The Hole
洞
(1999)
In the final days of the year 1999, almost everyone in Taiwan has died from a strange plague that ravished the island. Supposedly spread by cockroaches, the disease sends its victims into a psychosis where they act like the insects and eventually die. The two protagonists live In a crumbling apartment building right above and below each other. The woman is on the lower floor, and the pipes above her apartment are leaking fiercely, threatening to destroy her food supply, not to mention her sanity. She calls a plumber to go check it out, and he accidentally pokes a hole through the floor of the man's apartment. The two have never met before, and they come into contact through the hole.
11 Kinolab Clips
Opening Sequence
A plumber (Tong Hsiang-Chu) visits the apartment of the man upstairs (Lee Kang-Sheng). The woman downstairs (Yang Kuei-mei) discovers a hole in her ceiling.
Duration: 00:13:30
Contributor: Eduardo Mendoza
"Oh, Calypso"
A woman (Yang Kuei-mei) sings in an elevator.
Duration: 00:03:14
Timestamp: 00:13:30
Contributor: Eduardo Mendoza
The Man and the Kitty
The man upstairs (Lee Kang-sheng) runs a food store.
Duration: 00:06:50
Timestamp: 00:21:20
Contributor: Eduardo Mendoza
"Tiger Lady"
A woman (Yang Kuei-mei) sings in a stairwell.
Duration: 00:02:49
Timestamp: 00:31:01
Contributor: Eduardo Mendoza
Host Insect
Fumigators come to the man upstairs' (Lee Kang-sheng) storefront. The woman downstairs (Yang Kuei-mei) sprays her apartment for roaches.
Duration: 00:09:43
Timestamp: 00:38:41
Contributor: Eduardo Mendoza
"I Want Your Love"
A woman (Yang Kuei-mei) and a man (Lee Kang-sheng) sing and dance together in a hallway.
Duration: 00:02:37
Timestamp: 00:48:22
Contributor: Eduardo Mendoza
Instant Noodles
The man upstairs (Lee Kang-sheng) and the woman downstairs (Yang Kuei-mei) prepare instant noodles separately.
Duration: 00:06:14
Timestamp: 00:56:45
Contributor: Eduardo Mendoza
"Achoo Cha Cha"
A woman (Yang Kuei-mei) sings with a group of dancers on a staircase.
Duration: 00:02:17
Timestamp: 01:02:57
Contributor: Eduardo Mendoza
Cleaning the Hole
The man upstairs (Lee Kang-sheng) clears the area in his apartment around the hole.
Duration: 00:07:31
Timestamp: 01:05:12
Contributor: Eduardo Mendoza
Not the Flu
The woman downstairs (Yang Kuei-mei) catches the virus, and the man upstairs (Lee Kang-sheng) is distressed.
Duration: 00:12:13
Timestamp: 01:12:42
Contributor: Eduardo Mendoza
"I Don't Care Who You Are" (Closing Sequence)
A woman (Yang Kuei-mei) and a man (Lee Kang-sheng) dance together.
Duration: 00:02:48
Timestamp: 01:24:54
Contributor: Eduardo Mendoza