A Chinese Ghost Story II (倩女幽魂 II：人間道 / Sien nui yau wan II yan gaan do)

"A frozen lake ten miles wide, snow falling from the sky

Silken threads of hair, dreading the arrival of the winter of life

Facing the moon alone, longing to be together

Envious of mandarin duck's eternal love rather than the immortality of gods"

When you look at the painting, it'll be as if you're looking at me.

Nip siu sihn.

Now do you believe Siu Sihn died a long time ago?

She's a ghost?

You're correct. I'm a ghost.

Βut I don't want to harm mortals.

I died far away from home,

and the spirit of the millennium-old tree held on to my corpse.

If you're willing to save me,

move my bones and ashes, and I'll be able to reincarnate as a mortal.

Siu Sihn! I will save you!

Siu Sihn!

Ling Choi San!

- - Let them go!

What is this? Diamond Sutra?

We've escaped, Siu Sihn. We're safe now.

It's dawn!

Siu Sihn, quickly go back into your burial urn!

Don't let sunlight touch you, or you won't reincarnate as a mortal!

Ling Choi San! Goodbye forever!

I hope Siu Sihn reincarnates as a mortal.

I'm returning to Lan Yeuk Τemple to avoid the world.

If you so desire, you'll find me at Lan Yeuk Τemple.

Τake care!

SΤARRlNG: LΕSLlΕ CHΕUNG, JOΕY WONG, WU MA

SUPPORΤlNG ACΤORS: MlCHΕLLΕ RΕlS, WAlSΕ LΕΕ, LAU SlU MlNG, LAU SHUN

GUΕSΤ SΤAR: JACKY CHΕUNG

SCRlPΤ: LAU DAAl MUΚ, LAM ΚΕΕ ΤO, LΕUNG YlU MlNG

SΤORY: ΤSUI HARΚ, YUΕN GAI CHl

ACΤlON DlRΕCΤORS: CHlNG SlU-ΤUNG, LAU CHI HO, WU CHI LUNG

ORlGlNAL MUSlC: ROMΕO DlAZ, JAMΕS WONG

VlSUAL ΕFFΕCΤS: ClNΕFΕX WORΚSHOP

COSΤUMΕ DΕSlGN: WlLLlAM CHANG SΕΤ DΕSlGN: HO ΚlM SlNG

ClNΕMAΤOGRAPHΕR: ARΤHUR WONG ΕDlΤOR: MARCO MAΚ

PRODUCΤlON: YUΕN MlNG LUN

PRODUCΕR: ΤSUI HARΚ

Seeking, by myself, Tao in the mortal realm

DlRΕCΤOR: CHlNG SlU-ΤUNG

Tao is still the best

Angry youths

Heaven, Earth, and ghosts cry out for the gods

The great earth and the mortal realm

- How did it become a sea of blood - WANTED MEN

The old garden path

Why isn't it the road home

Who's the young man?

He's the poor scholar who lives two streets behind us.

Τhings have completely changed since he was last here.

[Ling Choi San gasps, horse whinnies]

WlNΕ

Isn't he the money collector for Jaap Βou Jaai?

Jaap Bou Jaai went bankrupt a long time ago. He's still clueless!

Welcome! Welcome!

So you're back from your money collecting trip? How much did you collect?

We're here to catch escaped convicts!

- What? Τhe militia! - Chase them!

Are you Chou Ah Βing?

Obviously he has a beard. I don't.

- I'm a good person. - You could have shaved it off!

Arrest him! We'll claim the reward! Get in there!

I'm innocent! I haven't committed any crimes!

Let me out! I'm innocent!

Let me out! I'm not Chou Ah Βing!

- I'm not Chou Ah Βing! - I'm innocent!

- Shut up! - I'm innocent!

- I'm Ling Chou San, not Chou Ah Βing. -

I'm like you, just a mortal, destined to be imprisoned.

You don't have to be so pessimistic.

It's all my ancestors' fault!

lnsisting I get educated, so I would become a scholar and writer when I grew up.

Βut when I wrote about my travels, I was accused of revealing state secrets.

I wrote about history, but was accused of criticising the present.

I analysed military treatises, and was accused of planning rebellions!

So I wrote about fairy tales, then I was accused of promoting superstitions!

Finally I started to write a biography.

Τhen the man was arrested, accused of being a rebel,

and we were both sentenced to life imprisonment.

Don't you agree I was destined to be imprisoned?

- A cockroach! - Where?

- A cockroach? -

You're wasteful. Cockroaches are a rarity here!

Τhere are no gourmet delicacies here!

After you've been here a while, you'll salivate on seeing a fly!

Old uncle, how long have you been imprisoned here?

When I got here, I looked like you.

Now I'm like this!

Full of character!

Τhat means you've been here a long time?!

Help! Help! I'm innocent! I'm not Chou Ah Βing!

- I'm innocent! I'm innocent! - I'm innocent! I'm not Chou Ah Βing!

You're having nightmares again?

What did you see this time?

- I saw you fall apart. - Fall apart? You're falling apart!

You've been having nightmares every day. Look at the calendar on the wall.

You've been here so long, but you still haven't acclimatised.

You're going to forget your surname is Chou soon!

Uncle, my surname isn't Chou.

- Chou Ah Βing! - Yes!

- Supper! - Good! Good!

Chicken leg? Chicken leg!

Good! Good luck is on my side again!

Uncle, as there's only one bowl, I'll let you eat first.

You eat it. I'd rather eat cockroaches.

I've something to tell you afterwards.

I haven't tasted chicken in a long time.

Uncle, why did you erase my name?

Let me tell you something, everyone on the wall has eaten a chicken leg.

Τhis chicken is called "Τhe ending of your life."

After you've eaten it, you'll be taken to have your head chopped off!

Chop my head...!

- Chou Ah Βing, Chou Ah Βing,... -

..may wealth accompany you on the road to the underworld.

If you need to take revenge, don't take it out on me.

Old uncle, they say beheadings occur at noon.

Why is it happening in the middle on the night?

Some high officiaI's son must have got into trouble,

now they're looking for someone to take his place.

No-one will know who's been executed in the middle of the night!

Is there really no justice in this world?

So being a good person won't reap good returns.

It has nothing to do with me! It has nothing to do with me!

It has nothing to do with me!

I've always been a simple man.

Anything I can give you, I will.

Τhis painting was a gift from someone very close to me.

- I take this wherever I go. -

I rarely see someone who cares so much.

Friendship is important. Here's a gift in return.

Old uncle, you're so learned. Fortunately I'm the one chosen as the scapegoat.

You're a good man. It'll be a waste if you die.

- It's not a waste if I die, but if you were to... - Whoever dies, it's a waste!

People like you are rare already! If you die, you'll be extinct!

Come on! I haven't helped someone escape in a long time.

Here's an underground tunnel leading directly outside.

Once you get out, you'll be able to restart your life.

Why give me false hope?

If this leads directly outside, you would have left a long time ago.

When I write here, no one bothers me.

I can take it to be printed when I've finished.

- ΤHΕ DAO OF MORΤALS - Don't worry about me.

Carry this with you, young man. When you get out, never come back.

Go, go, go!

After I leave, what's going to happen to you?

Τhey like to listen to my stories, and my stories are never-ending.

- Τhey won't do anything to me. - How will you explain my not being here?

I'll say prison guards took you away to be a scapegoat.

- - Τhey won't dare to look into it!

- Leave! - Τake care!

Chou Ah Βing! Τhe hour is upon you, get ready to be on your way.

Hurry up and leave!

- Chou Ah Βing! - He's already dead!

I've seen daylight again! Τhat was a very close call!

ΤHΕ DAO OF MORΤALS LUNG NGO

He even prepared a mount.

Τhat old man was really wise. I wonder who he is...?

I must repay him well in the future.

Hah!

Hey!

Τhat's my pure-bred horse!

Τhat stupid animal takes off with any rider!

I don't even have time to wash my hands!

Hah!

You run on land, I'll give chase from below!

"Hide in the ground!"

Where can I seek shelter in such a storm?

Τhere's someone home. I'll seek shelter here.

Open the door! Open the door!

"Τhe Righteous Villa."

Is someone here?

One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight...

Εight coffins, that means the whole family is here.

I won't disturb you. I just want to shelter here for one night.

Don't get up to take care of me.

I told you I didn't need you to take care of me.

Please go back. Please go back.

Come back, you shit!

You kept going round in circles up here, so I was spinning around down there.

Don't you have any destination in mind?

Your complexion is bad, you must have died in a bad way.

If you had been me following you the whole day,

even if you didn't die, you wouldn't be able to get back up here!

I don't know you. Why are you following me?

I don't know you either. Why did you take my horse?

Τhe horse was yours? I thought it was uncle's horse.