rain!

Hey! You don't get to stay dry!

Stand still! Don't move!

Little generals, little generals...

Listen to me, arresting me must

be a mistake! A mistake!

Still lying! Hang some

worn-out shoes around her neck!

You dare defy us? Wear them!

Stinking slut! Wear them!

Little generals, come inside

and take shelter from the rain!

Let's go get out of the rain...

Hey! You two! Come here!

Crazy Qin, come here!

And you, Rich Peasant's wife!

You think ox ghosts and snake spirits

get to avoid the rain?

Oh, right, of course...

The rain off these eaves comes

down strongest, I'll stand here...

No, no, no, no...

Over here! All the ox ghosts

and snake spirits together!

Look, they're still not coming clean...

I'm not a Five Categories Element

or Ox Ghost and Snake Sprit!

- I've never ever been a Rightist!

- Come clean!

Revolutionary little generals! Comrades!

I was a Party Committee member!

A Commune Secretary...

What kind of trash are you

talking! Give me that!

I always worked to carry out campaigns

in Hibiscus Town to their success!

What? You mean the campaigns that

happened in your bed with all those men?

I... I'm a Leftist, a Leftist...

Have a seat inside,

sit and rest a bit...

A Leftist...

Branch Secretary Wang...

The Great Cultural Revolution

has blown the lid off Hibiscus Town...

In the future it will belong to you

lower and middle-class peasants...

I was a hired farmhand...

In the old society, we hired farmhands

were the most exploited by capitalism...

What? Capitalism?

Before liberation, China hadn't yet

reached the capitalist stage...

They're all reactionaries, and they were

all oppressing me! That's all I know...

Hey, the rain stopped!

- Chief, shouldn't we get going?

- Let's go...

- You want to change clothes first?

- No need...

Hey, Li Guoxiang!

For the time being you are part of the

Rich Peasant Wife Hu Yuyin's work unit...

Be diligent! Carry out the campaign!

This you know how to do...

Crazy! Summon the whole town's

Five Categories Elements together!

- Little generals! Follow me to my house!

- Come clean!

- Let's go!

- Let's follow Branch Secretary Wang!

Worn-out shoe of a slut!

You'll have to make do with this one...

Until I have time to make a new one...

Want to give it a try?

You... Reactionary... Rightist!

You... are also human...

Let's go...

Branch Secretary Wang!

- Branch Secretary Wang!

- Come in...

What did you need to see me about?

Those Red Guards from Beijing

told me to read this paper...

It's about the situation

with the campaign...

This is information about

the overthrow of Liu Shaoqi...

Paint a large slogan...

Write... "Overthrow Li Guoxiang"!

She's done for after this...

She relied on her uncle

in the county office...

...to get her appointment as

Chair of the People's Commune!

You think I did the same

to get to be Branch Secretary?

Hard to say...

You are a good guy...

You turned in that 1500 kuai of Hu Yuyin's

and secured your Party membership...

Look at Gu Yanshan,

just a washed-up drunk now...

This clerk's position of yours...

You've been at it for two years now?

Movements, campaigns...

you don't understand these...

Movements are great...

In the future when I'm

a County Committee Secretary...

I'll promote you to the town's

Branch Secretary!

And when I come around on an

inspection, don't try to fool me!

I know what's good to eat in this town

and what it's specialties are...

Believe me, I know it well!

Time to get up...

OK, let me do the sweeping...

Clerk Li, what instructions

do you have now?

Branch Secretary Wang is back!

So he's back...

I thought you were going to

announce we couldn't buy liquor...

Huh? We can't buy liquor?

That's right, no more liquor sales...

Welcome Branch Secretary Wang's

Return from Expedition

Loyalty

Brach Secretary Wang is back!

- The Branch Secretary is back!

- What?

Aiyo, you're back!

Branch Secretary Wang, your trip

must have really opened your eyes!

You went to Beijing, right?

You must be tired...

You've been gone a couple months, eh?

You work too hard!

Branch Secretary, I have a report on

the situation here during your absence...

Ai, what's the rush?

We'll arrange a big meeting soon...

I want to pass on the scriptures of

the liberated revolutionary areas!

Such a rich experience,

enough to last us several lifetimes!

Wow, several lifetimes?

There was one thing, I couldn't

have even dreamed it...

- What was it?

- The whole nation is dancing now!

- Dancing?

- Dancing!?

You must be tired! Let me be

the first raise a glass to you!

- Tired? Impossible!

- Branch Secretary Wang, sit a bit...

They treated our touring group

of peasant representatives so well...

Everywhere we went they took us

by car and picked us up...

You know what else?

An exclusive traincar!

Exclusive traincar? What's

an exclusive traincar?

Is an exclusive traincar

a special kind of dance?

- Don't interrupt him!

- You're so unsophisticated...

At the meeting in a bit,

I'll teach you all how to dance...

You have to learn it right! It can

show whether you are loyal or not...

Branch Secretary, show us a little

bit now! How about it?

Yes! Show off your stuff!

Come over here, we want to see it!

What the hell are you laughing at?

This is a solemn ritual!

- Oh, Director, you're back...

- Great, great...

What's going on? Huh? Clerk Li...

- I just said I had a report...

- What's going on?

What's with Li Guoxiang?

What has happened with her?

The campaign has changed quickly...

Comrade Li Guoxiang was

exonerated by the higher-ups...

...and made a part of

the county leadership ranks...

And now she's a member of

the County Revolutionary Committee...

- Also...

- There's more?

She's the director of the

Commune Revolutionary Committee...

It's the same as before...

She's has come to Hibiscus Town

to improve it and gain experience...

And to seize... seize the revolution!

Idiot! Idiot! Idiot!

F***ing hell! Bastard!

- I'll still be living at my old place

- OK, we'll drop by to see you

I don't want to see anyone for now, I have

to undertake some serious research...

The movement in Hibiscus Town

needs to be seized and revised...

Down with the Rich Peasant

Element Hu Yuyin!

Circled together, we sing our song...

We sing of our sisters who must part...

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