Pulang

I promise to take care of your heart...

until the end of my life.

I want to see you adorned.

Let me go, Thom.

You and Omar are my life.

I will return.

Ahmad!

Take it easy, Grandma. I'm here. Easy, easy.

Grandma, we should go to the hospital.

No.

If I go,

I will never come back to this house.

There isn't much time.

I won't be here much longer.

Please don't say that.

I want to know, Ahmad.

Before I die,

I want to know

what really happened.

Listen to the story I kept all these years,

from beginning to end.

I never believed in love at first sight...

but it happens

when you least expect it.

Have a look, then choose.

All fresh from the sea.

All the fishes are fresh.

Come. Take a look at the fresh fish.

There's mackerel, sardines, threadfish...

-Come and take a look. -Miss.

-Have a look first. -These are fresh fishes.

Thom, if you want the good ones,

go there.

Come. There are lots of fresh fishes.

Somehow they always end up at Othman's.

You're right.

Salmah.

Mackerel, Man. Like always. Give me the big ones.

-The usual right, Salmah? -Yes, like always.

This is my friend, Thom. Che Puteh's grandniece.

Che Puteh is unwell. She's here to look after her.

-Salmah. -What do you want, Karim?

Thank you, Man.

What?

I'll have the same.

All items are RM1.

That's too much.

It's okay. Take it.

For Che Puteh.

-Thank you. -You're welcome.

Che Thom.

Are you done?

We'll take our leave now.

-Che Thom. -Che Thom.

Your basket looks awfully heavy.

Fresh fish, come and choose!

Brother, that looks heavy. Be careful. Those hips might just give out.

Salmah.

Taib, I'm going to get more fish.

Man.

Don't stare too long at that house.

What if the walls break?

To Che Thom who...

Dear...

For...

Othman.

Oh, God.

Thank you.

You haven't been here in a while.

Che Puteh hasn't been well.

I can't leave her for long.

Salmah is with her now.

Have you ever been out to the sea?

I'm actually afraid of the deep sea.

I'm scared of drowning.

But the sea is calmer than the shore.

How is that possible?

Close your eyes.

Close them.

Imagine you're alone in the middle of the ocean.

Look at the sky.

Blue.

Bathed in sunlight.

As far as the eye can see.

Picture the ocean.

As green...

as it is deep...

with no end in sight.

All is quiet.

There is no other sound

except for your heartbeat.

That's calm to me, Che Thom.

But the sea is never calm. Right, Othman?

Otherwise...

that boat wouldn't be like that.

Washed up...

and abandoned.

At least the boat had been to sea.

What good is a boat if it's just anchored by the shore?

Che Puteh.

Oh, my God.

Grandma!

-Che Puteh. Thom. -Grandma!

-Che Puteh. Oh, my God. I warned her. -Grandma.

Grandma.

How did you fall? Grandma. Grandma Puteh.

Grandma's death

left me lost and alone.

I lost a shoulder to cry on and someone to love.

Che Thom.

How much longer will you be here?

Che Thom, don't go.

Che Thom, you don't have to leave. Just stay here.

If I...

Che Thom, how long...

-When do you have to go? -What is it, Othman?

When is Che Puteh leaving?

How much longer will you be here?

A day or two.

There's no reason for me to stay on.

I have no one to stay for.

Before you go...

I know that

I have no riches

nor a family.

I am too ordinary.

And yet I am unashamed to dream of...

having you as my wife.

I will work hard.

I will try.

As long as there's strength in my body, I'll work hard to give you--

You do have no shame, Othman.

Why would you think I'd place riches before heart?

We are just the same.

I, too, have nothing, Othman...

except for a heart.

A heart that loves.

I promise...

I promise to take care of your heart...

until the end of my life.

We married soon after.

I have never been as happy, Ahmad.

But two years later,

Japan invaded Malaya.

Hurry up, keep walking!

Japan soon occupied the whole country.

Day after day, our lives became even more difficult.

Move! Hurry up and go!

Move!

Move now!

Freedom from the British!

Hurry up.

Friends turned to enemies.

Traitors were everywhere.

Calm down, everyone. They are here to free us from British occupation.

All the men have to help the Japanese.

Malays, Indians, here.

Chinese, over there. Hurry up!

Asia for Asians!

Japan is our ally, and they want to help us.

Move.

I have to go, Thom.

Man. Don't go, Man. Don't go.

Don't worry.

I'll find a way home.

No need to be afraid.

Just follow him.

That was the first time Othman left me.

Move! Hurry up and go!

The Chinese-Japanese war that started in mainland China spilled over here.

The Japanese continued their revenge on the Chinese in Malaya.

Thank you.

We stop here. Exchange the control.

We'll move after an hour.

Everyone, listen up. An hour from now, we move on from here.

We are going behind that mountain to build an airport.

Hurry up and cook.

Hey.

Say "Peace be upon you, Omar." Quick.

Peace be upon you, Omar.

-Peace be upon you, Omar. -Peace be upon you, too.

Didn't expect to see you here. What are the odds?

Damn Japanese.

The Chinese were hunted and murdered viciously.

You've been made.

That man is Chinese.

Better make a run for it now.

Why are you telling me this?

It's okay. Relax.

Go deal with it and do it now.

Relax.

Get him! Capture him!

Find them!

I know where you are hiding.

There is no place to hide here.

Search there!

You will not escape.

Come out!

Hurry, find them.

They could be hiding amongst the bodies.