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
00:05:59 And you are the nurse who gave us aspirines.
00:10:04 We'll break the pavement and dig.
00:13:09 He's nervous. Someone else wants to marry his girl.
00:16:13 Damn ass-kisser.
00:19:35 You don't understand, he still has hopes.
00:22:59 Weren't you "greedy but honest"?
00:25:58 Come with me.
00:29:02 If you'd like to chip in...
00:33:33 I haven't told you this so that you pity me.
00:37:41 - You sleep upstairs? - Sure, I'm her husband.
00:44:49 - Don't worry about my father. - Go home.
00:47:49 Don't be stupid.
00:50:36 He told Ryuko your husband is sleepwalking.
00:54:37 Someone has come in, runaway!
00:59:17 As soon as I'll get out of here, they'll capture me and I'll tell them everything.
01:03:00 Sugai has asked me again to marry him.
01:06:33 Move away.
01:10:21 - Five days. - Can't you do it sooner?
01:16:07 are asked to leave their houses by today.
01:21:46 Here are the eggs.
01:26:05 Have mercy! Have mercy!
01:31:36 Bastard.
01:38:10 My dear, he who perseveres wins in life.
Cast & Characters
Dialogue Record
Lines indexed929
Dialogue density9.2 lines / min
First line00:00:02
Final line01:38:10
Production Record
DirectorShōhei Imamura
LanguageJapanese
IMDb votes524