Endless Desire
1958 · 101 MIN · IMDB 7.2 · 524 VOTES · DIR. Shōhei Imamura
Overview
Set in post-war Japan, a group of five, four men and one woman, gathers in the basement of a butcher shop to dig up a cache of morphine buried during the war. A grimly humorous tale of twisted relationships as one by one each of the group is eliminated.
Dialogue Timeline — 929 lines
A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE
00:00:02 A NIKKATSU PRODUCTION
00:06:03 It's true, you were with the medicine stock.
00:10:13 Got a better ideea?
00:13:30 That swine must have taken the woman somewhere.
00:16:55 You're a pharmacist, aren't you?
00:19:59 - Here I am. - Have you brought the noodles?
00:23:32 - Let's take them to the police. - Someone might claim them.
00:27:07 Hide! Quickly!
00:29:42 We are not interested in useless relationships.
00:34:34 Maybe then you'll be able to really laugh.
00:42:24 Have I hurt you?
00:45:42 People have given so many bottles, don't you want to come with me?
00:49:01 Thank you.
00:52:25 But you can't understand the suffering of a woman.
00:56:39 It has already been postponed five times and the authorities don't intend to wait.
01:00:46 The area has to be evacuated until tomorrow evening.
01:04:37 Do you know this man?
01:08:39 Good-bye.
01:14:09 I knew it was going to end up badly, now everything will blow-up.
01:19:45 Go fetch the drill.
01:25:05 Shima, his lover
01:29:08 Take the old man's wallet.
01:36:22 What are you doing, old man?
250:00:00 - We've got no choice.
Cast & Characters
Dialogue Record
Lines indexed929
Dialogue density9.2 lines / min
First line00:00:02
Final line250:00:00
Production Record
DirectorShōhei Imamura
LanguageJapanese
IMDb votes524