She's Got No Name (2025) Movie Script
Just heading out to scam people?
What time is it?
It's no scam!
I'm gathering karmic virtue.
Don't you read the almanac?
It's not right to go out today.
Why should I read the almanac?
The leaking from upstairs woke me up.
You're the landlord,
go talk to them about it.
Hello, everyone.
I'm Xi Lin.
I didn't expect
such a big turnout for my play.
We're here to see you!
Today's play
is about a housewife named Nora.
She lives off her husband
and she still walks out from home.
Mr Lu Xun cares about this,
just like me.
He said
Nora's walkout has only 2 outcomes:
Depravity or returning home.
But I beg to differ.
I believe
a woman living for herself
has endless possibilities.
Now, please enjoy
a new version of "A Doll's House",
"Nora's Walks Out".
Commissioner Xue.
The body's in the first
room on the second floor.
I've sent our brothers
up to secure the area.
A young couple lived there.
The deceased is the husband.
The wife spent a whole
day cutting up his body.
There's blood everywhere.
She killed her husband?
Yes.
Then arrest her, why wait for me?
There are journalists.
Women dare kill their men these days?
The world is really going to hell.
Who's this?
This is the blind fortune teller
who lives downstairs.
The blood leaked to his face.
He didn't know and went out.
You didn't smell the blood?
My nose was blocked from cold.
Commissioner.
What the fuck.
Who's that on the floor out there?
My husband.
How did he die?
I killed him.
Reporting, Commissioner.
The head's missing.
Where's the head?
Thrown away.
Where to?
Suzhou Creek...
from Waibaidoo Bridge.
Take her away.
Go!
Suspect is Mrs Zhan,
30 years old.
The couple was married for 10 years,
no children.
No adultery, no murder.
More questioning at the station?
I need to understand...
if society is right,
or I am.
Better to die with enlightenment
than live in ignorance!
How did Mrs Zhan kill Zhan Yun-ying?
Using a kitchen cleaver.
She killed and dismembered
her husband in his sleep.
Zhan's wife admitted her guilt
right at the scene of the crime.
Tailai News only mentions your efforts
to solve the case,
but not her motive for the murder.
Marital discord.
Commissioner Xue.
Why did she kill her husband?
Regardless of her motive,
she has committed a crime.
Do you know how his neighbors
used to call the victim?
They called him "Big Zhan".
He was over 180cm and strong.
Zhan's wife is just 160cm and frail.
What makes you so sure
she was even able to kill Big Zhan?
Why couldn't a woman kill a man
who was sleeping like a pig?
Commissioner Xue,
isn't it hasty to close a case
without finding the head?
Listen up, we are the police!
It's our duty to ensure the safety
of Huangpu and Shanghai citizens.
So what if we didn't find the head?
No head, no punishment?
This woman...
This woman killed her husband,
the patriarch of the family
and chopped him into pieces.
It's unheard of!
If we don't punish this
kind of murderer severely,
where's justice?
Did Zhan's wife have any accomplices?
Mark my final words:
With full evidence,
the case is closed!
It was all Zhan's wife.
You told reporters
it was all Zhan's wife.
Look at his right neck wound.
On the left.
Here.
Only this cut is smooth.
Small, but deep.
Almost through the whole neck.
Only one cleaver at the scene.
Tell me, how do you kill with it?
Like this?
Or like this?
There was another knife.
An inch wide,
three inches long.
Perhaps even another suspect!
Remember me?
You're that one that caught me.
That one?
The Commissioner of the Huangpu
Police Department, Xue Zhi-wu.
A shrew who murdered her husband.
You should consider an
honor to meet me twice.
You'll tell me the truth right?
You killed Big Zhan?
Yes.
You dismembered his body?
Yes.
Then I don't understand.
You had all day to dismember him.
Why didn't you run?
I'm an orphan.
I've lost touch with my ex-master.
I have no place to go.
After dismembering, then what?
I thought I'd figured it all out.
If I did it slowly,
maybe I wouldn't be discovered.
But I don't know why,
the more I chopped,
the more pieces there were.
I didn't know
a person had so much blood.
What kind of knife did you use?
A cleaver.
What about the other knife?
I only had one at home.
Where's the other knife?
I only had one.
Remember now?
I'm asking you one last time.
Where's the knife?
I only had one knife.
Where's the knife?
Where?
Tell me!
I'm sorry.
I'm sorry.
I'll never hit you again.
Please, say something!
Get her out of here!
The Lord says,
waste is the worst sin.
Once dead, one's left goods become waste.
Sister, she has a gold tooth.
Once done,
I got better stuff for you.
Don't worry.
You are not going to die.
A nice spot just opened up.
Who wants it?
I do.
You sleep there.
Next to the potty.
Come and try some.
Thanks, sis.
I know who you are.
You're the one who killed her husband.
Every woman has three gifts:
Brain,
breasts,
and belly.
They can be lifesavers.
You're superior.
You even had a knife.
How does it feel to kill someone?
I forgot.
What do you make of the knife?
It means she's...
the murderer!
Manager Cai!
We agreed on 30 days,
why stop in three?
I'll store the props and sets
and manage actor schedules for you.
I need to postpone your play a bit.
I promise
you won't lose one day.
Mr Cai,
we have a contract!
OK.
Here's the contract compensation.
Count it.
Cool it.
Don't worry.
Once this murder fuss is over,
we'll put your play back on.
"Nora's Walkout" will resume.
We creatives
must keep up with the times.
Look at them!
This is public sentiment.
A corpse!
A corpse!
Are you stupid?
The Commissioner is nauseous!
Deputy Editor-in-Chief Zhang,
Tailai News has been doing great lately.
But you're the talk of town, Commissioner.
Let me get this straight.
The Japanese,
they want her.
But if you want her back...
Give me five gold fish.
Big ones.
I'll release Wu Ling.
Commissioner Xue, you're mistaken.
My newspaper is not paying.
I'll pay out of my own pocket.
Enjoy the play.
Braised fish tail,
sizzling eel strips,
braised pork,
grilled pork chops, pancake,
dough sticks, rice cakes...
You have great appetite, Commissioner!
Okay, five.
But not to release her.
You make sure Wu Ling dies in prison.
You want her dead?!
If she's alive,
she'll be the honorary
Chief Editor forever.
All she did was writing about Chungking,
and you want her dead.
What a shame.
Spending so much to
become the editor-in-chief...
Is it worth it?
What if the Japanese lose?
If the ship sinks,
everyone in this theatre...
we'll all be going down.
"New king purges the old guards."
No one is spared.
Whoever takes Shanghai,
they'll need me to run it.
Remember, ten gold fish.
Big ones.
You said five!
Five is to save her.
But you want her dead.
The Zhan's wife's case...
it will go to public trial.
Journalism is not my thing.
You help me finish it nicely.
You help me finish it nicely.
The Boss is asking you.
Where is the head?
Where's the head?
Where is it?
For as long as you live,
you'll never find the head!
Han!
Han!
Come!
Commissioner Xue.
Let's call it a day.
Can you help me out?
Before the incense burns out,
if you can straighten this,
you shall have your answer.
It broke, Young Master.
"The cursed love shall endure beyond time,"
"And your days a thirst...
to escape the wedding tie."
What do those
two lines mean?
She and Big Zhan have been entwined
for several lifetimes.
What she owed him from a past life
must be repaid in this one.
If not settled now,
then in the next life,
and the one after...
and even further.
To prevent him from having a complete body
for reincarnation,
Zhan's wife threw away his head.
So you're saying...
she doesn't want us to find the head.
She's risked her own life
to end her fate with Big Zhan!
You better find the head quickly
and send Big Zhan off.
Was beheading your idea?
Commissioner,
were you born in the year of the Rooster?
I was born a Rooster too.
Where I'm from,
I'm two zodiac cycles older than you.
Big changes for you this year.
You are turning 36.
Your sign clashes with the Jupiter cycle.
There's no joy and maybe mishap.
Whether you'll be blessed
or cursed
depends on your choices this year.
You're a Rooster
in Jiyou year.
Zhan's wife is a Rabbit in Yimao year.
Your birth years are in conflict...
and her life force is strong.
My advice...
You better stay away from this case.
I don't believe in fate!
Do you smell that?
The floor reeks of your man's blood.
Sit.
You said you had only one knife,
Also,
when you said
that the head was thrown
from the Waibaidoo Bridge,
you were lying to me.
You chopped up your man into pieces
and turned him into ground meat.
"Marriage is a lifelong commitment."
But you didn't leave his body whole.
Luckily, we found the head already.
Sit down.
It's bloated beyond recognition.
Pale and dirty.
One eyeball is bulging.
The other's fallen from the socket.
The hair,
skin, and flesh
are squashed together
like a rotten persimmon.
So soft you can poke a hole in it.
You won't recognize it soon.
The head's just downstairs.
Shall we go take a look?
I'm not going!
I'm not going!
No?
I'm not going!
You better take a look.
Let's pop it back on
and make his body whole again.
His body can't be made whole!
I'm not going!
So...
how many knives were there?
Two knives.
Correct.
Both knives are yours!
When you take the stand,
tell all this to the court.
Otherwise, I'll reattach his head...
and reunite you
lovebirds in your next life.
You
killed him alone.
This is the truth.
Your life is worth ten gold bars.
I've already taken half.
Who wants to kill me?
What?
You think it's unfair?
Nothing is unfair.
You traitors make the rules.
Take your clothes off.
Take them off.
Why?
Because I make the rules.
Oppose trial without a head!
The defendant is Mrs Zhan.
On the morning of March 22,
while the deceased
Zhan Yun-ying was sleeping,
she used a fish knife
to murder him
and then used a cleaver to dismember him.
There're no accomplices in this case.
Mrs Zhan,
do you plead guilty?
Defendant!
How to start a trial without a head?
The head is still missing!
The police are still looking for head
at Waibaidoo Bridge.
I didn't kill anyone.
The interrogation record
clearly has your fingerprint on it.
I'm illiterate.
I was coerced.
Overturning your statement
could mean more penalties.
I advise you to confess.
It was all him!
He wrote it!
If I didn't confess,
he'd hit me!
Silence!
You didn't go hard enough.
No talking!
This court declares,
in order to ensure fair judgment,
this trial is suspended!
Pending further investigation,
the trial will resume on a new date.
Dismissed!
They say you aren't strong enough
to kill Big Zhan.
This pig is just as big.
Show me how you kill him.
Fuck off!
Why did you fuck with me?
You lied to me first.
You didn't find his head.
You're picking a fight with me?
You started the fight.
If you weren't the murderer,
then who was it?
I'll find him and bury you together.
It's you again, from the Zhou's.
Is your master tight on money?
He's pawned half of his home.
You seem different today.
This mark on my face...
I was born with it.
Fortune tellers say it's a bad sign
and that my parents died early
because of me.
What's it have to do with the mark?
I've got a mark too.
Let's see...
whose sign is worse.
You're famous now.
What does this say?
"In Defense of the Husband Killer".
This article's in your favour!
Who wrote this?
The author is Xi Lin.
Also a woman.
A woman who divorced her husband.
How can women divorce men?
She exposed her man's scandals,
sold them for a lot of money,
and then used that money
to get rid of that fucker.
Can you read it for me?
Zhan Yun-ying, a degenerate gambler,
would drink and go
home to beat his wife up.
It's a mug's game.
We don't have a gambler's luck.
If we have to suffer a bit.
I don't mind.
Why pawned my shoes?
I wanted you home.
Those were my shoes.
Would they've let you go otherwise?
How dare you decide for me?
If I hadn't,
you'd still be kneeling there.
How dare you talk back to me!
What are you saying?
What are you doing?
"A mug's game"?
A mug's game?
I did it to support a jinx like you!
In her world,
women cannot initiate a divorce.
All decisions rest on men,
including women's fate.
Must she not resist at all,
rather kill herself or be killed,
in order to be socially acceptable?
It feels as if...
Miss Xi Lin knows me.
Mrs Zhan is not a stage actress.
She lives in a miserable reality,
with no audience to empathize.
What sort of future...
can such a woman have?
Since time immemorial...
this world...
has always belonged to chauvinist pigs.
May women today...
not yield to them,
nor let them get their way.
I'm going to Hong Kong.
Come with me.
Director Zhang,
people like us, what
can we do in Hong Kong?
See how things go first.
You could go to Tokyo with me.
Then we'll truly become traitors!
We've lost this hand.
We are whatever
they say we are.
Zhan has embarrassed me in front of
everyone in Shanghai.
I want to see her executed first.
I've opened the window for some air.
Is that OK?
Where are the latches?
Big Zhan pawned them.
They're made of copper.
Look there, and here.
He'd dismantled everything.
Even the bed frame!
What a crook.
Big Zhan'd been gambling
since he lost his job.
Enough, be quiet!
On the night of the incident,
you were downstairs?
Correct.
Heard any noise?
I heard them arguing at first,
then it quieted down.
So both of us went to bed.
In the middle of the night,
they started fighting again.
This time even louder.
Sometimes loud, sometimes soft.
Bang! Clang!
Ding! Dang!
Shut it. I'm talking.
Shut it. I'm talking.
Sometimes loud, sometimes soft...
I'm not done yet.
Shut it.
So I got dressed
and went to the door.
Are you OK?
There's always a reason
why when men hit women.
Otherwise why wouldn't my husband hit me?
Don't you agree, Sir?
How about you shut up!
Let me ask you then. Did she meet anyone?
I told you to stop talking.
I really don't know if she had a lover.
All I know is Big Zhan...
would hit her so hard.
Once the police were called.
Even they couldn't restrain him!
You remember?
I'll be quiet.
Mr Ho.
Do you remember anything?
His name is Ho Hui-Xian.
A locksmith.
He's lived here for over a year.
Where were you on
the night of the incident?
I had drinks at a friend's place.
I drank a little too much,
so I crashed there.
Mrs Zhan had a small business at one point.
She then worked at a cotton mill.
Big Zhan didn't allow her to go.
Said she went out to seduce other men.
Who she knows out there?
We are just neighbours and have no idea.
We only know what her man said.
What cotton mill?
This is Jin Ian?
A gambling friend recommended her.
Zhang Bao-fu.
We call him "Little Hubei".
He said his wife Jin Ian
wanted a job to help out her family.
He asked me to help arrange it.
Finished writing?
OK.
After starting in the factory,
you first train for 3 months
before being assigned a job.
The factory provides 2 buns daily,
with one day off a week.
The first 3 months, you get half-pay.
Satisfied?
Don't flirt at work. Do it at home.
We've been married for so long.
If done poorly,
I won't give him face.
Did you hear?
If her real husband hadn't shown up,
I wouldn't have known
Jin Ian wasn't her real name,
and her "husband" wasn't her husband.
What's Zhang Bao-fu to you?
Speak up.
Your boss is asking you.
Who's your man?
Whose bed do you share?
So?
Embarrassed, huh?
Why don't you quit your job?
Shall I bring that guy here?
I'll beat him up and let him confess.
Sure, bring him here.
Give him a good beat.
He'll tell people how much debt you owe
and how many things you've pawned.
You talking back to me?
OK.
I talked too much.
I'll shut up.
Who should I give the money to?
Don't take the money!
Let go!
You'll gamble with the money.
I work here to pay off your debts.
How do I support you if I don't gamble?
You have a good life at home,
but you still seek men here, right?
Just give me my money!
You're not leaving?
To where?
I'm still busy, OK?
I'll reprimand you later.
You're shameless, but I still have dignity.
What are you looking at?
Jin Ian.
Why are you still here?
Go back.
He's like that.
It'll all be good.
Don't make me go.
Jin Ian,
He won't let you off...
but would you let me off,
please?
I'm begging you.
Give it to me.
This one.
Come on!
That one's mine too! That over there!
Give my money back!
What are you doing?
Stealing my money eh?
Take it outside!
Sorry.
Go!
Out!
Enough already!
Let go!
I'm making money.
Go home!
No!
Go home!
Give me the money!
I'm not going home!
Go home!
No?
Fuck off.
Fuck off!
Is this what you want?!
Is this what you want?!
I told you to leave!
If I'd known how bad she had it,
I wouldn't have let her go.
Commissioner Xue!
I didn't expect to see you here.
I need to report to Director Zhang,
after which I'll leave.
The case was solved?
Even you intellectuals
are interested in this small case.
I'm feeling flattered.
Is it the guy in the casino?
Zhang Bao-fu?
You're well informed.
But one thing puzzles me.
With already a gambler at home,
Mrs Zhan was bedding another?
You don't really think...
such a stupid woman really exists?
So what do you think?
I think, for a woman to kill her husband,
why must she has a lover?
She was taken advantage of by Zhang,
but you call it adultery.
A knife to the heart!
It's got to be you.
You do whatever it takes
to get what you want.
But remember one thing.
Prepare better for court this time.
Don't make a fool of
yourself in court again.
Tell me.
Are you really seeking
justice for that woman,
or it's just an ego trip?
I know your type.
Just because you can write,
you think you're invincible.
All you really do is use your looks
to seduce a few men.
No different from streetwalkers.
I don't care how you think of me.
To men like you,
there are only two types of women:
The virtuous wives at home
or those who sell themselves.
I can seduce a few men,
and I can even make them obey me.
Want to see?
What are you talking about?
I want to hear.
We're talking about men.
Men?
Which man?
Zhang Bao-fu.
Discussing the case
with an amateur like Miss Xi Lin
has been quite inspiring.
Listen to what she says.
If not,
she'll write you into her next article!
Zhang Bao-fu...
he's your lover?
Not talking?
Bitch! What did you tell the cops?
Why drag me down with you?
How're you related to Zhan's wife?
I got her a job there...
That's because...
Big Zhan owed me a lot of money.
So I thought,
if his wife could make some money,
his debt could be repaid sooner.
Commissioner,
paying back debts is a common practice.
I didn't break any law.
On the night that Big Zhan died,
you went where after the casino?
I went home to sleep.
Any witnesses?
Who could've witnessed me sleeping?
You didn't go home.
You went to Jiang-Yuan Lane
and killed Big Zhan with his wife.
I really went home and slept that night.
Any witnesses?
Han.
Go get some chili oil.
You can't wrong an innocent man!
You? Innocent?
It's not for me.
Pour it into his eyes.
I got her a job!
So what if I slept with her once?
One time doesn't make me her lover!
You're a beast!
If you're horny,
get a whore!
Rules are broken by folks like you!
That doesn't make
whatever you say the truth...
You're quite a feisty one.
Think I won't beat you to death?
No...
No.
You will.
You're wrong.
I won't.
If everyone died here,
the court would be empty.
Break his arm.
I, Zhang Bao-fu,
had an affair with Zhan Yun-ying's wife.
To elope with me,
she and I planned the
murder of Zhan Yun-ying.
On the evening of March 22.1945,
while Zhan Yun-ying was sleeping,
we killed and dismembered him.
All I've said is true and
nothing but the truth.
Thanks for being my guarantor.
Please don't tell him,
I'm working here.
I'll pay back his gambling debt
every month on time from now on.
That's it?
Men on your mind?
I know you're awake.
Quit pretending. It's disrespectful.
When a man first meets a woman,
who wouldn't slip into their best selves?
After together for a while,
he'll be like any other men.
I just don't want to see him
again in my next life.
How do you know you won't meet another him
in your next life?
Live this life well first.
I'm telling you,
the Japanese will lose soon.
When the time comes,
those traitors outside
will be locked up here.
We all have the chance
to make it out alive.
I can make it out alive?
To stay alive...
you have to find your own way.
Do whatever it takes.
What's your plan once you get out?
I never thought I could get out.
After I get out,
I'll buy all front
page headlines in Shanghai
to tell them that I, Wang Xu-mei, am back.
When I was working at the mill,
I passed by a shop window each day.
The cream cakes inside were pretty.
I always thought to myself...
I'd buy a piece on payday.
But all my cash
was spent on repaying his debts.
If I can get out,
I'd love to taste those cakes.
You spiteful jinx!
Get back!
Mrs Zhan!
Get back!
Your honour.
Zhang Bao-fu...
fled fearing his crimes
and was struck by a car.
He died in the street.
Zhang Bao-fu's death
won't affect the rest of the case.
It doesn't matter?
No worries.
Defendant,
do you plead guilty?
Zhang Bao-fu killed him.
Defendant, this is a court of law.
Don't make claims without evidence.
You said Zhang Bao-fu killed him,
where's your proof?
You claim she killed him.
Where's you evidence?
Miss Xi Lin!
Please sit down and listen.
She was coerced by torture into confession.
Law enforcers have broken the law,
trampling lives!
Where's the justice?
Walk.
Mrs Zhan!
Don't yield to them,
nor let them get their way!
Well said!
Silence!
Everyday, Mrs Zhan was...
Everyday
I was poor...
hungry,
and abused all the time.
Her will to live was consumed
by her wish to die.
In her world,
women cannot initiate a divorce.
All decisions rest on men,
including women's fate.
Including my fate.
She lives in a miserable reality,
with no audience to empathize.
Since time immemorial...
It's OK for a man to beat a dog...
this world...
but a dog biting a man...
has always belonged to chauvinist pigs.
Is considered a heinous act.
Could it be what legal justice is,
what society considers rational?
Legal justice...
has never been...
favorable to women like me.
Mrs Zhan, don't yield to them,
nor let them get their way!
Don't yield to them,
nor let them get their way!
I didn't kill anyone.
Here's a boat ticket to Hong Kong.
Sentence her to death
and it's yours.
The defendant
murdered her husband Zhan Yun-ying...
and dismembered him.
For these heinous crimes...
her public rights are revoked
and she is sentenced to death.
Execution date to be determined.
Dismissed!
Today...
is my birthday.
Come celebrate with me.
Something special to send you off.
Where I'm from,
we enjoy the food first,
then the music.
From afar, an ox strides near.
Herdsboy follows near its rear.
Get up and sing, you little sluts.
To ox he strums, its ear not won.
Alas, dear Liang, as dull as one.
Heed not what I have said in jest,
Lest anger rises in your chest.
Reminisce of classmates so,
Send me off before I go.
I will walk you 18 miles, before I go.
I will walk you 18 miles, before I go.
So noisy!
Officer, it's my birthday.
Let her finish the cake first.
Your birthday?
You can't just pick a birthday.
What's going on?
Wang Xu-mei,
you colluded with Ma Hong-fei,
ex-Shanghai Intelligence Secretary,
and aided his escape.
You are found guilty of treason and
harbouring a fugitive.
Officer!
You are stripped of public rights...
and shall be executed immediately.
Wait!
You said I won't die!
It's a mistake!
I'm pregnant.
You can ask the nun.
She can prove it.
Kang Zhong-liang!
Want to feel your child?
Take her away.
Kang Zhong-liang!
Take her away!
I'm pregnant.
Let go of me!
You can't kill a pregnant woman!
It's illegal!
Don't drag me!
Shut up!
You bastards!
You call me a traitor?
You are fucking traitors!
I'm telling you.
I'm telling you.
The Japanese don't want you!
You're all doomed!
Bastards!
Let go of me!
Let go!
Don't kill me!
It's jammed. Give me another.
The more you read
and the more you know,
the sooner they kill you.
You guys should stop sulking.
They're busy offing the educated ones.
Our kind is safe from bullets!
You don't have to learn
the other characters,
but these three...
you must learn to recognise.
Sister!
Sister!
Can you say a prayer for
Wang Xu-mei and her child?
I came too late.
She was looking for you before she left.
I'm going back to my home country.
Sister!
I stored a qipao,
it's the most valuable thing I have.
Can I give it to you?
Sister!
Miss Xi Lin,
I know you've been helping Mrs Zhan.
Who's pregnant?
The Lord says,
waste is the worst sin.
Now, it's Mrs Zhan who's pregnant.
This paper can save her.
Why help her?
I collected a deposit from 121,
but she's already dead.
I think the only one
willing to pay for this...
is you.
It was granted before the execution.
Safe travels, Commissioner Xue!
Zhan!
The National Revolutionary Army has taken
control of Shanghai's Ward Road Prison.
The transfer of power is complete,
any opposition will be severely punished.
Any troops from the former regime
will pay for their crimes,
and surrender to the new government.
Dear listeners,
President Truman of the United States
announced at 4:00 PM local time,
Japan has officially surrendered.
In her article, Miss Xi Lin wrote:
In a dark age like ours,
it's considered the ultimate sin...
to kill one's "beloved husband".
But a husband is just a husband.
Why "beloved'?"
Once the public tires of gossip
about murder, trials, and love affairs,
they want Mrs Zhan to appeal...
to keep the gossip mill spinning.
No one truly cares about her.
Those who seem to care,
bear selfish motives.
Mrs Zhan's tragedy...
is a result of our longstanding
feudal constraints.
Nonetheless, it's a powerful struggle
for gender equality.
Should she be punished,
the hope for women's liberation
will once again fall into
unreachable darkness.
Miss Xi Lin said to me,
"No one else can help you."
Mr Lu Xun said
Nora's walkout has only 2 outcomes:
Depravity
or returning home.
But I believe
a woman living for herself...
has...
endless possibilities.
Looks familiar?
It's true that...
dozens of knives like this
are sold at the knife shop
on your street corner every day.
Nothing unusual about it.
Even the landlady's got one
she uses to cook with everyday.
But...
a bachelor...
who doesn't cook...
why would he buy a fish knife?
You know who I'm talking about, right?
If it's tail, I'll keep going.
If it's head,
I'll give up.
Your voice sounds familiar...
Have our paths crossed before?
I came back after graduation,
to change this inequality.
You said I should
look at the "big picture".
Have you forgotten?
With no new witnesses,
I suggest the original verdict be upheld
and an execution date be set.
Objection!
Objection!
Let's not fight for retrial,
shall we?
How could you let a silver coin
decide your fate?
My fate is in my own hands only.
I have to fight for retrial.
I have a story
that not only keeps up with the times,
but also leads the way in times.
Interested?
What time is it?
It's no scam!
I'm gathering karmic virtue.
Don't you read the almanac?
It's not right to go out today.
Why should I read the almanac?
The leaking from upstairs woke me up.
You're the landlord,
go talk to them about it.
Hello, everyone.
I'm Xi Lin.
I didn't expect
such a big turnout for my play.
We're here to see you!
Today's play
is about a housewife named Nora.
She lives off her husband
and she still walks out from home.
Mr Lu Xun cares about this,
just like me.
He said
Nora's walkout has only 2 outcomes:
Depravity or returning home.
But I beg to differ.
I believe
a woman living for herself
has endless possibilities.
Now, please enjoy
a new version of "A Doll's House",
"Nora's Walks Out".
Commissioner Xue.
The body's in the first
room on the second floor.
I've sent our brothers
up to secure the area.
A young couple lived there.
The deceased is the husband.
The wife spent a whole
day cutting up his body.
There's blood everywhere.
She killed her husband?
Yes.
Then arrest her, why wait for me?
There are journalists.
Women dare kill their men these days?
The world is really going to hell.
Who's this?
This is the blind fortune teller
who lives downstairs.
The blood leaked to his face.
He didn't know and went out.
You didn't smell the blood?
My nose was blocked from cold.
Commissioner.
What the fuck.
Who's that on the floor out there?
My husband.
How did he die?
I killed him.
Reporting, Commissioner.
The head's missing.
Where's the head?
Thrown away.
Where to?
Suzhou Creek...
from Waibaidoo Bridge.
Take her away.
Go!
Suspect is Mrs Zhan,
30 years old.
The couple was married for 10 years,
no children.
No adultery, no murder.
More questioning at the station?
I need to understand...
if society is right,
or I am.
Better to die with enlightenment
than live in ignorance!
How did Mrs Zhan kill Zhan Yun-ying?
Using a kitchen cleaver.
She killed and dismembered
her husband in his sleep.
Zhan's wife admitted her guilt
right at the scene of the crime.
Tailai News only mentions your efforts
to solve the case,
but not her motive for the murder.
Marital discord.
Commissioner Xue.
Why did she kill her husband?
Regardless of her motive,
she has committed a crime.
Do you know how his neighbors
used to call the victim?
They called him "Big Zhan".
He was over 180cm and strong.
Zhan's wife is just 160cm and frail.
What makes you so sure
she was even able to kill Big Zhan?
Why couldn't a woman kill a man
who was sleeping like a pig?
Commissioner Xue,
isn't it hasty to close a case
without finding the head?
Listen up, we are the police!
It's our duty to ensure the safety
of Huangpu and Shanghai citizens.
So what if we didn't find the head?
No head, no punishment?
This woman...
This woman killed her husband,
the patriarch of the family
and chopped him into pieces.
It's unheard of!
If we don't punish this
kind of murderer severely,
where's justice?
Did Zhan's wife have any accomplices?
Mark my final words:
With full evidence,
the case is closed!
It was all Zhan's wife.
You told reporters
it was all Zhan's wife.
Look at his right neck wound.
On the left.
Here.
Only this cut is smooth.
Small, but deep.
Almost through the whole neck.
Only one cleaver at the scene.
Tell me, how do you kill with it?
Like this?
Or like this?
There was another knife.
An inch wide,
three inches long.
Perhaps even another suspect!
Remember me?
You're that one that caught me.
That one?
The Commissioner of the Huangpu
Police Department, Xue Zhi-wu.
A shrew who murdered her husband.
You should consider an
honor to meet me twice.
You'll tell me the truth right?
You killed Big Zhan?
Yes.
You dismembered his body?
Yes.
Then I don't understand.
You had all day to dismember him.
Why didn't you run?
I'm an orphan.
I've lost touch with my ex-master.
I have no place to go.
After dismembering, then what?
I thought I'd figured it all out.
If I did it slowly,
maybe I wouldn't be discovered.
But I don't know why,
the more I chopped,
the more pieces there were.
I didn't know
a person had so much blood.
What kind of knife did you use?
A cleaver.
What about the other knife?
I only had one at home.
Where's the other knife?
I only had one.
Remember now?
I'm asking you one last time.
Where's the knife?
I only had one knife.
Where's the knife?
Where?
Tell me!
I'm sorry.
I'm sorry.
I'll never hit you again.
Please, say something!
Get her out of here!
The Lord says,
waste is the worst sin.
Once dead, one's left goods become waste.
Sister, she has a gold tooth.
Once done,
I got better stuff for you.
Don't worry.
You are not going to die.
A nice spot just opened up.
Who wants it?
I do.
You sleep there.
Next to the potty.
Come and try some.
Thanks, sis.
I know who you are.
You're the one who killed her husband.
Every woman has three gifts:
Brain,
breasts,
and belly.
They can be lifesavers.
You're superior.
You even had a knife.
How does it feel to kill someone?
I forgot.
What do you make of the knife?
It means she's...
the murderer!
Manager Cai!
We agreed on 30 days,
why stop in three?
I'll store the props and sets
and manage actor schedules for you.
I need to postpone your play a bit.
I promise
you won't lose one day.
Mr Cai,
we have a contract!
OK.
Here's the contract compensation.
Count it.
Cool it.
Don't worry.
Once this murder fuss is over,
we'll put your play back on.
"Nora's Walkout" will resume.
We creatives
must keep up with the times.
Look at them!
This is public sentiment.
A corpse!
A corpse!
Are you stupid?
The Commissioner is nauseous!
Deputy Editor-in-Chief Zhang,
Tailai News has been doing great lately.
But you're the talk of town, Commissioner.
Let me get this straight.
The Japanese,
they want her.
But if you want her back...
Give me five gold fish.
Big ones.
I'll release Wu Ling.
Commissioner Xue, you're mistaken.
My newspaper is not paying.
I'll pay out of my own pocket.
Enjoy the play.
Braised fish tail,
sizzling eel strips,
braised pork,
grilled pork chops, pancake,
dough sticks, rice cakes...
You have great appetite, Commissioner!
Okay, five.
But not to release her.
You make sure Wu Ling dies in prison.
You want her dead?!
If she's alive,
she'll be the honorary
Chief Editor forever.
All she did was writing about Chungking,
and you want her dead.
What a shame.
Spending so much to
become the editor-in-chief...
Is it worth it?
What if the Japanese lose?
If the ship sinks,
everyone in this theatre...
we'll all be going down.
"New king purges the old guards."
No one is spared.
Whoever takes Shanghai,
they'll need me to run it.
Remember, ten gold fish.
Big ones.
You said five!
Five is to save her.
But you want her dead.
The Zhan's wife's case...
it will go to public trial.
Journalism is not my thing.
You help me finish it nicely.
You help me finish it nicely.
The Boss is asking you.
Where is the head?
Where's the head?
Where is it?
For as long as you live,
you'll never find the head!
Han!
Han!
Come!
Commissioner Xue.
Let's call it a day.
Can you help me out?
Before the incense burns out,
if you can straighten this,
you shall have your answer.
It broke, Young Master.
"The cursed love shall endure beyond time,"
"And your days a thirst...
to escape the wedding tie."
What do those
two lines mean?
She and Big Zhan have been entwined
for several lifetimes.
What she owed him from a past life
must be repaid in this one.
If not settled now,
then in the next life,
and the one after...
and even further.
To prevent him from having a complete body
for reincarnation,
Zhan's wife threw away his head.
So you're saying...
she doesn't want us to find the head.
She's risked her own life
to end her fate with Big Zhan!
You better find the head quickly
and send Big Zhan off.
Was beheading your idea?
Commissioner,
were you born in the year of the Rooster?
I was born a Rooster too.
Where I'm from,
I'm two zodiac cycles older than you.
Big changes for you this year.
You are turning 36.
Your sign clashes with the Jupiter cycle.
There's no joy and maybe mishap.
Whether you'll be blessed
or cursed
depends on your choices this year.
You're a Rooster
in Jiyou year.
Zhan's wife is a Rabbit in Yimao year.
Your birth years are in conflict...
and her life force is strong.
My advice...
You better stay away from this case.
I don't believe in fate!
Do you smell that?
The floor reeks of your man's blood.
Sit.
You said you had only one knife,
Also,
when you said
that the head was thrown
from the Waibaidoo Bridge,
you were lying to me.
You chopped up your man into pieces
and turned him into ground meat.
"Marriage is a lifelong commitment."
But you didn't leave his body whole.
Luckily, we found the head already.
Sit down.
It's bloated beyond recognition.
Pale and dirty.
One eyeball is bulging.
The other's fallen from the socket.
The hair,
skin, and flesh
are squashed together
like a rotten persimmon.
So soft you can poke a hole in it.
You won't recognize it soon.
The head's just downstairs.
Shall we go take a look?
I'm not going!
I'm not going!
No?
I'm not going!
You better take a look.
Let's pop it back on
and make his body whole again.
His body can't be made whole!
I'm not going!
So...
how many knives were there?
Two knives.
Correct.
Both knives are yours!
When you take the stand,
tell all this to the court.
Otherwise, I'll reattach his head...
and reunite you
lovebirds in your next life.
You
killed him alone.
This is the truth.
Your life is worth ten gold bars.
I've already taken half.
Who wants to kill me?
What?
You think it's unfair?
Nothing is unfair.
You traitors make the rules.
Take your clothes off.
Take them off.
Why?
Because I make the rules.
Oppose trial without a head!
The defendant is Mrs Zhan.
On the morning of March 22,
while the deceased
Zhan Yun-ying was sleeping,
she used a fish knife
to murder him
and then used a cleaver to dismember him.
There're no accomplices in this case.
Mrs Zhan,
do you plead guilty?
Defendant!
How to start a trial without a head?
The head is still missing!
The police are still looking for head
at Waibaidoo Bridge.
I didn't kill anyone.
The interrogation record
clearly has your fingerprint on it.
I'm illiterate.
I was coerced.
Overturning your statement
could mean more penalties.
I advise you to confess.
It was all him!
He wrote it!
If I didn't confess,
he'd hit me!
Silence!
You didn't go hard enough.
No talking!
This court declares,
in order to ensure fair judgment,
this trial is suspended!
Pending further investigation,
the trial will resume on a new date.
Dismissed!
They say you aren't strong enough
to kill Big Zhan.
This pig is just as big.
Show me how you kill him.
Fuck off!
Why did you fuck with me?
You lied to me first.
You didn't find his head.
You're picking a fight with me?
You started the fight.
If you weren't the murderer,
then who was it?
I'll find him and bury you together.
It's you again, from the Zhou's.
Is your master tight on money?
He's pawned half of his home.
You seem different today.
This mark on my face...
I was born with it.
Fortune tellers say it's a bad sign
and that my parents died early
because of me.
What's it have to do with the mark?
I've got a mark too.
Let's see...
whose sign is worse.
You're famous now.
What does this say?
"In Defense of the Husband Killer".
This article's in your favour!
Who wrote this?
The author is Xi Lin.
Also a woman.
A woman who divorced her husband.
How can women divorce men?
She exposed her man's scandals,
sold them for a lot of money,
and then used that money
to get rid of that fucker.
Can you read it for me?
Zhan Yun-ying, a degenerate gambler,
would drink and go
home to beat his wife up.
It's a mug's game.
We don't have a gambler's luck.
If we have to suffer a bit.
I don't mind.
Why pawned my shoes?
I wanted you home.
Those were my shoes.
Would they've let you go otherwise?
How dare you decide for me?
If I hadn't,
you'd still be kneeling there.
How dare you talk back to me!
What are you saying?
What are you doing?
"A mug's game"?
A mug's game?
I did it to support a jinx like you!
In her world,
women cannot initiate a divorce.
All decisions rest on men,
including women's fate.
Must she not resist at all,
rather kill herself or be killed,
in order to be socially acceptable?
It feels as if...
Miss Xi Lin knows me.
Mrs Zhan is not a stage actress.
She lives in a miserable reality,
with no audience to empathize.
What sort of future...
can such a woman have?
Since time immemorial...
this world...
has always belonged to chauvinist pigs.
May women today...
not yield to them,
nor let them get their way.
I'm going to Hong Kong.
Come with me.
Director Zhang,
people like us, what
can we do in Hong Kong?
See how things go first.
You could go to Tokyo with me.
Then we'll truly become traitors!
We've lost this hand.
We are whatever
they say we are.
Zhan has embarrassed me in front of
everyone in Shanghai.
I want to see her executed first.
I've opened the window for some air.
Is that OK?
Where are the latches?
Big Zhan pawned them.
They're made of copper.
Look there, and here.
He'd dismantled everything.
Even the bed frame!
What a crook.
Big Zhan'd been gambling
since he lost his job.
Enough, be quiet!
On the night of the incident,
you were downstairs?
Correct.
Heard any noise?
I heard them arguing at first,
then it quieted down.
So both of us went to bed.
In the middle of the night,
they started fighting again.
This time even louder.
Sometimes loud, sometimes soft.
Bang! Clang!
Ding! Dang!
Shut it. I'm talking.
Shut it. I'm talking.
Sometimes loud, sometimes soft...
I'm not done yet.
Shut it.
So I got dressed
and went to the door.
Are you OK?
There's always a reason
why when men hit women.
Otherwise why wouldn't my husband hit me?
Don't you agree, Sir?
How about you shut up!
Let me ask you then. Did she meet anyone?
I told you to stop talking.
I really don't know if she had a lover.
All I know is Big Zhan...
would hit her so hard.
Once the police were called.
Even they couldn't restrain him!
You remember?
I'll be quiet.
Mr Ho.
Do you remember anything?
His name is Ho Hui-Xian.
A locksmith.
He's lived here for over a year.
Where were you on
the night of the incident?
I had drinks at a friend's place.
I drank a little too much,
so I crashed there.
Mrs Zhan had a small business at one point.
She then worked at a cotton mill.
Big Zhan didn't allow her to go.
Said she went out to seduce other men.
Who she knows out there?
We are just neighbours and have no idea.
We only know what her man said.
What cotton mill?
This is Jin Ian?
A gambling friend recommended her.
Zhang Bao-fu.
We call him "Little Hubei".
He said his wife Jin Ian
wanted a job to help out her family.
He asked me to help arrange it.
Finished writing?
OK.
After starting in the factory,
you first train for 3 months
before being assigned a job.
The factory provides 2 buns daily,
with one day off a week.
The first 3 months, you get half-pay.
Satisfied?
Don't flirt at work. Do it at home.
We've been married for so long.
If done poorly,
I won't give him face.
Did you hear?
If her real husband hadn't shown up,
I wouldn't have known
Jin Ian wasn't her real name,
and her "husband" wasn't her husband.
What's Zhang Bao-fu to you?
Speak up.
Your boss is asking you.
Who's your man?
Whose bed do you share?
So?
Embarrassed, huh?
Why don't you quit your job?
Shall I bring that guy here?
I'll beat him up and let him confess.
Sure, bring him here.
Give him a good beat.
He'll tell people how much debt you owe
and how many things you've pawned.
You talking back to me?
OK.
I talked too much.
I'll shut up.
Who should I give the money to?
Don't take the money!
Let go!
You'll gamble with the money.
I work here to pay off your debts.
How do I support you if I don't gamble?
You have a good life at home,
but you still seek men here, right?
Just give me my money!
You're not leaving?
To where?
I'm still busy, OK?
I'll reprimand you later.
You're shameless, but I still have dignity.
What are you looking at?
Jin Ian.
Why are you still here?
Go back.
He's like that.
It'll all be good.
Don't make me go.
Jin Ian,
He won't let you off...
but would you let me off,
please?
I'm begging you.
Give it to me.
This one.
Come on!
That one's mine too! That over there!
Give my money back!
What are you doing?
Stealing my money eh?
Take it outside!
Sorry.
Go!
Out!
Enough already!
Let go!
I'm making money.
Go home!
No!
Go home!
Give me the money!
I'm not going home!
Go home!
No?
Fuck off.
Fuck off!
Is this what you want?!
Is this what you want?!
I told you to leave!
If I'd known how bad she had it,
I wouldn't have let her go.
Commissioner Xue!
I didn't expect to see you here.
I need to report to Director Zhang,
after which I'll leave.
The case was solved?
Even you intellectuals
are interested in this small case.
I'm feeling flattered.
Is it the guy in the casino?
Zhang Bao-fu?
You're well informed.
But one thing puzzles me.
With already a gambler at home,
Mrs Zhan was bedding another?
You don't really think...
such a stupid woman really exists?
So what do you think?
I think, for a woman to kill her husband,
why must she has a lover?
She was taken advantage of by Zhang,
but you call it adultery.
A knife to the heart!
It's got to be you.
You do whatever it takes
to get what you want.
But remember one thing.
Prepare better for court this time.
Don't make a fool of
yourself in court again.
Tell me.
Are you really seeking
justice for that woman,
or it's just an ego trip?
I know your type.
Just because you can write,
you think you're invincible.
All you really do is use your looks
to seduce a few men.
No different from streetwalkers.
I don't care how you think of me.
To men like you,
there are only two types of women:
The virtuous wives at home
or those who sell themselves.
I can seduce a few men,
and I can even make them obey me.
Want to see?
What are you talking about?
I want to hear.
We're talking about men.
Men?
Which man?
Zhang Bao-fu.
Discussing the case
with an amateur like Miss Xi Lin
has been quite inspiring.
Listen to what she says.
If not,
she'll write you into her next article!
Zhang Bao-fu...
he's your lover?
Not talking?
Bitch! What did you tell the cops?
Why drag me down with you?
How're you related to Zhan's wife?
I got her a job there...
That's because...
Big Zhan owed me a lot of money.
So I thought,
if his wife could make some money,
his debt could be repaid sooner.
Commissioner,
paying back debts is a common practice.
I didn't break any law.
On the night that Big Zhan died,
you went where after the casino?
I went home to sleep.
Any witnesses?
Who could've witnessed me sleeping?
You didn't go home.
You went to Jiang-Yuan Lane
and killed Big Zhan with his wife.
I really went home and slept that night.
Any witnesses?
Han.
Go get some chili oil.
You can't wrong an innocent man!
You? Innocent?
It's not for me.
Pour it into his eyes.
I got her a job!
So what if I slept with her once?
One time doesn't make me her lover!
You're a beast!
If you're horny,
get a whore!
Rules are broken by folks like you!
That doesn't make
whatever you say the truth...
You're quite a feisty one.
Think I won't beat you to death?
No...
No.
You will.
You're wrong.
I won't.
If everyone died here,
the court would be empty.
Break his arm.
I, Zhang Bao-fu,
had an affair with Zhan Yun-ying's wife.
To elope with me,
she and I planned the
murder of Zhan Yun-ying.
On the evening of March 22.1945,
while Zhan Yun-ying was sleeping,
we killed and dismembered him.
All I've said is true and
nothing but the truth.
Thanks for being my guarantor.
Please don't tell him,
I'm working here.
I'll pay back his gambling debt
every month on time from now on.
That's it?
Men on your mind?
I know you're awake.
Quit pretending. It's disrespectful.
When a man first meets a woman,
who wouldn't slip into their best selves?
After together for a while,
he'll be like any other men.
I just don't want to see him
again in my next life.
How do you know you won't meet another him
in your next life?
Live this life well first.
I'm telling you,
the Japanese will lose soon.
When the time comes,
those traitors outside
will be locked up here.
We all have the chance
to make it out alive.
I can make it out alive?
To stay alive...
you have to find your own way.
Do whatever it takes.
What's your plan once you get out?
I never thought I could get out.
After I get out,
I'll buy all front
page headlines in Shanghai
to tell them that I, Wang Xu-mei, am back.
When I was working at the mill,
I passed by a shop window each day.
The cream cakes inside were pretty.
I always thought to myself...
I'd buy a piece on payday.
But all my cash
was spent on repaying his debts.
If I can get out,
I'd love to taste those cakes.
You spiteful jinx!
Get back!
Mrs Zhan!
Get back!
Your honour.
Zhang Bao-fu...
fled fearing his crimes
and was struck by a car.
He died in the street.
Zhang Bao-fu's death
won't affect the rest of the case.
It doesn't matter?
No worries.
Defendant,
do you plead guilty?
Zhang Bao-fu killed him.
Defendant, this is a court of law.
Don't make claims without evidence.
You said Zhang Bao-fu killed him,
where's your proof?
You claim she killed him.
Where's you evidence?
Miss Xi Lin!
Please sit down and listen.
She was coerced by torture into confession.
Law enforcers have broken the law,
trampling lives!
Where's the justice?
Walk.
Mrs Zhan!
Don't yield to them,
nor let them get their way!
Well said!
Silence!
Everyday, Mrs Zhan was...
Everyday
I was poor...
hungry,
and abused all the time.
Her will to live was consumed
by her wish to die.
In her world,
women cannot initiate a divorce.
All decisions rest on men,
including women's fate.
Including my fate.
She lives in a miserable reality,
with no audience to empathize.
Since time immemorial...
It's OK for a man to beat a dog...
this world...
but a dog biting a man...
has always belonged to chauvinist pigs.
Is considered a heinous act.
Could it be what legal justice is,
what society considers rational?
Legal justice...
has never been...
favorable to women like me.
Mrs Zhan, don't yield to them,
nor let them get their way!
Don't yield to them,
nor let them get their way!
I didn't kill anyone.
Here's a boat ticket to Hong Kong.
Sentence her to death
and it's yours.
The defendant
murdered her husband Zhan Yun-ying...
and dismembered him.
For these heinous crimes...
her public rights are revoked
and she is sentenced to death.
Execution date to be determined.
Dismissed!
Today...
is my birthday.
Come celebrate with me.
Something special to send you off.
Where I'm from,
we enjoy the food first,
then the music.
From afar, an ox strides near.
Herdsboy follows near its rear.
Get up and sing, you little sluts.
To ox he strums, its ear not won.
Alas, dear Liang, as dull as one.
Heed not what I have said in jest,
Lest anger rises in your chest.
Reminisce of classmates so,
Send me off before I go.
I will walk you 18 miles, before I go.
I will walk you 18 miles, before I go.
So noisy!
Officer, it's my birthday.
Let her finish the cake first.
Your birthday?
You can't just pick a birthday.
What's going on?
Wang Xu-mei,
you colluded with Ma Hong-fei,
ex-Shanghai Intelligence Secretary,
and aided his escape.
You are found guilty of treason and
harbouring a fugitive.
Officer!
You are stripped of public rights...
and shall be executed immediately.
Wait!
You said I won't die!
It's a mistake!
I'm pregnant.
You can ask the nun.
She can prove it.
Kang Zhong-liang!
Want to feel your child?
Take her away.
Kang Zhong-liang!
Take her away!
I'm pregnant.
Let go of me!
You can't kill a pregnant woman!
It's illegal!
Don't drag me!
Shut up!
You bastards!
You call me a traitor?
You are fucking traitors!
I'm telling you.
I'm telling you.
The Japanese don't want you!
You're all doomed!
Bastards!
Let go of me!
Let go!
Don't kill me!
It's jammed. Give me another.
The more you read
and the more you know,
the sooner they kill you.
You guys should stop sulking.
They're busy offing the educated ones.
Our kind is safe from bullets!
You don't have to learn
the other characters,
but these three...
you must learn to recognise.
Sister!
Sister!
Can you say a prayer for
Wang Xu-mei and her child?
I came too late.
She was looking for you before she left.
I'm going back to my home country.
Sister!
I stored a qipao,
it's the most valuable thing I have.
Can I give it to you?
Sister!
Miss Xi Lin,
I know you've been helping Mrs Zhan.
Who's pregnant?
The Lord says,
waste is the worst sin.
Now, it's Mrs Zhan who's pregnant.
This paper can save her.
Why help her?
I collected a deposit from 121,
but she's already dead.
I think the only one
willing to pay for this...
is you.
It was granted before the execution.
Safe travels, Commissioner Xue!
Zhan!
The National Revolutionary Army has taken
control of Shanghai's Ward Road Prison.
The transfer of power is complete,
any opposition will be severely punished.
Any troops from the former regime
will pay for their crimes,
and surrender to the new government.
Dear listeners,
President Truman of the United States
announced at 4:00 PM local time,
Japan has officially surrendered.
In her article, Miss Xi Lin wrote:
In a dark age like ours,
it's considered the ultimate sin...
to kill one's "beloved husband".
But a husband is just a husband.
Why "beloved'?"
Once the public tires of gossip
about murder, trials, and love affairs,
they want Mrs Zhan to appeal...
to keep the gossip mill spinning.
No one truly cares about her.
Those who seem to care,
bear selfish motives.
Mrs Zhan's tragedy...
is a result of our longstanding
feudal constraints.
Nonetheless, it's a powerful struggle
for gender equality.
Should she be punished,
the hope for women's liberation
will once again fall into
unreachable darkness.
Miss Xi Lin said to me,
"No one else can help you."
Mr Lu Xun said
Nora's walkout has only 2 outcomes:
Depravity
or returning home.
But I believe
a woman living for herself...
has...
endless possibilities.
Looks familiar?
It's true that...
dozens of knives like this
are sold at the knife shop
on your street corner every day.
Nothing unusual about it.
Even the landlady's got one
she uses to cook with everyday.
But...
a bachelor...
who doesn't cook...
why would he buy a fish knife?
You know who I'm talking about, right?
If it's tail, I'll keep going.
If it's head,
I'll give up.
Your voice sounds familiar...
Have our paths crossed before?
I came back after graduation,
to change this inequality.
You said I should
look at the "big picture".
Have you forgotten?
With no new witnesses,
I suggest the original verdict be upheld
and an execution date be set.
Objection!
Objection!
Let's not fight for retrial,
shall we?
How could you let a silver coin
decide your fate?
My fate is in my own hands only.
I have to fight for retrial.
I have a story
that not only keeps up with the times,
but also leads the way in times.
Interested?