April Fish
1986 · 109 MIN · IMDB 5.9 · DIR. Nobuhiko Obayashi
Overview
A Francophile filmmaker in a creative rut tries to pass off a free-spirited young actress as his movie-star wife in order to fool a chief from the South Seas.
Dialogue Timeline — 1,475 lines
A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE
00:00:09 A Joint Production of Joy Pack Film, AMUSE Cinema City,
00:03:52 Ah, so even the film world has useless employees.
00:12:21 I unlocked it, didn't I?
00:16:28 Business?
00:21:17 Staying up late is bad for your looks.
00:25:10 How could you create anything in a world like this?!
00:28:57 I know an up-and-comer from a certain theatre group.
00:33:45 What?
00:37:59 With a guy?
00:41:15 No, the South Seas.
00:45:08 Hmm... Gotcha, dear.
00:48:42 This one?
00:54:37 With cherries jubilee.
00:58:38 Yep. That's how it is, dear.
01:06:04 Très bien! Très bien!
01:10:02 It's funded by myself and a Japanese company.
01:15:16 - May I have your plates? - Yeah!
01:19:27 - I am his first wife! - My handbag!
01:22:40 Ah!
01:26:09 What favor?
01:29:13 Oh, please don't go there...
01:36:11 Hello?
01:41:24 Is the power out?
01:49:03 Directed by Nobuhiko Ōbayashi
Cast & Characters
Yukihiro Takahashi
Shohei Nemoto
Kyō Kanoko
Mari Marimura
Miyoko Akaza
Fujiko Kinugasa
Wakaba Irie
Aki
Yuji Miyake
Kobayashi the Tile Craftsman
Masaaki Shirei
Self
Kangorō Nakamura
Director
Asuka Hisashi
Scripter
Norikazu Kobayashi
Assistant Director
Yoshitaka Sakamoto
Cameraman
Akio Yokoyama
Manager
Toru Minegishi
Entertainment Reporter
James Miki
TV Presenter
Shigeru Izumiya
Fujio Fujisawa
Tetsuro Tamba
Panapora Chief Handa
Dialogue Record
Lines indexed1,475
Dialogue density13.5 lines / min
First line00:00:09
Final line01:49:03
Production Record
DirectorNobuhiko Obayashi
LanguageJapanese
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