00:00Long ago, in a land ruled by an evil emperor,
00:27an orphan boy called Marliang dreamed of becoming a famous painter.
00:42What are you drawing today?
00:45It's beautiful, Marliang.
00:52You're an artist who can fool the birds.
00:55Who ever heard of an artist without a brush?
01:00It seems the hunting's poor today.
01:07Our pot won't go empty after all.
01:13Stop! Landlord!
01:16Ha, ha, ha!
01:33Remember, pupils, hold your brush steadily,
01:37then work boldly and quickly, like this, like this.
01:43What do you want?
01:48I would like to borrow a paintbrush, sir.
01:51And why would you want to borrow a paintbrush?
01:56To paint with, sir.
01:59Only rich boys study painting.
02:02Now be off with your...
02:03It's no use.
02:11Only a brush can bring it to life.
02:14I'll never be a painter.
02:21Marliang, I have a magic brush for you.
02:26For you alone.
02:29But remember, it is what is within that is important.
02:35Paint from your heart.
02:38Paint from your heart.
02:40Paint from your heart.
02:46It's real!
02:48My very own brush!
02:58A cup!
03:00Oh, look, you've missed something.
03:02Oh, yes.
03:03Can you paint me another goat, Marliang?
03:17That brush of yours might abuse the landlord.
03:33Then, who knows, he might make life easier for all of us.
03:39Well, now, Marliang.
03:43So you can do magic tricks with your brush, eh?
03:48Let's see.
03:51Paint me another one of these.
03:55I can't.
03:57How dare you refuse me.
04:00Take him to the barn.
04:02Let's see how stubborn he is when he's cold and hungry.
04:12Why didn't I think of it before?
04:14Let's see if he's come to his senses.
04:22Why, the little...
04:25Open the door.
04:28Quickly!
04:28Unlock that door!
04:43Unlock that door!
04:50Now!
04:56Stand back!
04:57Get my horse!
05:21There he is!
05:27Quick, seize him!
05:48Idiot!
05:49The Emperor will hear about this boy.
05:51This magic brush, a gift for me.
06:15A stroke of luck and the spirit wand, you must be wise.
06:21Use it carefully, even when it rains and the thunders crash.
06:27When a cold wind blows, I will practice every day.
06:33On a what I know, painting cranes that fly away.
06:38I'll make a dragon come alive.
06:41I'll draw thousands of a boat that's in a crimson tide.
06:48Shall we, shall we, stop believing to you.
06:54Shall we, show me this you.
07:00Line by line I will learn my art.
07:03This I must do.
07:06Then I can walk down the road to true.
07:11Painting is my life.
07:14I hold the future in my hands.
07:18And in the space between the earth and sky.
07:21We can watch the phoenix rise.
07:24See the sun's burning rays shine on his golden wings.
07:29With my magic brush, I can paint my destiny.
07:52Look, the eye is missing from your crane.
08:10Why do you never finish your paintings?
08:12It's better this way.
08:13They can't cause any trouble.
08:15Trouble?
08:19Who are they?
08:20The Imperial Guard.
08:23They have great power, so keep your eyes to the ground.
08:27The Emperor's ordered the arrest of a dangerous young runaway from Chang Fen.
08:32The boy has a demon paintbrush.
08:35Anyone hiding him will be punished by the Emperor himself.
08:39That's the boy.
08:52Seize him.
08:52So you're the one I've heard about.
09:01They say you have a haunted brush that can do powerful tricks.
09:07Show me.
09:09Paint!
09:15Hmm.
09:16Charming.
09:17But not quite what I had in mind.
09:24Watch.
09:27Gold.
09:28Gold.
09:30And more.
09:33Gold.
09:38It seems the brush has found its true master.
09:43You see, I am as great an artist as I am an emperor.
09:53Oh!
09:55Do something!
09:56Do something!
10:03Phew.
10:05I think together we could become the greatest painters in the land.
10:12Don't you?
10:13Good.
10:15Now, paint me a room full of gold.
10:19But a room full of gold can be used up, Your Highness.
10:22Whereas a tree of gold that never stops growing.
10:26A clever idea.
10:29But difficult to guard.
10:31If I paint it on an island, Your Highness, you will need no guards.
10:36Excellent!
10:37Get me there now!
10:39Whatever you wish, Your Highness.
10:41Paint, my young.
11:06Fill the sails with wind.
11:07More wind, my young.
11:18More wind, my young.
11:25Ain't me wind fit for an emperor?
11:28No, no, no.
11:30Ooh.
11:31Come on, go home.
11:37That's enough!
11:38Ah!
11:39Marliang, get us off here!
11:47But your highness, you never said you wanted to come back.
11:51Take me back to my subject. I am the emperor!
11:59But emperors who rule and paint with greed in mind don't deserve to come back.
12:05Marliang remembered it is what is within that is important.
12:09He would always paint from his heart.
