Boat People Page #4

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I'll get some bowls.

Don't forget Daddy.

Come on, put me down.

Remember Daddy.

Daddy!

How did you know I'd be here?

Ah Nhac brought me here.

What are those people doing?

They're Chinese. The government

wants them to register.

Hey, what are you doing? No photos!

Who are you?

A reporter from Japan.

Show me your pass.

In order? Believe me now?

Got any ciggies? Give me one.

That's okay.

Hey, you haven't paid me yet...

you haven't paid!

Damn it!

Park the bike without paying money.

Damn it!

My mother ran a stall

until she fell ill.

I want to run one myself,

when I've saved enough.

But it's tough.

Gotta get up at 5 to buy

the vegetables wholesale.

What's wrong with your mother?

I don't know.

I think she misses Dad too much.

They loved each other very much.

When did your father die?

In the war, just a month

before Liberation.

He was in the army.

Mum had just Second Brother.

It's fresh, and the price is reasonable.

Quick. The suger-cane stall

will be closed!

How much?

It was cheaper yesterday.

It's not expensive. He's charging

more over there!

Go and ask him if you don't believe.

I have the sweetest cane.

If you're not buying, I'll close.

It'll be 80 cents tomorrow.

No, bargain with him!

Bargain? We've bargained already.

I'll sell these on the main road later.

Wanna come?

Yes, I'll keep an eye on you.

Out of sight, quick.

They're taking strong men.

Damn, I dropped my basket.

If you want photos, go upstairs.

Come with me.

Come on up!

Why don't you photograph

the sea and clouds?

Why photograph people?

They're so ugly.

Who's ugly?

People don't look good.

Sometimes they do. That's why

I photograph them.

I need to piss. Don't watch.

It feels real good to piss in the sea.

Take you... you're quite good-looking.

Is your mother rich?

I have no mother.

How about your father?

The Americans killed my whole family

in the war.

I was only one year old.

I was raised in an orphanage.

So you were very poor.

How come you're so well off now?

I left the orphanage at 15

I studied and got a part-time job

at the newspaper.

It's a good job. Lots of travel.

But I'm not rich.

I hope I'll grow up like you.

Not taking pictures, but traveling all over.

No reason why not.

Be sure to look up when you come to Tokyo.

Ah Nhac, Ah Nhac!

They'll send you to the Economic Zones.

You saw, the door was sealed up.

No-one lives there.

Come on!

What you got there?

Waiter!

What do you want?

Two bowls of noodles, one to go.

Ok, just a few minutes.

Take one back for Second Brother.

See you tomorrow!

Bye!

Are you coming to the "chicken farm"?

What "chicken farm"?

Come with me!

This is still okay. The used-clothes place

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