Bodyguards and Assassins (十月围城 / Shi yue wei cheng) (十月圍城)

Democracy comes from the Greek root ''demos''...

...meaning ''the people''...

...and ''kratein'' meaning ''to rule''

ln other words...

...to govern according to the will of the majority

Lincoln once said

Of the people

by the people

for the people

lt represents the ideals of the future China that l truly believe in

A people's republic!

Prof. Yang

Will we ever see that day?

l know that day will come

Even if l don't live to see it...

You will!

Professor! Professor!

Yang Qu-yun, the former leader of the Revive China Society...

...was gunned down on October 1st, 1901

lt was the first political assassination in Hong Kong's history

Hong Kong was once a British colony...

...a haven for political exiles and revolutionaries

After the assassination of Yang, darkness loomed over Hong Kong

On October 1st, 1906

Sun Yat-sen, aka Sun Wen, left Tokyo on a perilous journey to Hong Kong...

THE FORBlDDEN ClTY, BElJlNG

Your Majesty

The traitor Sun Wen left Japan

He must not leave Hong Kong alive then

Summon General Yan

CHlNA HONG KONG BORDER

''ENTRY PERMlT''

What is the purpose of your visit?

To visit ancestral graves

That policeman, he's the one

Tail this man

CHEN XlAO-BAl FORMER HONG KONG CHAlR OF THE UNlTED LEAGUE OF CHlNA

Young master was accepted at a Western college!

The master is giving away rice in celebration!

Line up only once!

Take only as much as you can carry with one hand!

Come!

JlN Ll YUAN ESTATE

Step right up!

Master, all the guests have arrived

Young master is also ready

You're going to a western college, you should wear a western suit

Yes, father

Congratulation, Yu-tang!

Mr. Chen, you're late

Please follow me

What the hell...

The son is poised to take over from his father

Chong-guang will be the first Chinese Taipan in Hong Kong!

Yale University in America!

You're taking too much!

But you said ''one hand''!

Thank you, brother!

Three, two, one!

Not bad... but the queue looks a bit odd with the suit

Where's my present?

Mr. Shi, allow me to introduce you to...

...Burmese tycoon, Mr. Deng Youlin

Hong Kong's Chief of Police, Mr. Shi Mi-fu

Mr. Shi is the pride of the Chinese community!

What is it?

Sun Wen is coming!

How much money do you need this time?

Do you know why he's coming?

Yu-tang

Dr. Sun is meeting with the United League delegates from the thirteen provinces

He's going to unite the various factions and...

...launch a mass rebellion within the next few years!

lt will take place across the country...

...in Guangdong, Guangxi, Fujian and Yunnan!

Yunnan's Lui Zhi-yi, Guangdong's Xu Xue-qiu...

Shandong's Xu Jing-xin and...

Hubei's Liu Jing-an...

Delegates from all over are coming here to discuss the grand plan with Dr. Sun!

Huang Xing and Sung Jiao-ren are coming too!

We're on the verge of a great change

China will be shaken to its core!

A new world is coming!

Yu-tang, just imagine

The Revolution begins right here

And you will be part of it!

How much?

Three thousand Hong Kong dollars

You ask for more each time... l'll think of something

Offer them each 25 cents

Yes, madam!

Ma...

Shush or l'll take you away and sell you!

What the hell!

Mama!

The time and day are confirmed

9 a.m. on the 15th

Dr. Sun will arrive at Star Ferry Pier

l need to know who's leading the Qing assassins...

...and how many men they have

Our comrades in Guangzhou will do their best to find out

The Qing court will try to eliminate Dr. Sun at all costs

You and your men are our only defense in Hong Kong

We've been waiting for this day!

After Cixi placed the Emperor under house arrest at the end of the Hundred Days Reform

l led 300 brothers out of Tientsin to escape persecution from the Qing court

Only thirty of us survived

As long as Cixi remains in power, we will fight to restore our honor!

General Fang, we're counting on you!

Brothers!

Our day of reckoning is here!

Four days from now, we'll fight to the death!

Our time has come! Yes, sir!

Father!

Go to bed

Do you remember why we came to Hong Kong?

Why mother died? Why can't l go to school?

We've lived in 15 towns over the course of 6 years

We've finally settle down! Why do we need to run again?

One day we will return home to Tientsin

...and never run again

l've heard the same lie too many times

KOWLOON WALLED ClTY THE LAST CHlNESE ENCLAVE lN BRlTlSH-RULED HONG KONG

l cried the day l received the imperial decree!

My prayers were finally answered after years of disgrace and humiliation

Thank the heavens for giving me the chance to fight for my country

l'm a soldier, we're all soldiers!

Soldiers are meant to die in battle!

Brothers, drink up!

Death to the traitor! Long live the empire!

4 DAYS BEFORE SUN'S ARRlVAL

Rise

Where did he go?

He went to Li Yu-tang's house...

...then Gao Sheng Theatre

Thank you!

Thank you!

l hear you like to gamble? Gambling is a passion!

Passion means getting what you want at all costs

l like people with a passion

lf l get paid, l'll do anything

Brother, it's already dawn! lt's closing time!

One last round! Just deal!

l can do this...

Yes, yes... l knew it!

You're going to lose this time!

Reveal!

l win!

We're closed now!

One last round!

Good morning, master

Good morning, father

Where is he?

He's taking his breakfast in his study

Can't he sit down to a proper meal?

You...

You're studying?

Yes, father

Tomorrow is your late mother's birthday

Yes, father

Your face...

A-si

You can read?

Young master taught me 53 words! But now he's busy with his studies

You want to learn to read?

l do!

l'll ask Tang Jiu to find you a teacher

Thank you, master!

DA-YOU PHOTOGRAPHY

Master Liu!

Prepare an opium pipe for Master Liu!

Master, have you seen that woman before?

People say he squandered the family fortune...

...all because of that woman

Nosy!

Brothers and sisters! Fellow citizens of Hong Kong!

Not far to the north...

Our fellow countrymen are suffering...

... under the corrupt and dying Qing Empire

My fellow countrymen

The Chinese United League was founded in Tokyo...

...to overthrow the corrupt Qing regime and bring democracy to China

Support democracy! Support Dr. Sun!

Donate to the Chinese United League...

Chong-guang?

But master...

Support democracy!

Support Dr. Sun!

Support Dr. Sun!

Bring democracy to China!

Support Dr. Sun! Support...

Come home with me!

l will not forsake my country!

...do not forsake our country

Go home!

l will not forsake my country!

Go home!

l will not be a coward!

We will not be cowards! We will not forsake our country!

You're turning against me too?