The Flowers of War Page #3

behavior is inevitable.

Your church

is very beautiful.

How do you do?

Are you students here at the convent?

So sorry to have caused you alarm.

Please...

don't hurt the children anymore.

Naturally.

My name is Hasegawa.

I am responsible for

the safety of this area.

Please do not worry...

about the security of the church

and the students.

I apologize...

but I have no confidence...

in that assurance.

My guarantee is effective.

From now on,

I shall post armed guards

in front of the church

to protect you all.

There is not a lot of food

in Nanking at the moment.

I hope the students will not go hungry.

May I?

Thank you.

Did you like it?

This is a Japanese folk song,

"My Home."

It is about hills and rabbits,

and streams full of fish.

It is the most beautiful song in the world

for those who are homesick.

Do the students sing well?

Very well, yes.

That's good.

I shall come back

in a couple of days to hear them.

Why?

No reason.

I happen to love music.

Father, we shall meet again soon.

I hope you will not be

lonely buried together.

Father John.

You won't leave us, will you?

We shouldn't have taken over your cellar.

Sorry.

If we hadn't fought with that girl,

she would still be alive.

This is all our fault.

Thank you.

Why not answer Shu?

She called me Father John.

We all need you.

I'm a mortician.

You are priest.

No.

- If we have a priest...

- George.

maybe Japanese...

not dare...

You are priest!

George, I'm not.

I'm not a priest.

I'm not!

I stayed here,

because I was looking for your cash.

And because that's the nicest bed that

I've slept in in years. I didn't get there.

But is that like a priest? I'm not a priest!

I'm not.

I took catechism lessons as a kid.

Sometimes I remember that when I'm drunk,

which I am as often as I can be.

You not be priest.

Tell girls yourself.

You little sh*t!

You are.

We've heard about what happen today.

So you're staying?

Yeah.

Even though you were

a drunk bastard last night,

what you did today makes you a hero.

I'm sorry about last night.

Yeah.

I can't leave them by themselves.

And that little sh*t

has a way of just... you know.

What do you think the Japanese are up to?

Are they really here to

protect the students?

We were counting on having you

help us leave Nanking.

But I guess now you'll have to

stay here and be a priest.

Yeah, right.

Priest.

Actually, I came to tell you,

our offer is still good.

We still want you to help us escape.

As soon as the Japanese guards are gone.

Just now the ladies were having a bet.

They said that hero or no hero,

you don't stand a chance

when you're up against a beauty like me.

Don't flatter yourself.

We'll see.

Did you like it?

I only have one string.

It sound like a beggar's plea. Even worse.

You're Pu Sheng.

Born in the Pu region?

My family is also from there.

When you're healthy,

I'll take you to the biggest dance hall,

to see the prettiest girls.

Thank you.

Little hometown fellow,

don't thank me,

marry me.

I'll work in the fields with you.

I don't have...

fields.

What do you have then?

I don't have anything.

Then I'll play my pipa everyday.

When I play, you hold out a bowl.

We'll beg for food and feed your mom.

I don't have a mother.

Everyone in my family is dead.

If you had just come with me,

this wouldn't have happened.

You were so stubborn,

and wouldn't leave

without your classmates.

How could I have gotten

that many boat tickets?

Because of you,

I'm staying in Nanking.

Tell me,

what's this?

Explain to me,

why do you do this?

If I don't do this,

I can't survive.

I'm doing this for you.

You must believe me,

I would never do anything bad.

Daughter,

I will find a way

to get you out of Nanking.

No wonder there were no boat tickets.

Traitor!

You work for the Japanese?

Since I cannot save my country,

cannot save others,

I can only try to save myself.

I'm already doing my best, you know.

Do you think it's easy

working for the Japanese?

It's good you work for the Japanese,

that helps us.

What is your plan for your daughter?

I would like to try,

and use my connections with the Japanese

to get my daughter out of the city.

Not to the refuge?

The refuge?

It's not safe there at all!

What's your plan for

the rest of the girls?

Mr. Meng?

I have this truck.

If I can get the right tools,

then maybe I can get it started.

Can you help me?

I have a list here.

Mr. Meng.

I need these tools.

Can you help me get them?

You're the only one who

can get them for me.

I need these tools.

I need these tools.

Take this.

Take this.

If I fix the truck...

If I fix the truck, what then?

How would I know?

Wait, wait.

If I fix the truck,

what would I need then?

Of course you'll need a permit.

I need a permit?

I need a permit.

Don't look at me.

It's too risky!

Even if you fix the truck,

how would you get past

the Japanese guards?

I don't know.

I don't know how long

the guards will stay here.

But I want to get that truck started

for when they leave.

It seems that you know

more than just drinking.

I don't think she likes seeing us together.

She has a crush on you.

Really?

You know, I was like her.

Yeah?

I was at a convent for six years.

That's where you learned your English?

What happened?

Just another story of misfortune.

It wouldn't interest

a passer-by like yourself.

Yeah, it would.

Tell me.

Tell me.

I was never meant to be like this.

Never mind.

You know what?

I was the best in my English class,

but everyone used to mock me.

They said I put on airs and graces

and acted like I was the Queen of England.

Well, that's not

what you were going to tell me, but...

So... the Queen of England.

You mean you're not?

I thought... yeah.

Like Shu, I too had a crush on someone.

But he was a young, fresh-faced guy,

got the most beautiful eyes,

not a dirty, bearded man like you.

OK.

It's rotten.

Sister.

Sister.

What are you saying?

Sister...

Hurry...

Pu Sheng,

I'm here.

Thunder...

What are you trying to say?

Rain...

Rain...

What rain?

It's death weeping for you.

The wheat is drying outside...

Don't let it get soaked.

That was the soldier

that the officer brought.

I heard he was about our age.

Which officer?

The officer who saved us that day.

He hid the soldier inside the cellar,

and the women were taking care of him.

Actually those women from the brothel...

are not that bad.

Where's Dou?

Lan's missing too.

Really?

Haven't seen them for a while.

Are they still in the cellar?

Have you seen Dou?

Dou and Lan got out.

How?

Where did they go?

Dou insisted on getting pipa strings.

She wanted to play the pipa for Pu Sheng.

She said he had a hard life,

and he was like her brother.

She wanted to play something nice for him,

but one string wasn't enough,

she needed three more.

What about Lan?

Why did she go?

She said she left her earrings behind.

How could they leave?

The Japanese are guarding the gates.

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