"Excuse me..." "Everything Okay?" "Yes" "Follow me" "Put it down here" "Be careful..." "Backwards..." "Moon" "No?" "Forgot something?" "What are you saying?" "What have I forgotten?" "No?" "Then why do you come back?" "You want to spend the night here?" "What?" "I had just left" "Hey, are you feigning ignorance?" "I see you must have taken some medicine" "No wonder you weren't acting yourself" "Must be those bastards" "I will get even with you tomorrow" "I didn't cut your hair" "Me?" "Who else?" "My hair was there when I went to bed last night" "What happened?" "I didn't cut your hair" "My hair was also cut" "Who could it be then?" "Hurry" "Kneel down" "What happened?" "All right." "I don't want to make it public" "I know it must be one of you" "And you know what I am talking about" "I will let you go this time, just this once" "Or, the truth will be out" "I will catch you one day" "You can go now" "Thank you, Your Highness" "Get lost" "Hurry, go" "Get ready..." "Come out now." "We got to go..." "What is it?" "We got to go..." "Hurry..." "We'll go to the Temple of the Goddess of Mercy" "All four mistresses are pregnant" "All pregnant?" "Pregnant?" "Your Highness" "What are you doing?" "Let me go." "I didn't do anything wrong" "Let me go..." "You..." "Let me go" "Your Highness, please don't kill me" "I have only done it four times, just once with each mistress" "Please spare me, Your Highness" "Don't kill me, please." "Don't kill me" "My archery is quite good" "But you beat me" "You did it 4 times and gave me four children" "I won't do it again." "I won't" "Bastard" "Men" "Yes" "Bring him out and castrate him" "Castrate him and send him to the palace to be an eunuch" "No, please don't" "Please forgive me." "Please forgive me" "Your Highness..." "There is a famous love poem in China" "The author is the wife of Zhao Mengfu" "Guan Zhongji" "Her analogy compares husband and wife to clay figures" "You love me and I love you" "Flame of intense desire burning alike" "From one clunk of clay are molded one you one me" "Break our clay figurines" "Blend the broken pieces with water" "With that, mold one figure each of us both" "Then you have me and I have you" "I wish we live for the same affection" "And die for the same reason" "Clay figures are common in traditional arts" "In Japan, they are called human figures" "There are human figures made in Kyoto, Nara, Hakata, Saga, etc" "Hakata human figures are the best known among them" "In Hakata, they started producing figures in 1473, that's about 538 years back" "Their products are seen all over the world" "This is the famous Yamagasa Matsur" "Together with the Gion Matsur  Kyoto... they're known as the two most popular Matsur" "The Yamagasa Matsur originated as a ritual against a plague during the Kamakura period" "Many people died in the plague" "There was a priest from a temple who consecrated all sorts of figures and sprayed with holy water so as to drive the disease away" "A lot of lives were therefore saved" "Since then, every year from July 1st to 15th..." "The locals commemorate it ...by holding the Yamagasa Matsur" "But our story ...has less to do with the Hakata human figures" "It happened in a clay-mixing jar when the Hakata Yamagasa Matsur ...and the Kyoto Gion Matsur were taking place" "Yoshi Inoue was a master in molding clay figures" "He had factories in both Hakata and Kyoto" "He had a big, wide-mouth jar at home" "His ancestors used the jar to mix clay" "The jar was invaluable because of its history" "Yoshi planed to sell it at a good price like an antique" "Now since it was an antique, he believed it'd better be sold in the old capital" "But his wife didn't agree to the plan" "So the jar is still ...in the Kyoto factory" "Good" "Mr. Inoue..." "Let's talk about the Kyoto Gion Matsur now" "It originated from an epidemic in the Heian Period (794-1185)" "Kyoto was under attack by an epidemic" "To drive away the disease, the locals hold Matsur at the Yasaka Shrine ...to ask for good health every year" "The Yasaka Shrine is located near the Gion District, so the Festival is called the Gion Matsur" "The locals bring the gods out from the Shrine ...escort them on the float in a parade for obeisance and respects to be offered" "Open the door" "Who is it?" "It's me" "My god..." "Coming" "Open the door" "Coming" "Why do you close the door during daytime?" "I am at home all alone, you see" "Please come in, Mr. Samura" "I came across Mr. Samura on my way home" "He wants to buy ourjar" "What?" "This way, please" "Inside, please" "Please, Mr. Samura" "I'll only sell this jar to someone aware of its history" "Please come here" "I won't sell it even at $50,000 ...if the buyer is someone else" "Look at this jar" "Wait" "What does Mr. Samura want to buy?" "The jar" "How much?" "$50,000" "No way" "What?" "I've just sold it at $60,000" "You've sold it" "Yes, at $60,000" "You could not sell it to someone else" "We have a deal here" "No one wanted to buy it all those years" "But suddenly, there are two buyers" "You must keep your promise" "Of course, but the price..." "The one who offers most gets it" "So if you offer $60,000, it's yours" "It's ridiculous" "You agreed to sell it at $50,000" "Mr. Samura..." "Mr. Samura" "I am sorry." "I am terribly sorry" "I am sorry" "Where is the gentleman who wants to buy this jar at $60,000?" "Oh, he jumped inside the jar to check" "Why did you close the door?" "You're not alone" "I had to keep him company here" "I could not guard the door at the same time" "Not bad..." "Be careful" "You... you are the..." "It's you" "Yeah, it's me" "You want to buy the jar" "Yes" "Good stuff" "Sure" "There's too much clay on the wall though" "That tells the history" "It's an antique" "Antique?" "Actually I intend to use it to store pickles" "With all this clay, it's not possible" "That's easy" "I can clean it right away" "Clean it?" "There is too much clay" "It won't be that easy I guess" "It's okay" "I can shovel the clay if necessary" "You are back" "It will take me some time to clean it" "Honey, please show this gentleman to the living room ...and serve him with tea" "Thank you..." "Sorry..." "I'm really sorry to bother you" "It's done" "It's all done" "Thank you very much" "Please come again" "Thank you" "Thank you" "Excuse me..." "Xianyun" "She married to the Prefecture Chief a year ago" "The tablet over there is a gift from him" "Cheers..." "Cheers..." "Wonderful..." "Miss" "Come here" "No" "Keep me company" "Xianyun" "Xianyun" "After you left the Prefecture Chief came here to see Xianyun everyday" "Xianyun waited for you for more than a year ...before she got married to the Chief" "Now Xianyun and the Chief live at the Zouhe House happily" "Zouhe House" "Cheers" "Cheers" "Is he new in here?" "He is Cui Ming." "Came here 4 or 5 days ago" "He is well-educated and he has morals" "He works hard too." "A nice guy..." "Cui Ming" "How dare you come here?" "I must talk to you" "It is too late" "I loved you, but you were heartless" "The country needed me" "I have to meet you... to clear up some things" "Come to my room tonight" "What?" "Doesn't the Chief sleep in your room?" "He gets drunk easily" "Nothing would wake him up when he's drunk" "Not even if you push him" "Okay" "You drink" "Who is it?" "It's me" "No retreat" "Six" "Wake up..." "What is it?" "I have a question for you" "What did you say ...about the new servant Cui Ming?" "What do you mean?" "What did you think about him?" "Honest, well-educated and has morals" "What's wrong with him?" "He has no loyalty to you" "What..." "Why?" "He flirted with me" "What?" "How dare he?" "!" "Not only that;" "He also asked me to meet him in the garden" "Meet him in the garden?" "Right." "If you don't believe me, you can put on my clothes and wait for him in the garden" "I bet he will be there" "Bastard" "I was fooled by his honest looks" "Bastard" "You want my wife." "I want your life" "It's the Lady" "Doesn't look like her" "What are you looking at?" "Get lost" "Yes" "You go to the garden now" "What?" "Go to the garden?" "He will kill me" "When you see him, you scold him for ...cheating on the Chief" "And you're just testing her loyalty to the Chief" "Then you hit him with a rod" "You mean it?" "Yes" "The harder you hit him will prove your loyalty" "Okay" "I did not believe it when people say prostitutes are heartless" "I did not believe it" "You have no loyalty to the Chief" "You think I like you?" "No way" "I am just testing your loyalty to the Chief" "You are a bitch, a whore" "Tell me what do you not like about the Chief?" "Why don't you speak?" "Say something" "Bitch." "Let me teach you a lesson" "Let me beat you" "Don't go." "Where are you going, tramp?" "Xianyun" "Well, how'd it go?" "Wasn't I right?" "No, you are wrong" "I am so lucky" "Xianyun, you are my good wife" "You are loyal to me" "Cui Ming is nice to me too" "Don't worry." "He is 100% loyal to me" "God has indeed blessed me" "After this, I won't believe anyone ...who says something bad about you or Cui Ming" "There is a Chinese saying:" "One who spreads gossip is the rumormonger" "I can sleep peacefully from now on" "Xianyun, I can sleep peacefully hereafter" "Up" "Up." "Smile" "Good..." "Your hands" "Legs" "What are you doing?" "Be patient." "Smile" "Smile" "Don't move..." "This one is good" "This one is good too" "Good" "Thank you" "Goodbye..." "Goodbye..." "You..." "I am sorry" "Sorry, I didn't mean it" "Look at me!" "What a coincidence" "Be careful next time" "It's destiny" "You want me to do it again?" "I am sorry" "You must be careful." "The gentleman is kind" "Or else we would have trouble" "Sorry" "Never mind." "Water means money" "Be careful" "Sit tight" "Who is that woman?" "She is Zhang Youqian's wife" "She is known for her coquettishness" "What do you mean?" "She likes flirting around" "Good." "Very good" "Look, I told you to remove the mole under my lips" "Why is it still there?" "Mrs. Zhang, you look pretty with it" "It doesn't look like you without it" "Nonsense" "You can tell a lot by the moles near the lips of a woman" "Moles on both sides look charming" "Moles above the lips mean passion" "Moles under the lips mean wanting it everyday" "Want it everyday?" "Yes." "Your mole is under the lips" "What do I want everyday?" "Cheating on Mr. Zhang everyday" "Utter rubbish!" "I will teach you a lesson" "I won't go easy on you" "Bastard, I will get even with you" "Are you blind?" "You dare to flirt with me in the street" "After your husband leaves for Tianjin," "I will teach you a lesson" "Go to hell" "Take a look" "Boss, I go get a rickshaw for you" "Okay" "When you are in Tianjin, bring the photo to my parents first" "Don't just visit your friends and those whores" "I dare not, my darling" "What are you doing?" "I will escort her home first" "You look after the studio" "Please don't do that" "Boss, the rickshaw is here" "Help me to put the baggage on it" "The hat" "Don't forget the photo" "I won't" "Could you go get me a pack of Daqianmen cigarettes?" "Daqianmen?" "We can only buy it at shops outside the town" "It will take me 3 hours for a round trip" "I don't care if it takes you 4 hours" "Then why don't you let me take half day off?" "I can go home to see my mother" "All right, go" "You haven't been home for a long time" "You know, you could stay with your mother tonight" "Oh, how generous of you today!" "Goodbye" "Take this to Mrs. Zhao to the front alley" "Keep an eye on him" "He either steals or slacks around" "I gave the basket to her, she gives you this" "I'll take a rest" "If anyone asks, say that I've gone playing mahjong" "Little asshole" "What's this?" "Forgotten about the old flame?" "Heartless" "Asshole" "Flowers of Prosperity are in full bloom" "You forged them, bastard" "I forged them?" "Whatever you say" "It's no use to tear them up" "I've made a dozen copies of each photo" "Since you said they're forged..." "I will sell them to Mr. Fung;" "On whom you splashed water the other day" "He will buy them even if they are forged" "Bastard, how dare you?" "How dare I?" "I am not a chicken" "What do you want from me... by taking these photos?" "Nothing." "I just feel sorry for Mr. Zhang" "Drop it" "Say how much do you want?" "I could have sold them if it was money I sought" "Then what do you want?" "Mrs. Zhang is smart enough" "I guess I don't have to say it out loud" "You want to be my partner like the man in the photos?" "No, I just want to learn from you" "So you want to learn from me?" "You can't even take this" "How can you learn from me?" "All right, will you destroy the photos if I give you what you want?" "Of course." "The words of a gentleman..." "Gentleman?" "You?" "All right" "You have seen my body anyway" "I will give you what you want" "The day after tomorrow is Dragon Boat Festival" "Mr. Zhang will go to Tianjin" "The workers will go home to spend the holiday" "What?" "Do it at your home during daytime" "It's Dragon Boat Festival" "What else will you drink at festival except wine?" "Are you afraid I will turn into a snake after drinking the wine?" "That's it" "Remember to bring the photos and negatives" "See you then" "Would it work?" "Damn it, you coward!" "Mrs. Zhang..." "Who is it?" "It's me" "Who?" "Hu" "I am burning paper money for my late father" "How come you're back home so soon?" "Tianjin is flooding and the rail traffic has stopped" "It's my husband." "Hurry" "Floods in Tianjin... again?" "!" "Yeah" "Is it serious?" "You bet." "It's a big flood" "Then many would be drowned" "Yes, you're right" "Here is the fare" "Thanks" "Honey..." "Bastard, where is he?" "Trust me." "No one here" "I saw him come up" "Don't lie to me." "Bastard" "I didn't lie to you." "You can search the room" "I will kill you" "Bloody, let me see where you can escape!" "What is it?" "Damn" "Bastard" "No matter where you go;" "No matter where you hide..." "I will find you" "What is it with Hu?" "He scares me to death" "What happened?" "Come up and I will tell you" "Sit down and tell me what happened" "I was burning paper money for my late father" "A young man burst in suddenly" "He knelt down and asked me to help him" "Then I learned it's Han of the photo studio" "Han?" "He said someone was chasing after him" "I asked him the reason" "He said some man believed he had slept with his wife" "So this man wanted to kill him" "But it's just a misunderstanding" "A misunderstanding?" "When he tried to explain, there came the man who you just met" "Where is Han now?" "I asked him to hide under the bed" "Han, come out" "It's the same you." "You must behave yourself" "It's lucky my wife helped you" "Hadn't it been for someone's help... you'd be a dead man now" "Thank you, Mrs. Zhang" "Thank my husband too" "Thank you, Mr. Zhang" "You leave now?" "Wait" "Let me go check if he's gone" "You wait at the window" "You can come down when I wave at you" "You are smart" "It's over..." "Everything is fine" "It's over" "Please leave" "Everything is fine now" "All of you may please leave" "Be careful next time" "It would be embarrassing if the neighbours know" "Everything is fine now" "Everyone, please leave" "It's over." "Please leave" "Han, be careful next time" "Thank you" "Leave" "It's no problem" "Everything is fine now" "Please leave, everyone" "It was a misunderstanding" "Just a misunderstanding" "Everything is fine." "Leave"