A Design for Dying
1961 · 110 MIN · IMDB 7.1 · DIR. Kōzaburō Yoshimura
Overview
Shikiko Oba is nimble with her fingers and teaches dressmaking and designing. Among her pupils are Rinko, Katsumi and Tomie. Ginshiro, who is as shrewd as the shrewdest of the older generation of dyed-in-the-wool Osaka businessmen, steps into picture and Shikiko soon feels that he is indispensable to her. But the advent of a man in their midst breaks up the harmony that has existed among the four women, as gradually he forces himself on them with promises of love.
Dialogue Timeline — 1,403 lines
A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE
00:00:01 A Daiei Film
00:04:49 It's been a little difficult. It took 4 or 5 days to resolve.
00:09:11 - Oh, Ginshiro is with you? - He came to pick me up.
00:12:46 A fashion show for daily life.
00:17:23 Good morning. The train broke down.
00:20:57 We agreed it all yesterday. Why make us wait?
00:24:40 - With the 'lifestyle' theme. - Yes. That's it.
00:28:12 My collaborator will be Mitsuwa Weaving.
00:32:41 The press is good advertising. You need to ride the advert balloon and move to the next step.
00:38:50 Well, yes.
00:45:14 That's why I want you to do it properly.
00:49:06 We need to talk about a board of directors.
00:54:35 But Ginshiro pushed and pleaded with me.
00:59:21 I don't want you to cheat on me.
01:03:16 What's wrong with me now?
01:08:25 We finally got the chance to be alone.
01:12:11 Well, she's very organised and reliable so you're probably right.
01:17:10 Rinko...
01:21:13 You don't have to clean up.
01:26:41 I'm calling from Mitsuwa. Can you get me the culture section please.
01:31:22 But I didn't tell her.
01:36:03 I'll give you all the profits of the Lambert work.
01:44:15 Yes.
01:49:39 The End
Cast & Characters
Machiko Kyō
Shikiko Oba
Junko Kano
Katsumi Tsubota
Tamao Nakamura
Tomie Oki
Ayako Wakao
Rinko Tsugawa
Jiro Tamiya
Ginshiro Yashiro
Masayuki Mori
Professor Shiraishi
Taketoshi Naitō
Keita Nomoto
Eiji Funakoshi
Hideo Sone
Kazuko Miyakawa
Yoko Shirakawa
Hiromi Ichida
Model B
Mitsuko Tanaka
Waitress
Noriko Hodaka
Nurse
Sumiko Hidaka
Utako Ito
Koh Sugita
Kurata
Hisako Takihana
Kiyo, the maid
Chikako Hosokawa
Kyoko Ohara
Ken Mitsuda
Taizo Ohara
Chieko Murata
Kaneko Yasuda
Kōichi Itō
Administrative Manager Hirayama
Yūzō Hayakawa
Hospital newspaper reporter A
Noboru Isogai
Hospital newspaper reporter B
Kanji Matsumoto
Hotel boy
Yūko Hamada
Model A
Tomoko Miura
Model C
Dialogue Record
Lines indexed1,403
Dialogue density12.8 lines / min
First line00:00:01
Final line01:49:39
Production Record
DirectorKōzaburō Yoshimura
LanguageJapanese
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