Original subtitles

Tao Tao Mansion

Here's the Christmas dinner.

Good girl! Put it down!

Where's the other dish?

Let's eat!

We'll wait for Santa Claus after dinner.

Go take a look!

I'm scared...

Are you human or spirit?

Mr. Tao, the Japanese are after us.

We're friends.

Please let us in! I beg you!

Let you in?

Please! It wasn't easy to get her out!

Kimura is after Ah Hua.

Ah Hua?

The singer?

Yes! She's my wife!

Hurry, Mr. Tao! Let us in!

Yes!

Well...

Hurry, Mr. Tao! Let us in!

We'll give you everything we have!

Please! I beg you!

Please help us!

Money is nothing! Come in!

Go in...

Be careful!

You'll be safe here!

Don't worry! I'll go take a look!

Thank you!

Don't mention it!

Thank you, Mr. Tao!

I don't trust him!

Let's hide the jewelry box!

Put it in the bucket!

Ah Hua is really here!

Kimura?

I'll kill you!

You killed my father!

I'll fight you...

Let him go!

Please let him go!

Ah Hua...

Xiong...

You'll get retribution for what you did.

Damn.

Don't be too sad! These are rough times!

While you're still young

you can still start over.

How about this...

Your husband and your son's funeral.

I'll help you.

Are you hurt?

You're bleeding!

That Japanese is ruthless!

You're still lucky to be alive!

I'll take you home later.

Being a woman is not easy.

I'm afraid I can't look after you.

Give me back the money.

I want my son back!

Since the tragedy

strange things happened at the Tao residence.

Soon afterwards, everyone in the house

disappeared mysteriously.

Rumor has it the house is haunted!

Starring Wai-Yee CHIN Tony LIU

Starring Mabel KWONG Kuan-Chung KU

Featuring Biu GAM Eva LAI Yin-Shan Fei AI Jun-Git LEUNG

Special Appearance by Yu TING

Cinematography by Chieh HUANG Mu-To KUNG An-Sung TSAO Lighting Technician Ting-Bang YUAN Tieh-Chi LIU

Edited by Still Photographer Chu-Ta LIU Shao-Kuang LIU Shao-Hsi CHANG Kan-Sing CHAN

Costume Design by Props by Chi-Yu LIU Hsiang YUAN

Hair Stylist Makeup Artist Yen-Lien PENG Ji-Cheng LIU

Sound Recordist Dubbing Editor Ian LI Yu TING Ping-Kuang HSU

Sound Effects Editor Music by Chen-Hou SU Chin-Yung CHENG Kang CHEN Ying-Ping LI

Set Decoration by Ching-Shen CHEN Kuang-Hsien TENG

Action Choreographer Hsia HSU

Assistant Director Wai-Sum WONG

Script Supervisor Chuing-Shan LIU

Production Assistant Lei-Hu LI Yao-Yung HUI

Screenplay by The Shaw Brothers Creative Group

Creative Consultant Titus HO

Production Coordinator Po-Nan WEN

Line Producer Yiu WONG.

Nicky, don't move!

Okay.

I'll take one for you.

Alright!

Press here!

Nicky!

Let him go!

Come! I'll take one for you!

Professor Yang!

Ida!

What a coincidence!

Mr. Tao.

Please take one for us!

Don't get in people's way.

You just want to go to the race course!

You've confiscated all my money!

It's nice that your wife keeps the money.

May, take the picture!

Nicky.

Take one with Auntie!

Put a woman in front of a camera.

They'll forget their husbands.

Want a smoke?

No!

Nowadays, men don't carry money

I bet

you don't have $500 on you.

You're wrong!

You do?

Can I borrow it?

May, take one with me and Nicky!

Alright!

Thanks. Please take my wife home!

Thanks!

Ming, that rascal!

He's addicted to gambling.

He'll even bet on how far he can piss!

I'm sorry, Professor! I'll pay you back!

Take your time!

Bye!

Snowy!

She's been talking non-stop.

She's not boring like you.

Buried in your mushrooms and say nothing.

Don't run, Snowy!

Nicky, don't! It's dirty!

What's going on?

My mushrooms!

You scared me!

What's the big deal?

My mushrooms are dead!

You only care about your mushrooms!

Nicky, you're so naughty!

I told you not to touch my mushrooms!

They're not growing.

So I pulled them.

Smart boy!

Tell that bitch not to call here.

She scared my mushrooms to death!

The bitch wants to talk to you.

Hello.

We'd like to borrow your wife, Professor.

Mrs. Fang can't come.

We need someone to play mahjong.

You've got it all planned out!

Just be quiet!

Six circles.

Nine bamboos.

Pung!

Game!

10 fans!

Damn!

Ida, you didn't discard the tile.

Why are you so upset?

He's a jinx!

I'll get some water.

Get me another glass!

Don't pour that out!

What's wrong with him?

He considers water as fortune.

Pouring it out is giving away fortune.

The water in the jar stinks!

He's so superstitious!

Yet he never wins anything!

You make no retorts.

You must be up to no good!

Get lost!

How can you sell your ancestral home?

You miserable rogue!

The inheritance from his father

had been gambled away!

One of these days

he'll sell me as well!

Lucky memorial tablet for free!

Lucky memorial tablet for free!

Lucky memorial tablet for free!

Lucky tablet?

Yes!

You are bonded with a gambling ghost.

It's your lucky day!

Why me?

If it's true

why are you peddling on the street?

This is too good to be true!

Listen, I guarantee you'll win!

Fortune tellers are liars.

I don't believe you!

Don't go!

You have nothing to lose.

What more can I do to you?

Try your luck with this.

And you'll see for yourself!

When you play mahjong.

Work on every hand.

Go for the big pots!

- South! - Pung!

- West! - Pung!

Are you in collaboration?

- East! - Pung!

Four Blessings!

You discarded all the character tiles!

Don't make me lose money!

Does he need North?

Red Dragon!

One circle.

Pung!

Win this game if you can!

Mr. Feng, you're paying for it!

Here's your reward!

Thanks!

Your prediction was correct!

Of course! I won't harm you!

I've mastered the mahjong game.

I want to bet on horses and dogs!

Can I win too?

Greed is insatiable! Gamble less!

I'm already broke.

I must gamble.

You'll lose more than you gain!

Then show me the way!

There's a way.

Check your luck with these dice!

I'll buy you dinner next time!

Wait!

Based on your palm.

You should have an inheritance.

I did but it's gone now!

That's not it! Think again!

There's still an ancestral home.

I wanted to sell it!

Don't do that!

Why not?

It'll be disastrous!

This is pretty, honey!

I'm not always out of luck.

I can get lucky too!

I ran into a benefactor.

But not every day!

The Lady will look after me!

Let me check my luck!

Win!

Lose! You better not gamble today!

The Lady is busy today.

I can't win everything.

That'd be asking too much!

Ever since I got this lucky tablet

I've been winning.

But I got 3 loses from the dice today.

And have been on a losing streak.

I better return this tablet!

I'll be honest with you, Mr. Tao.

You're bonded with this ghost.

As long as you worship her properly.

She'll grant you your wish.

But don't fool around after you win.

Or you'll be in mortal danger.

Good morning!

Sorry to wake you up so early!

I'm offering you incense!

Here's your breakfast, my Lady!

I'm going to the races today.

Bless me.

Triple Pools, Quinella, place, win...

Just let me win!

Win!

Win!

This is great!

I'm off to make money!

You may not have a rope to hang yourself.

Touch wood!

Can't even hold my money!

With courtesy of the Jockey Club!

You're looking good today.

This wallet is useless.

Can't even hold my money!

I should have brought a suitcase!

That's true!

Here's something for you!

Thanks.

Wait!

Two are enough!

I still have a pocket in my pants!

Have you been to Las Vegas?

What?

You think I'm a hillbilly?

No! You must know about Las Vegas!

You're being stupid three times a day.

8 hours each time.

That's 24 hours!

That's the whole day!

I'm telling you, they won't let me go.

Because my bets are too big for them!

That's true!

That's too bad!

Las Vegas has wonderful shows

that you haven't seen!

Have you seen it?

Those girls are fantastic!

One of them is stranded here.

She's trying to earn a plane ticket home.

This is your last chance.

You may have a free dessert after the show too.

The fortune teller advised against it.

He's talking about Chinese dessert

not western, right?

Let's go.

You stay here!

I... here?

Yes!

Western dessert...

This is great!

Come on!

For Sino-British relations...

Kiss me...

No...

I'm not interested! What are you doing?

Come on...

What's the matter with you? I like you!

No...

I like Chinese men.

No...

Come on!

I've listened to your advice.

I'll never screw a foreigner.

I'll never fool around again!

Happy birthday, Auntie!

Good boy!

Happy birthday!

Thanks.

Do you need any help?

Everything is done!

We'll eat when he gets back!

When he left, I reminded him

that today is my birthday.

He's not back yet.

Let's eat! He can have the leftovers!

No, let's wait!

Yes!

There he is!

To the night races...!

Why did you buy this?

It's a present!

This is my birthday present?

Your birthday?

Damn! You forgot!

Tonight is the last race of the season!

The Lady is good to me.

I won a lot of money!

Please sit down!

Stay out of this!

Where's the treasure bowl?

Ida.

Let's go home and have noodles!

You vamp!

Damn you and your tablet!

Pardon her ignorance, my Lady!

I'll double my offering if I win.

Win all!

It's my lucky day!

You're such a sweetheart!

I'll bet heavily!

Ten thousand.

Call.

Me too.

Straight flush calls the shots.

Forty thousand.

I have the ace of spades.

Does he have the 6 of spade?

I doubt it.

Four Ace!

Wait!

Straight flush!

Sorry, Mr. Tao! I win.

She had her period last week.

Not again?

Mr. Tao.

Two thousand.

Call!

Thirty thousand.

Call!

Call!

$50,000, call!

A pair of aces.

2 pairs.

200,000.

I have only $68,000.

A pair of Ace and two.

Full house.

Sorry, Mr. Tao, I win again.

That can't be! More chips!

If you don't pay up the $220,000.

Better get yourself a coffin!

Mr. Tao.

Why do you owe them so much?

Are you alright?

I'm fine!

Shall I call the police?

No!

Do you want to kill me?

Me?

The loan sharks want to kill you!

Let's call the police!

Police? No way.

No? They're after you!

Where do you get the money?

Where are you going?

City...

Honey, you're wonderful!

The bank is that way!

...Funeral Home!

You're my wife!

Don't do this to me!

Help me!

How?

You're smart!

You'll come up with something!

Sell the house!

I can't!

The fortune teller said it'll be disastrous.

You asshole!

You'd rather listen to a fortune teller!

I'll kill you!

Don't count on me to help you!

He owes $220,000!

You saw what happened!

These people will kill him!

I can't help you!

The money we have

is to buy a house.

That'll do!

Ming has an ancestral house.

We'll sell it to you for $220,000.

Nicky, we don't have a dog!

Snowy likes it.

Put it back!

This child!

Take a look first! It's only $220,000!

Ask the store!

Alright!

Excuse me! The house down there...

is that the Tao residence?

Yes! Are you...

We want to look at it!

Hold this!

Alright!

That's the one!

Hold him!

Nicky, don't run around!

Look, David!

The food on the table

appears to be untouched.

This house is huge.

I'll have enough room for my mushrooms!

Don't run...

The gramophone is still on!

They must have left in a hurry!

David...

May, come here!

May, look!

There's a well!

I can water my mushrooms from it!

You sold my grandfather's house?

What else can I do?

Do you want them to kill you?

The blind man said I'll be in trouble!

If you don't want to die.

You must sell the house.

Or else you can go to hell.

And explain to your grandfather.

You're cursing me?

You'll be dead just the same!

Mom!

I'm busy! Go play with Snowy!

Alright!

Just $200,000.

You can't buy a toilet for $200,000 overseas!

The living room is big and beautiful.

If I have a house like this

I'll spend every weekend here!

What is it?

Be careful!

It's nothing!

Are you hurt?

No!

Are you alright?

Let me set up the mahjong table.

No, we can do it!

Will you stay for dinner?

Sorry to trouble you!

Go ahead and start! I'll prepare dinner!

Good luck!

Thanks!

Such a filial daughter!

Yes!

What are the rules?

Same as usual! Come...

Strange!

Nine Wen!

Pung!

Green dragon!

Pung! 1 bamboo!

Pung!

You're too slow!

Hurry, next time!

I want to make sure!

Hurry!

North!

Self draw! 13 Wonders game!

Show us! Hurry!

Show us your hand!

What's wrong with you?

It's a self draw 13 Wonders game!

I bet you want to discard the Red dragon.

Then I'll have a Scholar's game.

Who knows if it's for real!

How come the rice is not cooked?

Something wrong with the plug?

No! It's fine!

What's going on?

There are worms inside!

What happened to your hand?

It's rice, not worms!

So careless of you!

David, I'm telling the truth!

Fine, I'll check!

Don't be scared, Mom! I love you!

Don't get your hand wet.

Hurry!

You're so slow!

Green dragon!

Pung!

Five bamboos!

East!

Gang!

Gang again!

Again!

Again!

And again!

What do you say?

Can't beat that kind of luck!

Self draw!

What's all the noise?

Where are they?

Gone! They said the house is haunted!

Offer some incense!

Pray to Buddha for your safety!

Don't forget to offer incense!

Nicky! Grandma is leaving!

Bye, Grandma!

Where are your manners?

Come down and say goodbye!

Let him be. He's just a kid.

I'll see you out!

It's foggy and humid!

Remember to offer the incense!

Yes!

Don't forget!

What are you doing, David?

Why are you taking it down?

Hanging it in the living room is hideous!

How can it protect us?

It's not scientific!

Mom won't like it when she finds out.

I don't blame her given her age.

But you shouldn't go along with it!

Throw it away! I'm taking a bath!

10 more minutes! You should be in bed!

Jump!

Nicky...

Nicky...

David...

What is it?

Nicky fell in the well!

In the well?

Nicky!

Help, Mom!

I don't understand.

How did he get in?

This is really weird, David!

It must be a twister!

Twister? There was no wind last night!

Anything else?

No thanks. How much?

12.5.

That house is haunted!

Don't believe in anything unscientific.

My husband said so.

I want a popsicle!

Okay.

Just one!

Who are you?

I've checked. There was no twister.

So did I. Same humidity and temperature.

Same species and nutrients.

Can it be air pressure?

You're going crazy!

May!

Mom!

What is it?

He ate my popsicle!

Who?

He's gone!

You'll be punished for lying!

Blaming someone else for something you did!

It's him! Here he is again!

Other than you and me

there's no one here!

David...!

Mom!

May!

David, let's move!

What happened?

Flying refrigerator!

Don't be silly! You're all wet!

Go change before you catch a cold!

All dead.

Stay here and play with Snowy!

Don't run around, understand?

I need a band-aid.

No need, you are healed.

I'm going to see Daddy!

Catch me!

Help! Mom!

Nicky...!

Nicky!

May!

May...!

Nicky!

What happened?

Nicky!

What's wrong?

Nicky fell in the well!

Nicky!

Mrs. Yang, you'll just get in our way!

What's the situation?

We've searched the well. Nothing!

That's not possible. I saw him!

Mysterious disappearance of a child.

The boy, aged 4

is 1 meter tall, black hair and roundish eyes.

He was wearing a yellow shirt.

If anyone knows of his whereabouts.

Please contact the local police.

Or call our hotline 277...

David!

You must find Nicky!

Professor, this footage

shows one of our priests in action.

It is shot in Malaysia

during an exorcism.

The priest has driven the devil

onto a corpse.

Look!

God has eliminated the devil.

Animism is mysterious.

It is not superstition!

How do you explain something so bizarre?

The only explanation is that

other than scientific world.

There's also a supernatural world.

In addition to our mortal body

there's a certain divinity

which is described here in great details.

I just want to save my son.

Rest assured I'll do my best

to rescue your son.

Father Zhong.

David, is the Father here?

Yes!

Boil some water upstairs, Mrs. Yang.

Your son needs to bathe when he gets back!

Mr. Yang, unless I call you.

Please do not come out!

Okay!

Quick! Go upstairs!

In the name of the Father, the Son and the Holy God.

You devil, go away!

Go away!

God will punish you! Go away!

Stay put! I'll get help!

Summoning Triratna

and Buddha to earth.

All gods from Heaven.

And swords from Hell.

I ask of you mortal beings.

What do you want from me?

What do you want to know?

What do you wish to tell me?

I need your help to find someone.

What's his name?

Nicky Yang.

Born on January 4, 1979.

Between 7 and 9 p.m.

On the 7th day of this month.

He fell into a well at No. 1 Mountain View Road.

We really miss him.

Please help us find him.

I have been to Hell.

And searched every level.

He's not there.

I'm telling you

Nicky Yang is not there.

Go back!

Does that mean he's still on earth?

Is Nicky really alive?

Maybe.

We'll find him if he's dead.

Then where is he?

I can only look for him in Hell.

How can I find him if he's still alive?

I'll try something else.

Dear, where are you going?

Off to gamble again?

You shouldn't go today.

Come with me to visit Mrs. Yang.

Are you crazy? Go by yourself!

Don't stand in the way of my fortune.

Nicky is missing.

You should visit them.

What do you mean I should?

I should be at the races.

I have a feeling I'll win today.

That's all you do!

You'll gamble your life away.

Damn! Touch wood!

Are you coming?

Leave me alone!

Nicky!

May...

Nicky...

Nicky!

May!

- Nicky! - May.

Calm down, May!

- Nicky! - May

Nicky!

I know you're here, Nicky!

I'll turn on the light!

Nicky!

May...

May! Look.

Any luck?

Like shit!

I have no luck with anything.

Ming.

What? You have money to lend me?

This is not funny!

We're friends.

My boss wants you to pay up.

Don't look down on me, Fatso!

Do what's best for you!

Damn!

How can I pay up?

I'll take my chance!

Hello

David Yang?

Speaking!

Do you want to see your son again?

What? Nicky is with you?

Listen, at midnight tonight.

Go to the cottage beneath your house.

There's a crack in the door.

Put $100,000 inside.

I want cash.

Where do I get that kind of money?

I'm Nicky's mom.

I have a brooch, guess it'd be worth that much!

I'll take a look. If it's worth that much,

I'll let your son go!

Don't call the police or he's dead!

You're giving away the jewels?

We bought this house.

Everything in here belongs to us!

I can't wait till tonight.

We already know where he is

why are you so nervous?

Aren't you? He's your son!

Be careful!

Is it worth $100,000?

I've seen something worse

but marked $200,000.

Give it here!

It seems I've seen this brooch before.

Where's Grandma's photo?

Professor Yang wanted me to get it appraised.

He must have the jewelry box.

What are you saying?

Grandma used to tell me.

She left a jewelry box in the house.

Really?

Yes!

Let's go!

Where?

You're so stupid.

Your grandma has been dead for so long.

You have no proof! They won't give it back!

Then we must resort to stealing!

What? You want to be a thief?

I don't have to do it myself.

I can hire someone to do it.

Stop pacing!

Sit down and wait for the call!

Hello?

Speaking!

Wait by the flagpole in Tsimshatsui at 10 o'clock

I understand.

Will they let him go?

Just take the jewelry box

I know.

What happened?

The house is haunted!

Bow to the gods.

Bow to the Heavenly King.

Bow to Buddha.

And all celestial beings.

Bow to Hell.

Bow to Yama.

Armed runners and the Wuchangs

Nicky Yang is kidnapped by a roaming spirit

I beg all gods to help bring him back.

Go ahead!

Bring this sign!

He's a child like you, coax him!

Forget it... come back!

Madam.

Mrs. Yang.

Your son refused to come with the goblin.

What shall we do?

I'll go down there

I'm his mother, let me go!

You must be back before this burns out.

If you don't

you'll never get back.

The well is not very deep.

I've measured it. It comes to here!

The mark is useless!

What?

Go on down!

Be careful!

The joss stick is burning fast.

Go on!

Don't worry, I'll bring Nicky back!

Mom!

Nicky!

Nicky!

She has gone past the mark!

May!

There's still time, Mr. Yang.

Put the rope back in the well!

May!

May!

It's your fault!

I want her back!

May!

She's still unconscious!

The cinnabar dot is still there.

Put her on the bed.

What are you doing now?

May!

David!

May!

Did you see Nicky?

How is he?

Ah Hua won't let him go!

Who's Ah Hua?

She was a singer.

She died tragically in this house.

What's going on?

The previous owner, Mr. Tao.

His grandfather was a hypocrite.

He took in Ah Hua's family

then notified the Japanese.

They killed her husband and her son.

And raped her.

Old Mr. Tao was a beast.

After the Japanese left, he took advantage of her.

And killed her for her jewels.

Poor Ah Hua

died because of these 2 men.

After the war.

Old Mr. Tao has forgotten about this.

Then one night...

Collect this amount tomorrow.

I will.

My rheumatism is acting up again.

Who is it?

Ghost...

Go! Hurry and leave!

What do they want?

They said the Taos owe them this house.

If we want Nicky back.

We must restore it to its previous condition

and move out.

That's ridiculous!

You want to reason with them?

What should we do, Madam?

Do as they say!

Do we have a choice?

If I do, I won't be blind.

I'd be rich and have descendants.

Thank you!

You're welcome!

I'll give you the cheque outside!

Alright!

Most people renovate, Mr. Yang.

Why the other way around?

It's for filming.

Are you the boss?

Thank you!

Thank you!

These ghosts should be happy now!

Don't be like that! They still have Nicky!

Help! Mom!

Daddy! Mom!

Nicky!

Help me!

Nicky!

Help, mom!

David!

Mom!

Nicky!

Nicky!

Nicky!

Nicky!

David!

Help! Somebody help!

I must save Nicky!

Open the door...

Nicky!

Let me go!

Help!

Nicky!

Let me go!

Let go!

What do you want?

You brought harm to my husband and son.

Do you want to kill me?

I've restored the house.

I've done everything you wanted.

What more do you want?

You're despicable! Come out!

Let me go...

You should take revenge

on those who have wronged you.

Why pick on me and my family?

If you don't stop

I will come after you even when I'm dead!

May!

Mom!

May!

Mom!

May!

Mom!

May!

Mom!

May, where are you?

Mom!

David! Nicky!

Where are you?

Why didn't you return my calls?

Never mind.

I'm coming over.

We'll trade the goods with the money.

What's your hurry?

What do you want?

Just tell me.

What you're saying is...

you're making me a lower offer?

Asshole!

Why am I so out of luck?

I'll get my money!

Got a light?

Miss, I want to...

It's late.

Where are we going?

I don't want to go home.

Help! There's a ghost after me...!

Help!

Don't...

Please don't...

Bubbles!

Make some more, Mom!

Make some more!

No, Daddy is getting off.

I want some more...

Let me play...

Alright!

Hurry, Mom!

I want to go home!

I don't wanna play, Mom. I want to go home.