"Produced by Lianhua Film Company Shot by Shanghai Second Factory" "Big Road" "Subtitles by Echo Zhao and Andy Deemer" "Boom Boom Boom!" "Ha ha ha!" "Boom!" "We are the pioneers building the new road" "Boom Boom Boom!" "Ha ha ha!" "Boom!" "We are the pioneers, building the new road." "It doesn't matter how long it takes!" "It doesn't matter how tall the mountain is." "Thousands of years of fossils... have made this mountain strong." "Thousands of years of fossils... have made this mountain strong." "There's no road ahead, people can't pass." "Who is blocking our road?" "There are so many difficulties." "Who is blocking our road?" "There are so many difficulties." "Stop complaining the work is tough." "Don't complain, or call it worthless." "We..." "We will..." "We will blow up the mountain." "Aim at the mountain and *boom*" "Boom Boom Boom" "Look!" "The mountain is exploding!" "After the mountain's blown up, we can start building our new road." "Stand up and unite" "We..." "We are the pioneers, building the new road." "We..." "We are the pioneers, building the new road." "Boom Boom Boom!" "Ha ha ha!" "Boom!" "This road, life, is too tough..." "If I'd known we'd die here..." "We should have stayed home and starved with the others." "Little Jin's father, go on." "If you turn back now, only death waits for you." "Three years pass" "Ten years" "Twenty years" "Brother Jin, if one day I can drive a steamroller..." "I'll die happy." "Little Luo, you're always the cheerful one!" "Cheer up, Old Zhang!" "Sadness won't bring back our land" "I can't cheer up." "Big Zhang, you're always messing around." "Quit, or just the sight of us will give everyone headaches." "Old Zheng!" "Just because you went to DongBei University..." "That doesn't make you my boss!" "I'm not bossing you around!" "But keep acting like this, and our whole country will be conquered" "You're the conquered one!" "I'm too poor to get a girl, so just throw them pebbles for fun." "What's the matter with that?" "Brother Jin, Big Zhang's been flirting again." "Heh!" "I let you hit me without fighting back." "There's no fighting here!" "Jin..." "Big Zhang... don't come back tomorrow!" "But Master Zhang, Brother Jin was just teaching Big Zhang a lesson." "It didn't affect our work." "Okay then, all five of you get out!" "Unemployed again." "Unemployed?" "There are employers everywhere!" "Don't be so discouraged!" "None of us are discouraged!" "Brother Jin, found any work yet?" "What's so bad about not finding work?" "Damn!" "He's talking like a rich kid." "Who can stand a day without food?" "See?" "This guy hasn't had a bite to eat for three whole days!" "You're a funny little tramp." "What's your name?" "They call me Little Six, but I'm actually the only one." "No family, and no job either." "So... stealing became a habit... and finally you stopped wanting to work." "Right?" "From now on you'll live with us, but you'll work to earn your keep." "Work?" "What work?" "Where can we go?" "We'll go to build the road!" "Fantastic!" "I love the village life..." "Go to the country to build the road... and escape these foreign rulers..." "I agree!" "Are there no foreign concessions in the countryside?" "Are there any women in the countryside?" "Tomorrow, we'll go!" "Brother Jin, are you guys going to build the road?" "Let's go together!" "Let's go!" "We're going to build the road!" "Who's coming with us?" "We're all sweating and bleeding together." "But who cares, we all want to live" "Pull the rope together, don't be lazy!" "We work together, no matter how heavy the roller is" "Struggle forward" "Struggle forward" "Make the rugged road flat" "Blow away any difficulties ahead" "Just like on a battlefield" "We can only move forward!" "No retreat!" "Struggle forward, fight together!" "Struggle forward, fight together!" "Advance with heavy loads on our shoulders" "The road to freedom will soon be complete" "Little Lilac, you're lost in the song" "Pass me the rice, quickly!" "Jasmine, you're mean!" "I'll tell father to send you home, to play drums again!" "Help me!" "I'm sick and can't do it!" "Mister Zhou will catch me!" "Jin, it's not your business" "This guy can't do his job, so I'll take him to Deputy Hu!" "Who's that dark-skinned lad?" "Why are they all following him?" "Keep an eye on him." "Maybe he'll be useful later." "And what about the other two girls?" "..." "Who are they?" "The older is Jasmine the song girl." "The younger is Old Ding's daughter, Lilac." "She cooks a tasty fish." "I'll have her send you some, so you can have a taste." "You guys are terrible... there's no sugar in this tea yet." "Why are you grabbing for it?" "Now it's sweet" "They work so hard, day and night" "No wonder they mess around when they have time" "Last night I heard Lilac singing to Little Luo on the riverside" "Let's get her to sing one for us!" "Lilac, everyone wants you to sing" "Don't be shy, sing for us!" "Who's bullying Little Lilac?" "Whoever dares, I'll fight to the death!" "You're great!" "You're an experienced flower-drum singer." "You sing!" "Okay!" "If you play, I'll sing!" "Speaking of Fengyang" "It was once a lovely place" "Ever since the days of Emperor Zhu..." "There's been famine for nine out of ten years" "The wealthy have to change careers" "The poor have to sell their kids" "I have no children to sell" "All I've got is me and my vagrant flower-drum life." "Speaking of Fengyang" "There is famine every year" "There is no dam, so when the river rises..." "Thousands of miles of farm will flood" "How many will drown in the floods?" "How many have no clothes to wear?" "All I want is enough food to survive" "So I travel with my flower-drum" "Speaking of Fengyang" "There's disaster there, every year" "Warlords used to fight for the farmland" "Now armed outsiders invade" "Men go to battle to fight and die" "The women and old are left at home" "I have travelled thousands of miles" "There is hunger and famine everywhere" "Jasmine sang well!" "I'll take you to see Deputy Hu someday!" "Manager Hong, I really appreciate it." "I'll gladly come visit your boss with you!" "Lilac, Deputy Hu heard that you cook a tasty fish" "Let me take you to bring him a bowl..." "Manager Hong, have you ever been on an airplane?" "You're so lovely and charming!" "It's no wonder that Little Luo misses you so much, he can't even eat!" "Jasmine, tell me..." "You can whisper... who do you love the most?" "Whisper?" "Why whisper?" "I'd rather say it out loud!" "I love them all!" "I love Brother Jin for his bravery!" "He's always smiling and moving ahead... he never complains" "I love Old Zhang for his strong arms!" "He's silent and works so hard." "Even if he just taps your hand, it'll ache for three days." "I love Mr Zheng for his wisdom!" "He knows everything in the world... and writes beautiful songs!" "I love Big Zhang's rash ways!" "He says and does what he wants then regrets it immediately." "He's even worse than Sagacious Lu!" "I love Little Luo for his dreams." "He's so young and handsome." "And that dream of driving a car!" "His only weakness is he's a rich kid inside" "Brainy Little Six, quick as a monkey!" "He won't do anything good." "But he won't do anything bad, either, unless he's forced." "It's getting late, the donkey is ready... time to go shopping." "Brother Jin and the others should be off work already." "Where'd they go?" "Go away!" "If not, we'll stand up!" "Ayaa, you win!" "What do you want?" "Daddy's invited you all to dinner tonight!" "There are watermelons on that donkey!" "..." "Brothers, let's go!" "Hey!" "Little Luo and Lilac snuck off!" "The flowers are fresh, red and blossom on the riverside" "The swallows fly in pairs, among the willow leaves" "The swallows fly so well, and look like they're wearing yellow shoes and black clothing" "The swallow ji-ji-ji wearing clothes" "Fly and fly... fly into the sky" "The swallow ji-ji-ji wearing clothes" "Fly and fly... fly back to the nest" "Good night, swallows." "Fly and fly and fly. ji-ji-ji" "Good night swallows." "Fly fly fly." "Wearing clothes." "Fly back to their nests to feed the baby swallows." "Ji-ji-ji good night, swallows." "It's time for dinner." "Feed the baby swallows." "Ji-ji, ji-ji" "Ji-ji-ji-ji-ji." "Good night, swallows" "The enemy have landed and are attacking!" "Where's the head of your county?" "That's strange!" "The enemy just conquered that area..." "Why are they attacking us?" "It's not so surprising." "The enemy is greedy." "They've been planning to invade for a long time!" "I just got back from Huling Pass..." "You can hear bombs from there!" "The enemy's so strong!" "Building the road here is useless." "We might as well run for our lives!" "Everyone, save yourselves and run!" "We're not being paid now..." "Let's get out of here!" "Don't panic!" "The enemy hasn't arrived!" "If everyone panics, we'll all die!" "Try and run away now?" "..." "It's too late!" "Even if you'd left ten days ago... the enemy planes would catch up with you in an hour, and drop bombs!" "But it's also too early to run away!" "This road is being built for our troops!" "We need to help our army to fight!" "We won't run away!" "We're working so hard on the road, day and night" "In three days, it'll reach Huling Pass..." "We'll be able to send troops straight to the battlefield!" "He says, "The work on the road must stop."" "If you can make it happen..." "He says: "Accept this check, or expect to eat bombs."" "Brother Jin and the others went to Hu's house with Manager Hong." "They're not coming for dinner." "They went to Hu's house?" "..." "The enemy have powerful weapons and, as I said, planes." "They'll attack tomorrow night at the latest!" "We're all in great danger!" "You've already devoted your lives to the road, leaving your families alone..." "Will you really sacrifice thousands of workers' lives for nothing?" "I know you six are their leaders." "Are you so hard-hearted that you'll let them give up their lives for nothing?" "I'd like to help you guys." "Here's 400 dollars for each of you." "Take it, and run away!" "Tell the others to leave tonight!" "Master Hu gave us so much money!" "You want to save the workers' lives, too." "You're so kind-hearted!" "But if we run away millions might lose their lives." "Master Hu is clearly the smartest man in the world." "And we are not so clever." "We don't want your money!" "Brothers, do you know this game?" "Stupid pigs!" "You dare challenge me?" "Good words are wasted on you." "Have a taste of the whip, and maybe then you'll obey..." "You traitor!" "Tell me: which tastes better, the money or the whip?" "But I'm a mute!" "Whip each of them thirty times!" "If they still don't agree, kill them tonight!" "We went to Hu's house..." "But the doorman told us they'd already left." "So where are they?" "There's only one place they could be." "So good of Old Hong to let you sweeties come over." "Otherwise I'd be driven into a rage by those six bastards." "Lilac, go cook a fish for Master Hu." "It'll taste good with the wine." "I'm going, too!" "I want to see your big kitchen!" "Sister, I heard that some wayward workers were locked up by your master." "Can we go see?" "No way, who'd dare take a stranger there?" "What if Sir found out?" "Sister, my older brother is locked up with them." "Show mercy, take me to visit him!" "If you shout, I'll kill you!" "We'll all die together!" "Why were you shouting just now?" "A small mouse just ran past our feet." "Quickly, go tell Chief Liu!" "Also, tell the army!" "Sorry, we have to tie you up." "We'll free you soon." "Go find Jasmine and bring her back" "What a huge kitchen!" "So beautiful!" "And so clean!" "You haven't seen the bedroom hidden in the study yet." "It'd be awful if your wife heard you speaking like that." "Chief Liu!" "You must save Brother Jin and the others, quickly!" "Deputy Hu locked them up!" "He's about to kill them all!" "Deputy Hu locked up Brother Jin and the others..." "He's about to kill them!" "Deputy Hu's a traitor." "He's betrayed us all!" "Let's get him!" "Rescue Brother Jin and the others!" "Everyone's up in arms!" "We need to send soldiers as well!" "Catch the traitor Hu!" "This proves he betrayed the country!" "Keep order!" "I'll bring the traitor to justice!" "After just three days and three nights, the road's finished." "The transport vehicles will be able to get through!" "Enemy planes!" "Get down!" "Our road is complete..." "They all died..." "No!" "They didn't!" "Subtitles by Echo Zhao and Andy Deemer"