Barren Illusion
1999 · 95 MIN · IMDB 6.5 · 462 VOTES · DIR. Kiyoshi Kurosawa
Overview
In a near future where allergies have become an epidemic, music producer Haru half-heartedly dates post office clerk and mail thief Michi. He searches for violent ways to reactivate his life, she dreams of escaping abroad; both volunteer to test a new drug which may provide a cure.
Dialogue Timeline — 139 lines
A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE
00:00:21 Production: Eurospace Cinematographic school of Art
00:03:09 Disappear!
00:12:00 How come someone doesn't do something?
00:13:56 I Insist.
00:16:17 come try it.
00:17:09 From this point.
00:25:49 Why don't we get a dog?
00:28:12 do you want stamps, mister?
00:28:58 That someone has to do something.
00:35:28 - Come. - No, you go alone.
00:46:49 Teenagers are the most allergic.
00:47:44 - Now? - Yes.
00:48:56 though in rare cases, it causes impotence.
00:49:47 Scram.
00:50:42 Wait, I'm going to buy something to drink.
00:52:54 headache?
00:55:35 The medicine.
01:00:06 But what do you do?
01:03:36 You're dead?
01:07:50 I'll take care of myself.
01:12:25 I'll give you my car.
01:15:54 You see?
01:18:32 Where are you?
01:19:29 Where am I?
Cast & Characters
Dialogue Record
Lines indexed139
Dialogue density1.5 lines / min
First line00:00:21
Final line01:19:29
Production Record
DirectorKiyoshi Kurosawa
LanguageJapanese
IMDb votes462