Silk Page #3

Synopsis: In Taipei, the crippled scientist Hashimoto uses his invention of "Menger Sponge" to capture the energy of the spirit of a child in an old building. He invites the specialist in reading lips, Detective Tung, to join his research team that is studying the phenomenon to understand the movements of the lips of the ghost. Hashimoto is trying to disclose why the energy of the ghost does not dissipate, and Tung discovers the identity and the dramatic story of the boy. He was sick with tumors and was killed by his own mother and buried nearby a nuclear plant. Hashimoto deduces that the rage of the boy for his mother associated to the location where the body was buried were the reason to keep the energy. When the government decides to shutdown the research, Hashimoto becomes insane and takes the spirit with him.
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery
Director(s): Chao-Bin Su
  1 win & 5 nominations.
 
IMDB:
6.5
Rotten Tomatoes:
40%
NOT RATED
Year:
2006
108 min
153 Views


no peer pressure.

Don't have to worry

about college.

Don't have to work,

pay taxes, or find parking.

Free from sexual desire.

Please excuse us.

See you.

I envy you.

It's all too difficult living.

Director, there's been

an accident.

It can't be Hashimoto again.

There was a shootout

in the city.

Two civilians and

a police officer were wounded.

Tung was the

one who fired the gun.

Hashimoto forged your name

to bail Tung out.

The Foreign Affairs Office

just called.

They want you to

call them back immediately.

Hot Shot.

Someone issued national documents

to bail you out.

Who are you?

The President

must be your father.

Sign your name,

and you can go.

Let's go.

We need to find out

where the child's buried.

Don't you ever get any rest?

After I'm dead,

I'll have plenty of time to rest.

Do you have

any recollection of him?

Did he jump off the building?

How did you know?

His name is Yao.

In the history of our school...

he's the only one

who's tried to suicide.

Our school specializes

in disabled students.

Yao was stricken with something

called Multiple Tumors Syndrome.

It caused tiny tumors to erupt around

his chest and neck area.

Even after surgery

the tumors kept recurring.

Is that the reason he jumped?

His tumors began

to move to his face.

He couldn't stand

the other kids laughing at him.

His mother's name is Chun?

Actually, the day Yao jumped,

his mother was also here.

I remember she was a very

skinny woman with long hair.

That day.

She was standing right there.

Are you out of your mind?

A few months later...

Chun sneaked her son

out of the hospital at night.

No one's ever heard

from them since.

We suspect...

You suspect that

Chun murdered her only child.

Some people said

she went back to her hometown.

Her family have a field of flowers

in the mountains near Taipei.

Are they daylilies flowers?

I don't know.

This is the only daylily field

near Taipei.

Why do you believe

the body is buried here?

It's just a hunch.

- Hashimoto.

- Director.

I've warned you more than once.

No accidents, no deaths.

Now, two citizens

and a police officer wounded.

You're fired.

I want your team

shut down right now.

Director, listen to me.

I don't want to hear

another word from you cripple.

Hand over

the Menger Sponge now.

Bring Hashimoto in.

RESTRICTED AREA:

NATIONAL RADIATION

SYNCHRONIZATION CENTER

You sure you want to do this?

Don't worry,

Hashimoto will take the blame.

There they are.

DANGER:

HIGH MAGNETIC FLUX

We can't reach him

on his cellphone.

You're the only person

he wrote down as a contact person.

How's his mom doing?

She's got a blood clot in her brain.

A very serious blood clot.

Doctor, what can we do?

If we go into surgery now, there's

a 15% chance of success.

If we don't, she won't

make it through the night.

We need a family member

to sign the release form.

It has to be direct family.

He doesn't have any

other family.

- Are we really going to dig?

- Of course.

But we need to know

where to start.

Right over there.

Joint Crime Crack-Down Unit

Extension 107...

Yeh Qi Tung

is unable to answer the phone.

For operator,

please press one.

He was choked to death.

By his mother?

It's possible.

Murdered by his own mother...

he must have died

with very strong feelings of hate.

Mom.

Look!

The daylilies are blooming.

My teacher says...

that the daylily is

the flower of mother and son.

Son.

Mommy doesn't want you

to live in pain.

I don't want to see you...

looked down upon

by the whole world.

I'll take all the blame

and suffering.

Let me help you find a way out.

Thank you mommy.

How did you know

the body would be here?

That's the National Radiation

It's covering the whole hillside.

The center is encircled

by an electron accelerator.

The violent magnetic field created

by the accelerator...

is the source of

the ghost's endless energy.

This spot is the very center

of the magnetic field.

I finally know...

how to become a ghost.

You promised me.

If we humans have rights,

ghosts should have rights too.

Do you agree?

You've unlocked the secret...

it's time to isolate him forever.

What's wrong?

Don't do anything

until I get back.

Hello.

Looking for Tung?

Hi, is he here?

He went out.

You'll have to wait for him.

Is everything alright?

It is about his mother.

PROVINCIAL DEEP COMATOSE

STATE PATIENT CARE CENTER

ZHENG CHUN:

Who are you?

Give her with adrenaline now.

Tung's girlfriend?

I know.

She's hot!

Is that the only way

you look at girls?

I'm hungry.

Wanna go grab

some beef noodles later?

I don't eat beef.

- Why not?

- Religious belief.

My mom says that if you eat beef

you'll go to hell.

Look at him.

Do you still believe in hell?

Never seen him like this before.

What's happening to him?

It's 10:
55 p.m.

I officially announce

the death of patient Chun.

You. Follow me.

Hashimoto.

Ren.

Sorry it's best if you leave now.

I'll tell Tung you came by.

The big earthquake

few years ago...

she was found crushed

under a building.

She wasn't rescued

until 16 days later.

We thought it was strange

as well.

No one can survive

under those circumstances.

When we checked her heart...

we found as if...

someone had been massaging

her heart to keep her alive.

It's very hard to explain.

What is that?

It's better if you don't know.

He said, "the window is broken."

She can communicate

with her son.

What are you doing?

Where's Hashimoto?

Hashimoto?

Hashimoto?

Mei, what happened

to the signal?

We've been shut down.

The project is dead.

- Where's Hashimoto?

- I don't know.

He disappeared suddenly.

I think he left with the child.

By the way, your girlfriend

came by looking for you.

Wei was looking for me?

I think it had something to do

with your mother.

Mei.

Why did Hashimoto

take the child?

You know,

Hashimoto has diabetes.

He already lost one leg.

The other is not looking good.

If he had the kid, even

without both legs he could--

I'm going to eat beef noodles.

Want to come?

No. I'm going to clean up

and go home.

OK, I am leaving.

- Bye

- Bye.

Where could she go?

One super-sized bowl

of beef noodles.

Hashimoto.

Hashimoto?

Hashimoto.

Hashimoto.

Here. Beef noodles.

Enjoy it.

I've found Yao's mother.

I know.

You know?

I can see that strand of silk.

You can see it?

To be exact...

- that silk is a strand of hate.

- What are you talking about?

Yao became a ghost

because of hatred.

It was also out of hatred

that he killed Su.

You knew this all along?

- Where's the child?

- Your task is over.

It's not over until

you hand over the child.

Tung.

Go see your girlfriend.

If you go now you might get

to say your last words to her.

What did you say?

Hashimoto.

Hashimoto.

What the hell? Who ever heard

of dying from eating noodles?

Hello?

Mei.

I know why Hashimoto

took the child?!

What's going on?

- Quick! Get out!

- Why?

I don't have time to explain.

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