Dumbeast
2009 · 106 MIN · IMDB 6.3 · 142 VOTES · DIR. Mr. Hide
Overview
How hard is it to kill an idiot? Just ask Kudo Kankuro! The acclaimed screenwriter brings his 2004 Kunio Kishida-winning stage play Donju (a.k.a. Dumb Animal) to the big screen in all its wacky tragicomedic glory. The one and only Asano Tadanobu sports a seriously nerdy bowl haircut to play the leading role of simple-minded novelist Dekogawa who has mysteriously disappeared. Dekogawa wrote an autobiography about his youth that reveals not only his past, but also some of his childhood friends’ best-forgotten secrets. In order to keep the skeletons in the closet, these buddies of yesteryear try to silence him permanently. But no matter how hard they try to kill Dekogawa, he just keeps coming back – because he’s simply too thickheaded to die!
Dialogue Timeline — 1,279 lines
A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE
00:01:16 We'd like to apologize for the inconvenience.
00:06:31 We called with the good news.
00:10:05 I'm Eda, the owner. Nora, Dom Perignon for the lady.
00:14:25 No, I don't.
00:18:45 Not that we'd ever felt any.
00:23:35 Eating edamame...
00:27:39 I will. Tell him straight.
00:30:32 Deko.
00:35:05 "...To be continued."
00:38:40 You're 20, right? Keep at it.
00:42:36 Do you really get it?
00:45:53 Go home. You're fired.
00:48:58 It feels kinda weird.
00:52:52 For several days after that...
00:58:07 It's good.
01:01:49 Nothing.
01:05:38 Of course not.
01:09:03 It's because you're an annoying goody-goody!
01:13:19 Really?
01:17:09 That's the way people are.
01:21:37 To bury the body... of course.
01:26:27 Get some sleep. You're tired, right?
01:32:18 Oka...
10:00:00 He's a local lad made good.