![]() Chow apologizes for bothering him, and Chan says, "Don't mention it. Chow says one of his colleagues needs to travel to Singapore, and he was hoping Su could get him cheap tickets. Chan says she's not and asks why he needs to talk to her. Chow is surprised, and Chan acts surprised that she didn't tell him. Chan, perpetually offscreen, tells Chow that his wife already paid him for it. Chan's door, thanking him for the rice cooker and asking him how much he owes him. Chan, but Su insists it would be no trouble at all. Chow says he wouldn't want to trouble Mr. She suggests he get one, since his wife is so often late coming home from work. Chan brought it back from a business trip. When Chow returns home, he finds the whole household marveling at a Japanese rice cooker. Ming tells Chow it's time to go, the workday is over, but Chow is intent on finishing his task before he leaves. Chow asks Ming to speak to personnel about getting him a few days off next month, and Ming says he will, but that the next lunch is on Chow. ![]() He tells his wife he will speak to Ming and that he'll see her at home. ![]() The perspective switches to Chow, in the copy room of the newspaper he works for. She's asking Chow to speak to Ming, his supervisor, about getting some time off. The scene starts with his wife, who appears to be in a library or office of some sort. Suen tells her she is too polite and watches her walk off. Su declines, saying she really isn't that hungry, she just wants some air. Suen asks her to stay for dinner they're having pork soup. Su tells her she's just going to get some noodles from the night market. Suen runs into her in the hallway and asks where she is going so late. Back at home, she retrieves her soup thermos from the kitchen. She wraps up at the office and goes home. Su says she is fine, she'll get her own dinner, and thanks him. He asks if he can bring her back anything from the restaurant. Ho leaves Su to finish up at the office while he goes and has dinner with his mistress, Miss Yu. She then tells him that Miss Yu called to say she's on her way. He asks if she's made the dinner reservations, which she has. The next scene takes place in Su's office. Chan asks why he needs two, and she says, "You know why." He asks whether he should get two different colors, and she says they can be the same color, throwing caution to the wind. Su reminds him to bring back two of the special Japanese handbags that they cannot get in Hong Kong. Chan is preparing for another long business trip abroad, and Su is asking him how long he'll be gone. We cut to another day, in Su and Chan's bedroom. The frame centers on Chow, participating in conversation and enjoying a meal with his neighbors. Suen tells them she's meeting her husband at the airport. The woman, back to the camera, enters Suen's dining room, which is abuzz with conversation and the clatter of plates and utensils. On her way down the stairs, Su passes a woman around her age. Su tells her she has to be going, she's meeting her husband at the airport. Suen invites her to join them for dinner. Chow asks how he should address her, and she tells him, "My husband's name is Chan." Chow introduces himself, and they part ways. Chow asks if her husband reads Japanese, and Su informs him that her husband's boss is Japanese. She tells them they belong to her husband. He brings the stack next door and asks Su if they are hers. He tells the mover to leave them, he'll take care of it. At one point, Chow spots a stack of books in his room that don't belong to him or his wife. ![]() Suen laments that Su is organizing the whole move of her and Chan on her own, without the help of Chan. The crew keeps mistakenly loading Chow's furniture into Su's apartment and vice versa. The scene immediately transitions into the tumult and noise of two moving crews shuffling furniture into the neighboring apartments. Chow thanks her profusely, and she tells him he is too polite. Koo his son just got married, and his room is empty. She tells Chow that he should try her next door neighbor Mr. Suen asks Chow how many he's renting for, and he tells her that it's just him and his wife. This is the first time Chow Mo-wan and Su Li-zhen (Mrs. He inquires about the room for rent, and she tells him it has just been rented to the young woman leaving. Suen tells her to call her when she's decided whether she wants to rent the room.Īs she is leaving, a young man walks up the stairwell to Mrs. Suen asks for her name, she says, "My husband's name is Chan." The scene cuts to Chan's wife leaving the apartment. The woman, just off of work, is looking for room and board for herself and her husband. A young woman knocks on the door and is greeted by Mrs. Another title card follows, setting the scene in Hong Kong, 1962.
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