A Whistle in My Heart

Name: A Whistle in My Heart
Director: Mikio Naruse
Released: 1959
Duration: 126 min
Rating: 7.3
Cast: Ken Yamauchi, Yoshiko Kôda, Masayuki Mori, Akira Takarada, Akira Kubo

1959 · 126 MIN · IMDB 7.3 · 121 VOTES · DIR. Mikio Naruse

Overview

The story is about the social problems faced by Japan's indigenous Ainu, mostly centered on the reactions of the characters to their oppressed state.

Dialogue Timeline — 1,266 lines

A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE

00:00:16 WHISTLING IN KOTAN [KOTAN NO KUCHIBUE]

00:05:27 - What is it? - I want to you become my model.

00:09:26 Things are much better than they were in the past.

00:14:38 - Hi. - Hello.

00:18:31 - For example? - Nevermind.

00:23:40 But you were born in a different age.

00:27:52 What are you doing?

00:33:07 Stop! Come here! It's incredible! Stop!

00:38:12 I don't love crowded places.

00:43:45 Thanks to the ballet her body is well built.

00:48:47 - Here. - Thank you very much.

00:55:33 - Masa Hatanaka? - It's me.

01:00:04 What can we sing?

01:04:58 - Who is he? - It's me, Tazawa.

01:11:25 What do we do now?

01:20:03 Enter.

01:24:22 You were like a mother to me, sis.

01:31:38 A poster? What did it say?

01:36:46 Sister.

01:42:06 Do you know what happened to me?

01:45:59 I am a good example of that.

01:50:19 - Is this the Hatanaka's? - Yes.

01:56:36 Mommy would be surprised.

02:00:58 - What do you know? Shut up! - I can't.

Cast & Characters

Ken Yamauchi Yoshiko Kôda Masayuki Mori Akira Takarada Akira Kubo Kumi Mizuno Takashi Shimura Kyû Sazanka Yoshifumi Tajima Yoshio Tsuchiya

Dialogue Record

Lines indexed1,266

Dialogue density10.0 lines / min

First line00:00:16

Final line02:00:58

Production Record

DirectorMikio Naruse

LanguageJapanese

IMDb votes121