Qiu yue Page #4
- Year:
- 1992
- 108 min
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That should be enough to buy a coffin.
Preferably one that is big and wide,
so I'll be more comfortable...
And can see my children
and grandchildren.
May all of them live
long and prosperous lives.
Tell them not to come back
if they're too busy.
I would like
to be buried in the Buddhist cemetery.
Make sure my plot is at the top of the hill.
The higher the ground
I'm buried in, the better.
With more space
and being more comfortable,
I'll be able to see all my offspring.
May all of them be blessed
with a safe, long and prosperous life.
Tell them not to come back
if they're too busy.
I would like to see all my offspring
live a safe,
prosperous and long life.
Then I'll rest in peace.
- What does it cost per night?
- $150.
- Let me pay half.
- Don't worry.
I'll go outside. You can get changed.
Sorry to have disturbed you at work.
No one wants to date an old lady like me.
I'm desperate.
I thought you didn't want to see me again.
Do my wrinkles look fresh to you?
If I have my skull cut open with a saw
and replace a fuse in my head,
I may be able to cry.
Perhaps because it's autumn.
I've dried up
and so have my tears.
A wrinkled woman won't be
good enough for you.
I'm sorry.
I wasn't talking about you.
Look.
My dick's getting hard.
I want someone
to ask me something.
It's been such a long time
since anyone asked me any questions.
Like where I was born,
about my brothers and sisters,
what color I like,
what my star sign is,
when I reached my full height,
shoe size...
What my father did for a living,
how many teeth my grandparents have left...
When...
I first noticed girls' breasts...
Where I made love for the first time...
What was the happiest moment of my life,
and the most painful.
What is my greatest fear?
Death?
What makes it worth it
for me to live in this world
breathing every three seconds?
What is it?
What does that mean?
I don't even ask myself that any longer.
I don't
even remember
the answers.
- Why don't you come in?
- What?
- Come into the water.
- It's too cold.
- Come in.
- It's cold.
Come on in.
Come on in! Get wet!
Come on in!
Go faster!
Are these your belongings?
Yes.
Where are your ID cards?
In my room.
In the holiday flat over there.
Are you spending the night together?
We'll be studying.
Does your family know about this?
What's your favorite ice cream?
When I was six,
I came first in class.
My grandpa bought me
an ice cream for my effort.
It was absolutely delicious.
Now, what's your favorite film?
Walt Disney's Bambi.
I saw it 12 times.
When I first saw it, I was nine years old.
My father took me to see it.
When Bambi's mother was killed,
I... I cried.
I looked at my father who was next to me.
He was crying, too.
Which girl's breasts did you like the most?
Miyo's.
My sister's?
Yes.
They were like the peach flowers at home.
In winter,
the snow makes everything white.
Then the peaches bloom.
Pink flowers against white...
They were soft,
like white snow
covering the peach flowers.
Her breasts were like that. So beautiful.
How old was Miyo at that time?
Fourteen, perhaps.
That means she's 25 now.
What's she doing?
She's in Hawaii
with her husband and three children.
I see.
That's good.
In the year we broke up,
she almost killed herself, didn't she?
I think it was when she was 16.
Yes, I remember that.
To be honest,
I couldn't have cared less
if she lived or died.
I was cruel.
Her life is happy now.
What about you?
Well, I don't have lovely breasts like Miyo's.
You have kids, don't you?
A boy and a girl.
They've returned to Tokyo with their father.
Let's end the questioning.
Do you want me?
Does it hurt?
An old lady can't get hurt.
Why
don't you go back to Tokyo?
Why
are you here alone?
Are you...
Happy?
I don't know.
For 30 years,
I was never free.
I think I have at last found my freedom.
You're very wet.
This is like being young again.
I thought you were going to bring
your guitar.
It's too cumbersome to carry.
We'll just have to sing
without accompaniment.
What time do you usually go to bed?
- About this time. And you?
- I have no set time.
Damn!
Game's over.
I expect to get five distinctions this year.
- That's very good.
- Nine would be even better.
Do you expect to be promoted
to a higher class?
I don't know.
The light's too bright.
It's time you studied harder.
Next year I'll join my sister in America.
I'll do Year 12 there.
- Are you coming to bed?
- I'm not sleepy.
My sister's studying computing.
I want to do that, too.
Then I'll major in nuclear physics.
Not many do that course.
My sister tells me it's not popular.
When I graduate,
I'll be sought after by the big
companies in the US and Japan.
After a few years' experience,
I may start my own business.
It's chilly.
It's late. Let's sleep.
Careful, Grandma.
Don't stand up by yourself after the bath.
Call out to me and I'll help you.
Don't stand up by yourself. Understand?
- What's wrong?
- I forgot the incense.
- I forgot to pray.
- Do it after your bath.
Please, Grandma!
Let me help you light them
and place them on the altar.
- I can manage.
- Let me help you.
- I'm all right.
- Sit down.
Go and sit down.
Let me help you, Grandma.
Careful, Grandma.
Dad was very happy when he telephoned.
He said he'd bought a house by the sea.
He said he'd never lived
within sight of the sea.
My brother likes the house, too.
It's close to his university.
Mum says there's direct transport
to Chinatown.
No one's asked me what I think.
I suppose that means
we'll be leaving Hong Kong soon.
I asked her about her boyfriend.
She said she'd forgotten him.
I told her
she shouldn't forget him.
When she was a kid,
she used to come here to fish
with her parents.
Because in autumn
the fish are fatter and more delicious.
But in the last few years,
her father has been busy
making money to emigrate.
So he's never brought her here again.
According to her,
this used to be a fishing village,
but the young people
began to leave for other jobs,
and the remaining old folk
all seem to have died.
Tonight is the Mid-Autumn Festival.
In Japan we have
the Bon Festival in August.
The Chinese people
light lanterns and eat moon cakes.
The moon is said to represent family union.
You demon!
You idiot!
In Japan, on August 13,
we welcome the spirits of the dead,
who come to visit us.
Then on the night of August 15,
we watch them go.
In my hometown
we send them off in little boats.
I never learned to make the boats,
but I decided
to make some for the first time in my life.
This is the last time
I'll be in Hong Kong
for the Mid-Autumn Festival.
Grandpa used to celebrate
the occasion with me.
He always made me recite that poem.
"When will the spring flower
and autumn moon fade?
"How much of the past do we know?
"At my home...
"At my home last night
"The east wind blew."
I can't remember the rest.
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