The Silent War Page #3

Synopsis: An espionage thriller set in the 1950s and adapted from the novel "Year Suan/Plot Against" by May Jia. Tony Leung Chiu Wai plays a blind man who works for a piano tuner. He is recruited for a spy mission because of his exceptional hearing.
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Director(s): Felix Chong, Alan Mak
Production: Mei Ah Films Production Co. Ltd.
  4 wins & 16 nominations.
 
IMDB:
6.2
Year:
2012
120 min
80 Views


Ask the nurse to

heat them up before she eats

Remember, the congee

shouldn't be too hot

Cool it down a bit before drinking!

I'll go now

Oh... take the medicine with

lukewarm water

No problem

Hungry?

What is he up to?

In the past 2 days

Bing has found over 70 channels

After the Decipher Unit

deciphered the code

we discovered...

Chiang's spies are gathering

in several big cities

The Action Unit people

took off yesterday

Chang has spotted a few

of them in Shanghai

They are disguised

as patriotic merchants

The one taking the lead

is Zhang Guo-xiang

They have just formed

the New Chamber of Commerce

Bing has become the hero of 701

but, after all, he is not one of us

He is well disposed towards you.

You have to see him more

What are you talking about?

After you fainted,

he carried you to the hospital

nobody could touch you

You have been hospitalized

for 2 days

he visited you every 2 hours

didn't sleep a wink

Only one channel is left

Quiet

all the 120 channels are found

You are in the mood for cooking?

Come. You've been cooking everyday,

must be tired

Come try my cooking today

I have bought you a

woolen vest try it on

Oh my! You shouldn't

have bought me gifts

How can I accept it?

Give it to me

The colour of this vest

suits you well

Don't you think so, Li-jun?

Nowadays, not many men can cook

Look at this dish...

so delicately done

Have a piece of meat

Tastes good?

The puppy was just killed today.

A newborn.

Isn't it tender?

Bing likes joking

Nowadays not many men

like to joke, right?

Oh...

did you tell the lady

about all my problems?

Otherwise it would be embarrassing

Last time Mei-fen...

was so scared that

she was hospitalized for a week

Come on, let's have a drink

Bing, join us I can't

drink, I can't drink

Let us drink then

All right, bottoms up

Didn't you say

you could not drink?

Who said that?

Bottoms up

Bottoms up

Sorry, he...

He is fine. It's my problem

Goodbye

Don't like her?

Then I'll invite Yue-hua

of Archive Unit to come tomorrow

No need

The Director fears you'd be bored,

he wants me to find you...

Is it the Director's idea?

Thank him for me

Tell him I am grateful

for his goodwill

You are the best investigator here

Having you take care

of a blind man

is a task that is beneath you

I will talk to

the Director tomorrow

You don't have to

take care of me anymore

Are you looking for something?

No

just taking a walk

Jackpot! 3 ones,

4 twos and 1 six

Can you really hear it?

To be frank, in Shanghai...

all the casinos,

large and small, bar me out

Come again

You can hear it all.

What's the fun of playing?

Winning is always

better than losing

Then 701 is really

the place for you

People here like to win

Where have you been today?

Haven't seen you

for the whole day

I was learning

Learning what?

If there's nothing, I'll go home

You are wearing new clothes?

Doesn't it look good?

Yes

looks very good

Are you gambling on life?

I am gambling on

other people's lives

If I decipher a code wrongly

more than one life will be lost

Tossing the dice to decipher

you are gambling more fiercely than me

I have been quite

lucky so far Really?

Want to play again?

OK:

Then... I'll go

Oh

Goodbye

Come out

Learning codes from

Decipher Unit's people

how accurate

You aren't tired after

following me for one day?

No, now I can rest assured

That's nice

Who?

Chang and his men were ambushed

That night...

they followed the New Chamber

of Commerce people and found a spot

but when they arrived

the people had left

This spot...

had never appeared in

the messages before

I found this there

We have never

intercepted this message

I suspect that the enemy still

has several advanced channels...

for communicating top secrets

yet Bing had never detected them

Director

which is the quietest place

in 701?

This is the acoustic

laboratory zero echo

The small sound box you ask

for is also ready

No sound at all I

can't hear the path

Can you take me there?

I'm fine doing it alone Sure

Bing... Bing... are you OK?

OK:

No sound at all?

What is he listening to?

It's already been 3 hours

Hear it?

This person hides in the most

crowded place, tapping very lightly

as if he's afraid of

breaking the radio transmitter

No

he's afraid of breaking his nails

It's a woman

One long sound, one short sound,

very even rhythm

This one is different

A chain smoker

Sending messages holding a cigarette

Often makes mistakes

Whenever he corrects his mistake,

he taps heavier

A very short-tempered man

Another mistake

The third one uses her left hand

to send message

But she isn't a

leftie a bit clumsy

She does it intentionally

and she likes adding 1

or 2 wrong codes in the message

The fourth one's codes

are intermittent

Sometimes heavy, sometimes light

as if he's standing on

an unstable place

He's sending message from a ship

This elderly gentleman

is different

All of his taps are heavy,

stable...

and accurate

this is a veteran

But he's a bit old

He has the least strength

The messages intercepted by Bing

are all encrypted advanced codes

It's exclusively used by...

the enemy's spy head Chungking

I suspect that he's

in Shanghai right now

Look at the files in your hands

There are 53 target persons in them

Chungking is definitely one of them

Are you Shen Jing?

I am

I've heard that

your parents are also in coding

After the war,

your father had another woman

Your mother left him

and took you to Yan An

When the Kuomintang retreated,

your mother died

Your father followed the

Chiang family to Taiwan

With such a father

do you feel bad working here?

I feel perfectly fine here

You know Bing is

a very important person, right?

And your father is the Director

of Kuomintang Decipher Unit

So what you want to say is...

I befriend Bing...

because I want to whitewash

my background?

Or are you worried that...

I'll have bad influence on him?

Miss Zhang

Do you know how many codes

I've deciphered for 701?

And many of them are coded

by my father

It's not accidental that

I can stay here

Here

Bing is my only friend

Do you think I would hurt him?

That's good. I'll go now

So the investigation is over?

This is not an investigation

I just care about my friend

That simple?

What do you mean?

I don't mean anything

I am thinking too much

You are up?

I am leaving

Where to?

Shanghai

When will you come back?

I don't know

From now on Shen Jing will

take care of you

Zhang Xue-ning

Come back safely

Deal

Xue-ning has left 701

for half a year

No message from her

I understand that... when she works

she can't contact me

I marry Shen Jing today

I asked the Director...

to let Zhang Xue-ning return

for the wedding

but she hasn't shown up

till the wedding ends

You're holding another woman even

before warming up your wedding bed

what kind of husband are you?

I must entertain the good friend...

who comes to banter the newlywed

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Felix Chong

Felix Chong Man-Keung (simplified Chinese: 庄文强; traditional Chinese: 莊文強; pinyin: Zhuāng Wénqiáng) (born January 1, 1968, in Hong Kong) is a Hong Kong screenwriter, film director and actor.He is one of the most celebrated screenwriters in Hong Kong and has won several prestigious awards at the Hong Kong Film Awards. Chong is known for frequently working alongside cinematographer/director Andrew Lau, and writer/director Alan Mak. Chong's best known film as a screenwriter is Infernal Affairs, which he co-wrote alongside Alan Mak. Other films written by Chong include Infernal Affairs 2, Infernal Affairs 3, Initial D, Dance of a Dream, and Confession of Pain. As of May 2017 filming of “Project Gutenberg", a big-budget Chinese-language action film, started. The picture is written and being directed by Chong. more…

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