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]

00:05:40 You don't want to?

00:09:42 But I can't stand that they bully me with no reason.

00:14:55 How is your sister? I didn't see her this past days.

00:19:01 What you are doing is helping teacher Taniguchi.

00:24:31 With despair, the salmon moved with all his mighty.

00:28:51 Cheater, Cheater! Cheater, cheater!

00:34:06 But he can't be that, because you're there.

00:39:36 ...are the rebels.

00:46:12 Summer is ending.

00:50:45 It's very important to me.

00:57:34 - You fancy some sushi? - Yes.

01:02:30 Where did you search?

01:08:33 - Hail to the teacher! - Hail to the teacher!

01:16:01 Thank you all.

01:22:25 There were problems at school?

01:28:52 You worked too much, dad.

01:34:35 Many Aïnus get beaten more than once.

01:39:55 - It was a japanese, right? - That's not important.

01:44:58 - But I don't know how to carve! - They sold pretty well.

01:48:39 Show me.

01:55:09 I'm going to help you.

02:00:19 Look.

02:05:25 I'm alright.

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 line02:05:25

Production Record

DirectorMikio Naruse

LanguageJapanese

IMDb votes121