1 00:03:59,372 --> 00:04:02,909 - Did you manage to find info? - He's in town, Mme Shu. 2 00:04:02,909 --> 00:04:06,145 - He'll be here soon. - Then tell the girls, 3 00:04:06,145 --> 00:04:09,249 tell them to comb their hair, to put on their 4 00:04:09,249 --> 00:04:12,151 best perfumes, and their most lovely dresses. 5 00:04:12,151 --> 00:04:13,311 - Of course. - Go. 6 00:04:14,821 --> 00:04:20,360 Have the red private room ready with silk linen and incense, 7 00:04:20,360 --> 00:04:23,227 - lavishly. - Yes, madam. 8 00:04:24,530 --> 00:04:27,567 l want His Excellency to find this house 9 00:04:27,567 --> 00:04:31,003 even more comfortable than the lmperial Court. 10 00:04:33,172 --> 00:04:36,876 Pretty please, girls. You know, a Mandarin is coming. 11 00:04:36,876 --> 00:04:38,468 l have to go to the kitchen now. 12 00:05:07,307 --> 00:05:10,910 So, a thirty-odd oysters as well as red shrimps, 13 00:05:10,910 --> 00:05:16,082 - shark's fin, plover eggs... - Have some turtle soup ready too. 14 00:05:16,082 --> 00:05:20,451 - Yes madam. - l've heard the mandarin is fond of it. 15 00:05:21,187 --> 00:05:22,355 As you like, madam. 16 00:05:22,355 --> 00:05:26,159 Everything should be presented in the most refined manner, 17 00:05:26,159 --> 00:05:28,895 and cooked and decorated to the point. 18 00:05:28,895 --> 00:05:33,666 - l took the gold-lined set. - Good. lt must be a memorable lunch. 19 00:05:33,666 --> 00:05:36,135 Yes, madam. By gods, the pan! 20 00:05:36,135 --> 00:05:41,539 Just in time! Great. Memorable. And she tells me now. 21 00:06:02,962 --> 00:06:05,665 - ls he really a mandarin? - Oh, yes. 22 00:06:05,665 --> 00:06:08,067 - Madame? - Good morning. - The Mandarin is arriving. 23 00:06:08,067 --> 00:06:12,868 - Let him in. - By gods, l feel like fainting. 24 00:06:16,909 --> 00:06:19,901 Your Excellency, your visit is an honor for us. 25 00:06:21,280 --> 00:06:26,219 Don't be too modest, Mme Shu. You know very well that your tea house 26 00:06:26,219 --> 00:06:32,258 is deservedly famous thanks to its owner's kindness 27 00:06:32,258 --> 00:06:36,629 and the beauty and virtues of the girls who live here. 28 00:06:36,629 --> 00:06:41,367 Beauty, sir, is like a gem mounted in a ring: 29 00:06:41,367 --> 00:06:46,532 a gem that acquires splendor on the hand of someone who can appreciate. 30 00:06:47,940 --> 00:06:51,043 This only applies to very precious gems. 31 00:06:51,043 --> 00:06:57,083 To this regard, l think it's fair to say that in this remote corner of China 32 00:06:57,083 --> 00:07:03,523 a real treasure is hidden. l hope you'll allow me to show it to you. 33 00:07:03,523 --> 00:07:08,358 Of course l will, madam, l came here on purpose. 34 00:07:09,796 --> 00:07:12,632 l know you come from far away, you must be tired. 35 00:07:12,632 --> 00:07:15,001 Please, put yourself at ease. 36 00:07:15,001 --> 00:07:18,960 My girls will gladly take the travel fatigue off. 37 00:07:29,215 --> 00:07:31,080 Dreaming is free. 38 00:07:34,620 --> 00:07:35,587 ls that good? 39 00:07:36,622 --> 00:07:37,589 Let's go. 40 00:07:39,325 --> 00:07:41,394 - ls he really a mandarin? - lndeed. 41 00:07:41,394 --> 00:07:43,863 The richest and most powerful in the capital. 42 00:07:43,863 --> 00:07:48,234 - He must be an unpleasant geezer. - Yeah, they're all the same. 43 00:07:48,234 --> 00:07:52,171 - On the contrary, he's young and handsome. - ls he? 44 00:07:52,171 --> 00:07:54,874 But he's allegedly very demanding. 45 00:07:54,874 --> 00:07:58,644 He visited all the best tea houses in Shin-ya. 46 00:07:58,644 --> 00:08:03,015 And he didn't find a girl he liked. 47 00:08:03,015 --> 00:08:09,655 - He only has to choose, here. - l am scared, instead. 48 00:08:09,655 --> 00:08:14,827 Then you better avoid him. He's not the kind that likes shy girls. 49 00:08:14,827 --> 00:08:21,334 Even if you say he's young and kind, his rank and renown embarrass me. 50 00:08:21,334 --> 00:08:27,240 l saw him, l'm only worried that he prefers someone else. lt's my big chance! 51 00:08:27,240 --> 00:08:30,209 - Ssh! l hear footsteps. - lt must be Mme Shu. 52 00:08:37,016 --> 00:08:41,521 Come on, girls. His Excellency is anxious to see your graces. 53 00:08:41,521 --> 00:08:44,786 Put on the most transparent dress you've got, 54 00:08:44,857 --> 00:08:47,087 and don't smear your eye make-up. 55 00:08:48,327 --> 00:08:53,959 Yeah, you're perfect. So, in ten minutes everyone ready. 56 00:09:01,407 --> 00:09:06,812 lf it's true that to appreciate joy you need a woman to share it, 57 00:09:06,812 --> 00:09:10,304 then l foresee that today l'm gonna be the happiest man in the empire. 58 00:09:11,350 --> 00:09:15,655 Your Excellency, as you know true happiness is the child of pleasure. 59 00:09:15,655 --> 00:09:23,391 So l'm gonna offer you the juiciest delights of both palate and love. 60 00:09:27,266 --> 00:09:32,238 Orient Breath is offering you shrimps in a delicate sauce, 61 00:09:32,238 --> 00:09:33,205 a tidbit before a night of love. 62 00:09:45,718 --> 00:09:50,314 Too much precipitation can spoil the pleasure of sweet relaxation. 63 00:10:03,002 --> 00:10:06,597 You will prefer then Morning Pearl. 64 00:10:07,640 --> 00:10:13,044 who suggests swamp eel in turtle broth. 65 00:10:14,080 --> 00:10:18,608 Atruly exquisite dish, like the girl serving you. 66 00:10:23,789 --> 00:10:26,622 When there is such a delicate flower, 67 00:10:27,660 --> 00:10:29,457 it withers before dawn. 68 00:10:43,976 --> 00:10:46,968 lf you are looking for the inebriation of gluttony, 69 00:10:47,880 --> 00:10:51,417 taste these snails in grappa of rose 70 00:10:51,417 --> 00:10:54,580 offered by Dew Drop. 71 00:11:04,397 --> 00:11:07,594 The most exciting sin is to be consummated sober. 72 00:11:27,319 --> 00:11:31,190 Do you prefer the ecstasy of a long night of passion? 73 00:11:31,190 --> 00:11:37,151 Then nothing better than the hot plover eggs proposed by Summer Sun. 74 00:11:54,280 --> 00:11:58,649 Afire too hot can burn those who get close. 75 00:12:31,050 --> 00:12:32,984 Who is that wonderful creature? 76 00:12:34,053 --> 00:12:37,250 Her name is Tama, like the morning star. 77 00:12:40,059 --> 00:12:43,996 She is the most precious treasure in your coffer. 78 00:12:43,996 --> 00:12:48,490 Alas! The rarest jewel can be unreachable. 79 00:13:00,312 --> 00:13:02,214 An enchanted flower. lf she's there, 80 00:13:02,214 --> 00:13:04,617 she must give her graces to those interested. 81 00:13:04,617 --> 00:13:07,950 Not Tama. She's not like the others. 82 00:13:10,122 --> 00:13:14,260 - What do you mean? - She does not sell herself to the highest 83 00:13:14,260 --> 00:13:18,993 - She is special. - Tama. The morning star. 84 00:13:20,733 --> 00:13:24,170 What's so special, except for her unequalled beauty? 85 00:13:24,170 --> 00:13:28,869 - Tama is the angel of desire. - The angel of desire? Please, explain. 86 00:13:30,743 --> 00:13:34,079 You can't just pay and have her. 87 00:13:34,079 --> 00:13:40,386 Only she decides when, how and if offer her body. 88 00:13:40,386 --> 00:13:45,090 - What's the meaning of her dance? - lt's a sort of ceremonial dance. 89 00:13:45,090 --> 00:13:50,496 - lt's called the Choice Dance. - The Choice Dance? 90 00:13:50,496 --> 00:13:54,900 - Tell me about it. -At the end of this dance, Tama 91 00:13:54,900 --> 00:13:59,271 will choose the lucky one who will spend the night with her. 92 00:13:59,271 --> 00:14:04,877 - lf she ever chooses. - For this privilege, l can offer double fee. 93 00:14:04,877 --> 00:14:11,050 No. Tama is like God's love. You don't need to pay for her love. 94 00:14:11,050 --> 00:14:15,654 But l will give her 100, 1000 imperials. l'll cover her with gold. 95 00:14:15,654 --> 00:14:21,827 And l'll get her. - There's no riches whereby you can buy her graces. 96 00:14:21,827 --> 00:14:26,196 But l want her. More than anyone else. l'll have her. 97 00:14:30,369 --> 00:14:33,172 Tama! Shiny light of dawn! Tell me what you want. 98 00:14:33,172 --> 00:14:35,572 And if it is from this world, it will be yours. 99 00:14:40,980 --> 00:14:42,811 Seriously? Me? 100 00:14:52,458 --> 00:14:55,052 l'm very sorry, but... l told you. 101 00:14:58,497 --> 00:15:00,931 You! Come with me. 102 00:17:07,426 --> 00:17:11,697 - Perhaps you don't like me. - No, you are beautiful. 103 00:17:11,697 --> 00:17:12,664 Go on. 104 00:17:52,671 --> 00:17:54,866 What's up, milord, is there something wrong? 105 00:17:56,408 --> 00:17:59,309 No, it's fine. Go on. 106 00:18:40,986 --> 00:18:43,477 Why are you loafing about? Suck! 107 00:18:45,724 --> 00:18:46,691 You're exasperating. 108 00:19:28,867 --> 00:19:31,131 Enough. Enough. 109 00:19:31,970 --> 00:19:36,339 - l can't stand it anymore. - Was l too vehement? 110 00:19:36,775 --> 00:19:42,179 Yes, l mean no. l don't feel like it, today. 111 00:19:51,023 --> 00:19:54,059 - Your body is wonderful. - Look at mine. 112 00:19:54,059 --> 00:19:57,329 You can be. Just be generous. 113 00:19:57,329 --> 00:20:03,427 - Something wrong, Your Excellency? - On the contrary, everything was perfect. 114 00:20:03,669 --> 00:20:06,605 l hope you weren't disappointed in Summer Sun. 115 00:20:06,605 --> 00:20:08,835 Oh no, she's alright. 116 00:20:11,810 --> 00:20:16,815 l hope at least that your generosity compares your satisfaction. 117 00:20:16,815 --> 00:20:20,615 lt's easier to be generous than regretful. 118 00:20:27,326 --> 00:20:29,760 Regretful? Did he tell what was wrong? 119 00:20:30,796 --> 00:20:33,458 What did he mean, then? 120 00:20:37,236 --> 00:20:40,899 Think that l've been traveling all day to get to that stupid village! 121 00:20:43,842 --> 00:20:46,178 - lnconceivable. - lntolerable! 122 00:20:46,178 --> 00:20:50,582 And for what? To be rejected from a tea house girl. 123 00:20:50,582 --> 00:20:56,288 Awhore! Me, the most powerful Mandarin in the empire! 124 00:20:56,288 --> 00:20:57,516 That's absurd! 125 00:20:58,457 --> 00:21:01,324 She rejected my offer and went with a nobody! 126 00:21:02,361 --> 00:21:06,695 - Outrage! - With a penniless skinflint! 127 00:21:12,771 --> 00:21:13,931 l'll go back there. 128 00:21:14,973 --> 00:21:18,841 Oh yeah, l will. Soon. 129 00:21:19,878 --> 00:21:24,416 - Even tomorrow. - l'll buy out Mme Shu and her girls. 130 00:21:24,416 --> 00:21:28,512 - The whole tea house, if this is the case. - The whole village, if this is the case. 131 00:21:30,222 --> 00:21:32,758 Stop repeating whatever l say! 132 00:21:32,758 --> 00:21:36,216 What's in it for you? Split! 133 00:21:45,604 --> 00:21:49,768 We'll see who comes out on top. Who cares for the others? 134 00:21:50,208 --> 00:21:51,766 l want Tama. 135 00:22:01,420 --> 00:22:03,615 And by our Gods, l'll have her. 136 00:22:13,165 --> 00:22:16,225 Pen Tzin! Pen Tzin! 137 00:22:18,170 --> 00:22:21,173 l've come to give you the sublime joy of love. 138 00:22:21,173 --> 00:22:28,146 l'm here for you. You can make your dream true tonight. 139 00:22:28,146 --> 00:22:29,306 l'll be yours. 140 00:22:40,559 --> 00:22:42,891 Yes, it's me. Tama. 141 00:22:47,833 --> 00:22:51,200 The angel of desire chose you. Here l am. 142 00:25:28,093 --> 00:25:31,324 Your Excellency! 143 00:25:32,597 --> 00:25:35,934 What do you want? Do you think this is appropriate? 144 00:25:35,934 --> 00:25:40,472 - How do you dare? -Are you fine, sir? 145 00:25:40,472 --> 00:25:44,476 Certainly! Don't you see l'm in co... l'm sleeping? 146 00:25:44,476 --> 00:25:48,970 - l heard moaning, and l thought... - You must not think! 147 00:25:49,047 --> 00:25:53,919 You're paid to serve me, not to think! 148 00:25:53,919 --> 00:25:55,079 Leave me alone! 149 00:26:05,730 --> 00:26:10,064 l must have that woman. Whatever it takes. 150 00:26:12,804 --> 00:26:14,431 My honor is at stake. 151 00:27:05,590 --> 00:27:09,227 This treasure must be worth a promise of happiness. 152 00:27:09,227 --> 00:27:15,996 You can only speak of money. No riches, though, can unravel the mystery of love. 153 00:27:19,404 --> 00:27:20,371 Come with me. 154 00:27:43,561 --> 00:27:46,898 Please, Excellency, don't go. Come on, come on. 155 00:27:46,898 --> 00:27:53,071 Look at this blossom. l had her come on purpose from Canton. 156 00:27:53,071 --> 00:27:56,675 - lsn't she delicious? - l want Tama. 157 00:27:56,675 --> 00:28:01,646 She and no one else. - The heavens don't always let the yearning man 158 00:28:01,646 --> 00:28:05,617 - and the empowered man be together. - What the man yearns is the woman. 159 00:28:05,617 --> 00:28:09,521 And what the woman yearns is to satisfy his desires. 160 00:28:09,521 --> 00:28:10,954 Tama won't be an exception. 161 00:28:15,393 --> 00:28:19,564 Remember this: the more wealthy, important, and powerful men are, 162 00:28:19,564 --> 00:28:25,696 the more spoiled children they look. They always want the next toy. 163 00:30:48,146 --> 00:30:49,113 So? 164 00:30:50,148 --> 00:30:53,751 Great Mandarin, regarding your desire 165 00:30:53,751 --> 00:30:59,090 to dispose of the income from taxes, duties and tolls, 166 00:30:59,090 --> 00:31:04,629 it's a considerable sum, and then the reason behind this withdrawal... 167 00:31:04,629 --> 00:31:07,799 l don't have to share any of my projects with none of you. 168 00:31:07,799 --> 00:31:14,072 Only with the Emperor. Therefore, l will consider any 169 00:31:14,072 --> 00:31:17,508 interference on your part as an offence. 170 00:31:18,543 --> 00:31:21,546 Yes, of course, Your Excellency, but, forgive me, 171 00:31:21,546 --> 00:31:27,051 according to rumors this money is allegedly destined to... a woman. 172 00:31:27,051 --> 00:31:32,182 Since when do my trusted councilors believe in rumors? 173 00:31:34,092 --> 00:31:36,561 Or you're scheming against me too? 174 00:31:36,561 --> 00:31:40,231 l warn you, traitors are not punished by the whip, 175 00:31:40,231 --> 00:31:41,357 but by death. 176 00:31:44,535 --> 00:31:48,506 Your indignation proves that your motives must be fair. 177 00:31:48,506 --> 00:31:53,170 Well. Prepare the coffer. lt must be ready by dawn. 178 00:31:55,179 --> 00:31:59,912 l must leave for a long travel. Therefore, l must depart in good time. 179 00:32:02,854 --> 00:32:05,390 All right, Your Excellency. 180 00:32:05,390 --> 00:32:10,161 l'll see that you're escorted by trusted armed men. 181 00:32:10,161 --> 00:32:14,257 No need. No one will dare to steal from me in my land. 182 00:32:14,999 --> 00:32:16,489 You can take leave. 183 00:32:24,943 --> 00:32:29,314 Please, let me tell you that you were very good at pretending to get indignant. 184 00:32:29,314 --> 00:32:32,417 As the motto goes, attack is the best form of defense. 185 00:32:32,417 --> 00:32:37,787 Yeah, l believe l've convinced them. So, it's for tomorrow. 186 00:32:39,724 --> 00:32:45,788 - Take two trusted men for the coffer. - Leave it to me, sir. 187 00:32:52,837 --> 00:32:56,796 Let's see if it's true that angels can't be bought. 188 00:33:09,087 --> 00:33:10,884 - Yeah... - l'm happy about that. 189 00:33:16,394 --> 00:33:20,956 -Where is Tama? - ln her room. You'll need to wait here. 190 00:33:22,000 --> 00:33:27,171 Stop you. Tea houses are holy. No one can violate their inner parts, 191 00:33:27,171 --> 00:33:28,331 including you. 192 00:33:37,081 --> 00:33:41,814 Love plus a treasure chest open all doors. 193 00:33:51,329 --> 00:33:52,489 By gods! 194 00:33:57,535 --> 00:33:58,502 My door for sure. 195 00:34:07,345 --> 00:34:08,710 ln front of jewels, 196 00:34:11,716 --> 00:34:14,150 even angels lose their wings. 197 00:34:14,218 --> 00:34:18,518 How miserable is a man hiding behind his conceit. 198 00:34:22,126 --> 00:34:26,460 Come on, Tama, which woman's heart can remain indifferent to such riches? 199 00:34:30,268 --> 00:34:34,272 That chest contains enough treasures to adorn not 1, but 100 women. 200 00:34:34,272 --> 00:34:39,377 - You can't remain indifferent. - Wealth shows what you don't have, 201 00:34:39,377 --> 00:34:44,679 that's why l'm uninterested. And jewels... they burden me. 202 00:34:47,251 --> 00:34:52,657 Listen to me. l offered you a fortune for your favors. 203 00:34:52,657 --> 00:34:56,427 More than what any other woman would ever dare to ask for. 204 00:34:56,427 --> 00:35:00,591 This doesn't make sense. You can't still... reject me. 205 00:35:07,538 --> 00:35:11,075 Have pity on me, Tama, please. l'm getting crazy. 206 00:35:11,075 --> 00:35:15,113 l don't sleep at night because l'm always dreaming of you, 207 00:35:15,113 --> 00:35:19,183 but then during the day l look forward to the night and dream of you again. 208 00:35:19,183 --> 00:35:23,950 - You seriously yearn for me so much? - More than anything else. 209 00:35:24,021 --> 00:35:28,392 -And are you willing to give up your arrogance to have me? - l already did. 210 00:35:28,392 --> 00:35:33,164 - Can't you see how l am humiliated? -And your money too? 211 00:35:33,164 --> 00:35:36,067 - Just say it, and my wealth is yours. - Fine. 212 00:35:36,067 --> 00:35:40,705 - But l must know the gods' will, first. - The gods? 213 00:35:40,705 --> 00:35:44,842 -What do they have to do with this? - l belong to them. 214 00:35:44,842 --> 00:35:49,313 My body, my honor, only those who deserve them can have them. 215 00:35:49,313 --> 00:35:53,284 - Don't you feel like l now deserve them? - Not yet. 216 00:35:53,284 --> 00:35:59,557 A man's virtue is only measured by patience. Patience is the art of waiting and hoping. 217 00:35:59,557 --> 00:36:03,823 You can hope you'll have me only if you pass this test. 218 00:36:03,895 --> 00:36:05,795 Which test? 219 00:36:07,732 --> 00:36:09,529 The test of desire. 220 00:40:49,713 --> 00:40:53,384 Good. You passed the test. Now you can have me. 221 00:40:53,384 --> 00:40:56,620 Let me find you. Let me hug you. 222 00:40:56,620 --> 00:41:02,149 - Use your sixth sense. - There are five senses. Everyone knows that. 223 00:41:02,226 --> 00:41:07,721 There's desire too. Without this, you can never enjoy the others. 224 00:41:13,704 --> 00:41:18,709 See? lt wasn't difficult. Yearning goes beyond appearances. 225 00:41:18,709 --> 00:41:24,081 But this is only the first step towards the happiness l will give you. 226 00:41:24,081 --> 00:41:28,916 Come. Don't be afraid. Let me lead the game. 227 00:41:36,660 --> 00:41:40,831 Here. l want to be yours as no other woman was before me. 228 00:41:40,831 --> 00:41:44,935 l want you to take me with all your senses, but not together. 229 00:41:44,935 --> 00:41:49,406 - One by one. - But this will be a torture, not a pleasure. 230 00:41:49,406 --> 00:41:51,533 Trust me, you won't complain. 231 00:41:53,677 --> 00:41:56,780 Why this bandage? l cannot even see you. 232 00:41:56,780 --> 00:42:01,986 We will play the five sense game. We will satisfy first 233 00:42:01,986 --> 00:42:09,360 the sense of smell. You won't be able to see nor to touch my body. 234 00:42:09,360 --> 00:42:12,955 You can only smell my odors. 235 00:42:17,568 --> 00:42:21,060 What are you doing? Don't tie me, please. 236 00:42:34,552 --> 00:42:35,746 Tama, please, no. 237 00:42:47,665 --> 00:42:48,825 Untie me, please. 238 00:42:56,540 --> 00:43:00,408 Let me touch you, let me see you, let me love you. 239 00:43:03,013 --> 00:43:06,039 l can't resist this sweet torture anymore. 240 00:43:10,321 --> 00:43:13,313 Untie me, l beg you. l'm getting crazy. 241 00:43:16,226 --> 00:43:21,687 Now it's the time of hearing. You'll listen to the music of my body. 242 00:43:28,072 --> 00:43:33,544 Listen to my hand while it slides on the sea of your desire. 243 00:43:33,544 --> 00:43:37,848 My fingers caressing the swamp of your oblivion. 244 00:43:37,848 --> 00:43:40,612 and sink in the well of voluptuousness. 245 00:43:41,652 --> 00:43:45,956 By gods' sake. Shut up, or l'll get crazy. 246 00:43:45,956 --> 00:43:50,828 As you like, my sweet love, but now it's the turn of taste. 247 00:43:50,828 --> 00:43:54,628 From now on, your palate will be satiated with me. 248 00:44:28,432 --> 00:44:33,426 The senses of sight and touch belong to another realm. 249 00:44:34,405 --> 00:44:38,809 No, Tama, where are you going? You can't leave me like this. 250 00:44:38,809 --> 00:44:43,180 Tama! Stop this torture! Stop! Tama! 251 00:44:43,180 --> 00:44:46,843 Come back! Untie me! Tama! 252 00:46:14,138 --> 00:46:17,074 Did you walk paths unknown to pleasure? 253 00:46:17,074 --> 00:46:20,277 Enough now. Don't look for me again. 254 00:46:20,277 --> 00:46:25,806 - No, l must have you first. - What you own entirely 255 00:46:25,883 --> 00:46:31,188 - loses the magic of desire. - Prolonging unfulfilled desire 256 00:46:31,188 --> 00:46:35,359 can lead me to madness. l beg you, Tama. 257 00:46:35,359 --> 00:46:39,796 Don't deny me the joy of tasting your beauty's fruit. 258 00:46:40,831 --> 00:46:42,599 To make love for me 259 00:46:42,599 --> 00:46:47,838 can mean to fall into abysses where not even demons dare. 260 00:46:47,838 --> 00:46:52,242 Where everything and nothing, where love and death, 261 00:46:52,242 --> 00:46:56,804 pleasure and pain reach limits above human understanding. 262 00:46:57,948 --> 00:47:00,784 l am willing to run this risk for you. 263 00:47:00,784 --> 00:47:06,456 There is an enchanted place where vice meets virtue. 264 00:47:06,456 --> 00:47:11,461 Perversion means search for good, and pleasure is total, 265 00:47:11,461 --> 00:47:16,667 unreachable, and absolute. lt's the torture garden. 266 00:47:16,667 --> 00:47:18,468 Please, let me go there. 267 00:47:18,468 --> 00:47:22,706 You don't offer an insect a flower for its own enjoyment. 268 00:47:22,706 --> 00:47:27,511 - lt works all the same for us. - Then, ask me the sun. 269 00:47:27,511 --> 00:47:31,038 Ask me the moon, the bright stars. l will give them to you. 270 00:47:32,649 --> 00:47:37,354 Not those who advance a proposal, but those who yearn for it 271 00:47:37,354 --> 00:47:38,753 can submit an offer. 272 00:47:39,790 --> 00:47:42,292 l told you the way for Paradise, 273 00:47:42,292 --> 00:47:46,991 now you must assess its value. 274 00:47:56,840 --> 00:48:00,043 You want to sell your lands and this palace? 275 00:48:00,043 --> 00:48:04,982 And also the jewels, the palanquins, the slaves, 276 00:48:04,982 --> 00:48:09,953 the horses, and the furniture. All that l own. 277 00:48:09,953 --> 00:48:12,155 ln the name of the gods, sir, 278 00:48:12,155 --> 00:48:15,647 you want to squander your ancestors' patrimony? 279 00:48:17,427 --> 00:48:23,800 When my beloved father, on his deathbed, entrusted me with the leadership, 280 00:48:23,800 --> 00:48:29,500 he did so for you to support my projects, and not to call them into question 281 00:48:30,908 --> 00:48:37,609 - and hinder my will. - No pleasure can match this kingdom's value. 282 00:48:39,650 --> 00:48:44,755 l feel pity for the elders like you who enjoy to dispense advise 283 00:48:44,755 --> 00:48:50,125 just to put up with the fact they cannot set a bad example anymore. 284 00:48:54,331 --> 00:48:57,467 Even though youth's flame is now extinguished for us 285 00:48:57,467 --> 00:48:59,731 age makes up for it by giving us wisdom. 286 00:49:04,341 --> 00:49:08,710 Not only are your faces lined with wrinkles, but also your minds. 287 00:49:10,280 --> 00:49:14,451 Enough with the useless babble you trade for wisdom. 288 00:49:14,451 --> 00:49:17,454 - Execute my orders! -As you like, sir. 289 00:49:17,454 --> 00:49:19,445 We will invite tenders today. 290 00:49:28,465 --> 00:49:32,502 - You're doing all this for her? - For who else? 291 00:49:32,502 --> 00:49:37,337 Her smell is still lingering on my skin. l can't get rid of it. 292 00:49:38,375 --> 00:49:42,141 - lt's like a sweet obsession. -What did she promise you this time? 293 00:49:43,847 --> 00:49:46,782 That she would lead me beyond the limits of human pleasure. 294 00:49:48,285 --> 00:49:53,655 ln the torture garden. What is it? 295 00:49:54,458 --> 00:49:59,296 Milord, renounce this crazy plan. That place is cursed! 296 00:49:59,296 --> 00:50:02,993 Why? What do you know? Speak! 297 00:50:04,101 --> 00:50:09,006 l only know that whoever entered that garden, came out... 298 00:50:09,006 --> 00:50:11,408 if he ever managed to come out... 299 00:50:11,408 --> 00:50:13,638 with his mind obscured by folly. 300 00:50:15,045 --> 00:50:20,244 Don't be silly! Since when you believe in drunkards' stories? 301 00:50:21,818 --> 00:50:25,254 l actually know someone who was there. He used to be a merchant. 302 00:50:27,024 --> 00:50:28,150 Let me see him. 303 00:50:34,664 --> 00:50:36,393 Where... is... my love... 304 00:50:39,936 --> 00:50:41,699 it was taken by the wind. 305 00:50:44,941 --> 00:50:45,908 Leave! 306 00:50:51,715 --> 00:50:52,682 Go away! 307 00:51:06,263 --> 00:51:07,230 That's him. 308 00:51:08,265 --> 00:51:09,232 Nice dress! 309 00:51:10,333 --> 00:51:11,595 Enough! Step back! 310 00:51:20,510 --> 00:51:21,909 She isn't there anymore. 311 00:51:25,015 --> 00:51:26,676 l want to talk to you. 312 00:51:38,829 --> 00:51:41,764 Here you are. lt's for you. 313 00:51:54,311 --> 00:51:57,914 l heard you've been to the torture garden. 314 00:51:57,914 --> 00:52:02,819 - Yeah... - Please, by the name of the gods, 315 00:52:02,819 --> 00:52:04,252 tell me its secrets! 316 00:52:11,261 --> 00:52:17,825 The red room... gathers the sum of all pleasures. 317 00:52:22,372 --> 00:52:27,139 What does it mean... the red room? Speak! 318 00:52:29,346 --> 00:52:34,010 There lies the furthest limit of all desire. 319 00:52:35,051 --> 00:52:38,953 There... love becomes absolute. 320 00:52:44,094 --> 00:52:45,391 What happens there? 321 00:52:48,398 --> 00:52:50,093 What made you like this? 322 00:52:54,437 --> 00:53:01,775 lndescribable sensations... never-seen, unsettling delights... 323 00:53:04,848 --> 00:53:08,545 their memory is like an obsession 324 00:53:13,657 --> 00:53:17,115 and their absence is like a torment... 325 00:53:29,940 --> 00:53:34,001 Tell me, stranger, which obscure magic 326 00:53:34,077 --> 00:53:39,447 induced me to trespass the limit of impossibility? 327 00:53:46,856 --> 00:53:49,086 What meaning can life ever have 328 00:53:51,995 --> 00:53:54,589 for those who, like me, experienced... 329 00:53:58,301 --> 00:54:00,861 ...supreme ecstasy? 330 00:54:07,177 --> 00:54:10,203 - No! What are you doing? -Away, milord! Step back! 331 00:54:18,054 --> 00:54:20,420 - Don't drag me away! - Murderer! 332 00:55:11,341 --> 00:55:13,571 Which dark sins... 333 00:55:16,112 --> 00:55:21,015 which perverse love fantasies can unsettle a mind like this? 334 00:55:23,386 --> 00:55:30,126 And why do l feel attracted to them instead of fleeing? 335 00:55:30,126 --> 00:55:32,321 lrresistibly attracted. 336 00:55:36,766 --> 00:55:41,465 No... there's no magic. 337 00:55:44,574 --> 00:55:45,939 l already am crazy. 338 00:55:48,812 --> 00:55:55,047 l became crazy the very day l saw her. l'm crazy about her. 339 00:55:57,520 --> 00:56:03,789 About her beauty, about her charm, 340 00:56:10,400 --> 00:56:11,367 Tama 341 00:56:13,670 --> 00:56:15,137 here l am 342 00:56:17,307 --> 00:56:21,641 ready to sink in the hell of your womb. 343 00:59:07,176 --> 00:59:10,407 Look! The sun is setting. 344 00:59:11,447 --> 00:59:15,718 Also tonight dreams will come out of their secret coffer to enchant 345 00:59:15,718 --> 00:59:17,618 us with their deceitful truths. 346 00:59:20,089 --> 00:59:22,725 Tama. l only have one dream. 347 00:59:22,725 --> 00:59:27,530 This will come true when l can hold you in my arms. 348 00:59:27,530 --> 00:59:30,988 The fruit of love should not be picked when it isn't ripe yet. 349 00:59:32,969 --> 00:59:38,474 My riches are yours now, like my body, my soul even. 350 00:59:38,474 --> 00:59:42,501 What should l wait more for you to extinguish the flame you fired in me? 351 00:59:43,413 --> 00:59:46,883 The moon. She will tell us the site of supreme 352 00:59:46,883 --> 00:59:49,352 delight, with her silver crescent. 353 00:59:49,352 --> 00:59:53,516 lf you are still positive about knowing its unsettling mysteries. 354 00:59:54,557 --> 01:00:00,894 Nothing can now scare me. Nothing is stronger than my desire. 355 01:00:01,931 --> 01:00:07,426 Look. Your love fever turned on the light of night. 356 01:00:35,264 --> 01:00:39,502 - The torture garden is inside a cave? - No, this is just a passageway. 357 01:00:39,502 --> 01:00:44,667 lt will lead you to a secret valley. ln the middle, you'll find an enchanted palace. 358 01:00:46,109 --> 01:00:51,648 lnside it, there are the color rooms: one for each capital sin. 359 01:00:51,648 --> 01:00:57,416 Only if you pass all sweet tortures you'll be able to see the garden stars again. 360 01:00:57,487 --> 01:01:01,423 And you will access the red room. 361 01:01:02,458 --> 01:01:07,130 -What will happen there? - You'll be admitted to the great meal of love 362 01:01:07,130 --> 01:01:12,769 that will open the gates of heaven for you. Only then you can have me. 363 01:01:12,769 --> 01:01:18,074 You'll be inside me forever, and you'll become an angel of desire yourself. 364 01:01:18,074 --> 01:01:22,912 Remember, though: this will be possible only 365 01:01:22,912 --> 01:01:29,085 - Come on, go... - But you're not coming along? 366 01:01:29,085 --> 01:01:31,246 No, l will wait for you there. 367 01:02:54,403 --> 01:02:55,563 Where am l? 368 01:02:56,606 --> 01:03:00,443 ln the yellow room. Yellow is the color of risk, 369 01:03:00,443 --> 01:03:04,743 - of pain; of jealousy. - l don't understand. 370 01:03:07,049 --> 01:03:12,009 You led me here to feel pleasure, not pain. 371 01:03:15,958 --> 01:03:22,056 - What's more, l am alien to jealousy. - That's what you think. 372 01:03:23,099 --> 01:03:24,066 Come and see. 373 01:03:49,158 --> 01:03:51,126 Deng! What are you doing here? 374 01:03:55,598 --> 01:03:56,565 Deng! 375 01:04:32,501 --> 01:04:33,968 Let go of her, you scoundrel! 376 01:04:35,504 --> 01:04:38,564 This is an order! Tama is mine! 377 01:04:47,550 --> 01:04:48,517 Stop this! 378 01:05:06,969 --> 01:05:08,334 You fucking bastard! 379 01:05:27,189 --> 01:05:30,522 lt's too painful to watch you! Now l know what jealousy is! 380 01:06:14,570 --> 01:06:16,765 Who are you? What are you doing to me? 381 01:06:17,807 --> 01:06:22,611 Stop this! No! Untie me! 382 01:06:22,611 --> 01:06:24,044 Untie me, l said! 383 01:06:42,198 --> 01:06:47,303 You said you were alien to jealousy! This is the violet room. 384 01:06:47,303 --> 01:06:52,969 The room of wild lust, of the most morbid and lascivious passions. 385 01:06:54,010 --> 01:06:58,777 Then tell me why you had me tied up. 386 01:07:00,082 --> 01:07:01,743 You promised me ecstasy. 387 01:07:06,756 --> 01:07:13,596 - So far, l've only had torture. - To achieve ecstasy, as you aspire to, 388 01:07:13,596 --> 01:07:18,329 you have to walk down dark and mysterious paths. 389 01:07:19,435 --> 01:07:23,839 Watch, and you'll understand what l mean. - More watching? 390 01:07:23,839 --> 01:07:25,329 Have mercy! Enough. 391 01:07:41,924 --> 01:07:43,084 Untie me! 392 01:08:01,310 --> 01:08:02,937 l can't resist anymore! 393 01:12:17,466 --> 01:12:21,904 This is the room of celestial love, of ethereal creatures, 394 01:12:21,904 --> 01:12:25,670 of incorporeal beauty, of impalpable lust. 395 01:12:26,709 --> 01:12:31,578 What am l to expect now? What should l do? 396 01:12:32,614 --> 01:12:35,174 Here you'll find the extreme pleasure of absence. 397 01:12:55,771 --> 01:12:59,408 What's happening to me? l can't move! 398 01:12:59,408 --> 01:13:02,571 l feel like l'm riveted to the ground! Noo! 399 01:13:57,065 --> 01:13:58,032 Tama... 400 01:13:59,401 --> 01:14:04,361 Please... Please, Tama. 401 01:14:38,474 --> 01:14:43,639 Let me touch you too, sweet creatures. Let me kiss you. 402 01:15:38,100 --> 01:15:42,503 l'm getting crazy! Stop it, l'm getting crazy! 403 01:15:43,539 --> 01:15:45,200 l can't resist anymore! 404 01:16:05,494 --> 01:16:06,927 Tama, where are you? 405 01:16:49,137 --> 01:16:53,875 - The red room! - Very good. 406 01:16:53,875 --> 01:16:59,006 You've come to the red room, the extreme limit of all desire. 407 01:17:00,048 --> 01:17:03,245 This means you learnt to curb your impatience 408 01:17:04,286 --> 01:17:07,847 and you understood that waiting makes desire stronger. 409 01:17:08,890 --> 01:17:12,553 as l promised to you, here l will be your at last. 410 01:17:12,995 --> 01:17:15,931 After the last delight of the great meal of love. 411 01:17:15,931 --> 01:17:18,263 lt won't be another torture, hopefully. 412 01:17:19,301 --> 01:17:21,064 Try and judge by yourself. 413 01:17:28,910 --> 01:17:32,047 You can now be satiated with my body. You deserved it. 414 01:17:32,047 --> 01:17:36,818 - But, to begin with, only by mouth. - Only by mouth? 415 01:17:36,818 --> 01:17:40,656 - Why? - lt will be marvelous. 416 01:17:40,656 --> 01:17:43,792 But l yearn for you so much! Only with my mouth l... 417 01:17:43,792 --> 01:17:47,694 You will be the best prologue to the ritual of supreme love. 418 01:17:49,498 --> 01:17:55,470 The love that will open the heavens' gate for you. - Tama, it's such a long way! 419 01:17:55,470 --> 01:18:00,874 But after that, can l have you? And remain inside you forever? 420 01:18:02,878 --> 01:18:05,813 lt will be an eternal and endless intercourse? 421 01:18:08,150 --> 01:18:11,347 Now come and taste my body. 422 01:21:09,030 --> 01:21:11,233 Enough, please, untie me! 423 01:21:11,233 --> 01:21:16,637 Let me touch you, hug you, and reach the climax of pleasure! 424 01:21:18,073 --> 01:21:22,711 - My head aches! - Drink this potion. 425 01:21:22,711 --> 01:21:25,780 lt will give you the elation of supreme pleasure. 426 01:21:25,780 --> 01:21:29,751 l don't need it! l can bear all kind of test now. 427 01:21:29,751 --> 01:21:35,747 When pleasure is absolute, no one is so strong as to bear its intensity. 428 01:21:41,062 --> 01:21:45,200 Good. Now let desire take its course. 429 01:21:45,200 --> 01:21:49,034 This way only can you understand the peaks love can reach. 430 01:22:04,619 --> 01:22:08,890 l feel... like volcanoes burning inside me. 431 01:22:08,890 --> 01:22:11,154 All its fire is about to erupt! 432 01:22:19,701 --> 01:22:22,033 lt's about to gush out of me 433 01:22:26,308 --> 01:22:28,708 a river of hot lava... 434 01:22:29,778 --> 01:22:30,745 C'mon. 435 01:22:31,780 --> 01:22:35,443 No. The moment has not come yet. 436 01:22:36,484 --> 01:22:39,920 Let me placate the flames of your virility with this ointment. 437 01:22:50,799 --> 01:22:56,871 An odd sensation... lt's as if l were 438 01:22:56,871 --> 01:23:00,307 suddenly drunk... 439 01:23:02,944 --> 01:23:06,903 What strange powers does this ointment have? 440 01:23:07,849 --> 01:23:12,980 l can't feel... the touch of your hands. 441 01:23:15,657 --> 01:23:19,160 Whereas l do want to feel them! l want to enjoy them. 442 01:23:19,160 --> 01:23:22,964 l want to become crazy with your kisses and caresses! - Don't worry. 443 01:23:22,964 --> 01:23:27,992 Another few moments and you'll experience something that human mind cannot conceive. 444 01:23:29,371 --> 01:23:33,330 Divine pleasure. The arcane secret of total love. 445 01:23:55,697 --> 01:23:58,825 lt's as if... my soul were leaving my body. 446 01:24:01,302 --> 01:24:04,739 Or like a river flooding that breaks its banks. 447 01:24:04,739 --> 01:24:10,234 Or like a spring suddenly gushing from a rock. 448 01:24:11,312 --> 01:24:16,045 Here l am, my love. We will be together from now on. 449 01:24:48,083 --> 01:24:51,352 What have you done? Why, Tama? 450 01:24:51,352 --> 01:24:55,290 - Why? - l let you climb the highest peaks of love. 451 01:24:55,290 --> 01:24:59,494 l made you explore the inner recesses of my body 452 01:24:59,494 --> 01:25:04,833 satisfying all your desires. And then, like l promised, 453 01:25:04,833 --> 01:25:11,706 - you are inside me forever. - But now l am not a man anymore! 454 01:25:11,706 --> 01:25:16,845 You will be so much more. Man was created with many limits by nature 455 01:25:16,845 --> 01:25:21,111 impatient in misfortune, ungenerous in prosperity 456 01:25:21,950 --> 01:25:25,954 insatiable in his constant quest to fulfill his desires. 457 01:25:25,954 --> 01:25:29,858 From now onwards, you'll live among the gods 458 01:25:29,858 --> 01:25:32,088 and the world will worship you. 459 01:25:51,112 --> 01:25:54,282 Please, this must be a perfect, memorable 460 01:25:54,282 --> 01:25:56,341 lunch. Easier said than done. 461 01:26:09,564 --> 01:26:13,134 l would never have dared to hope that the imperial guards commander 462 01:26:13,134 --> 01:26:15,637 would pay a visit to this humble tea house. 463 01:26:15,637 --> 01:26:17,906 Soldiers are like sailors, Madame Shu. 464 01:26:17,906 --> 01:26:21,709 They go where the sea is calm, food's good and women are nice, 465 01:26:21,709 --> 01:26:26,237 and some say this harbor can satisfy these three desires. 466 01:26:27,348 --> 01:26:30,340 Your expectations won't be disappointed, Excellency. 467 01:26:36,524 --> 01:26:41,461 Come on, girls. Prepare a sandal, perfumed bath for the commander. 468 01:26:43,731 --> 01:26:44,698 Good morning, Excellency. 469 01:26:46,768 --> 01:26:51,034 l was so anxious to meet you. You're much discussed about. 470 01:26:51,973 --> 01:26:52,940 Come on. 471 01:26:55,109 --> 01:26:58,545 Now we'll relieve all the fatigue of your travels. 472 01:27:07,655 --> 01:27:11,819 How sweet sin is in such a merry company. 473 01:27:13,828 --> 01:27:18,666 By gods! The water's hot. You won't boil it like fish! 474 01:27:18,666 --> 01:27:22,870 Which fish? l feel a naughty snake crawl here. 475 01:27:22,870 --> 01:27:24,633 Looks like a boa to me. 476 01:27:27,942 --> 01:27:32,572 Heavens' gods! This must be an elephant! Let's take it by the trunk. 477 01:27:33,848 --> 01:27:36,408 Girls, please. Not all of you together. 478 01:27:43,191 --> 01:27:45,352 Now the elephant plunges in its pond. 479 01:28:48,823 --> 01:28:50,757 Girls, what is this music? 480 01:29:06,474 --> 01:29:09,341 What is it? Did you lose your tongues? 481 01:29:10,378 --> 01:29:11,675 Atowel, come on. 482 01:29:55,690 --> 01:29:59,091 She's more than beautiful. She's wonderful. 483 01:30:00,128 --> 01:30:02,697 Divine. l want her tonight. 484 01:30:02,697 --> 01:30:05,097 - l'm sorry. No one can choose her. -Why not? 485 01:30:06,033 --> 01:30:09,237 You're not a local. You can't understand. 486 01:30:09,237 --> 01:30:12,573 What is there to understand? l came here to satisfy my desires, 487 01:30:12,573 --> 01:30:13,972 and that's what l will do. 488 01:30:14,041 --> 01:30:17,078 Be careful, a night with her will cost you your mind. 489 01:30:17,078 --> 01:30:21,916 Risk is my daily bread. l can buy her at any costs. 490 01:30:21,916 --> 01:30:26,053 - There's no need of money to have her. - l don't understand. 491 01:30:26,053 --> 01:30:29,023 lf she offers herself for no money, what should l do to have her? 492 01:30:29,023 --> 01:30:31,926 You can only wait and hope. 493 01:30:31,926 --> 01:30:37,262 She decides if, when, and whom will be her partner. 494 01:30:38,533 --> 01:30:42,804 - For one night. - Man has always chosen his partner. 495 01:30:42,804 --> 01:30:44,965 Why can she subvert the rules? 496 01:30:45,940 --> 01:30:48,409 ls it a man dressed as a woman, by any chance? 497 01:30:48,409 --> 01:30:51,779 No, it's not a man, but it's not a woman either. 498 01:30:51,779 --> 01:30:56,011 - What is it, then, by all gods? - lt's an angel. 499 01:31:01,923 --> 01:31:07,562 lt's the angel of desire sent by the gods among men as a gift. 500 01:31:07,562 --> 01:31:11,032 This dance is the choice dance, 501 01:31:11,032 --> 01:31:15,703 at the end of which it will choose the privileged one 502 01:31:15,703 --> 01:31:19,707 that will receive the supreme ecstasy protected by the arcane secrets 503 01:31:19,707 --> 01:31:23,541 of the most sublime pleasure and infinite pain. 504 01:31:32,620 --> 01:31:35,783 Does this celestial creature have a name? l'd like to know it. 505 01:31:36,824 --> 01:31:41,562 lf you really want to know, its name is Fu-Shu. 506 01:31:41,562 --> 01:31:43,860 This name sounds like the promise of love. 507 01:32:06,754 --> 01:32:07,721 You.