Giants and Toys

Name: Giants and Toys
Director: Yasuzō Masumura
Released: 1958
Duration: 95 min
Rating: 7.2
Cast: Hiroshi Kawaguchi, Hitomi Nozoe, Hideo Takamatsu, Michiko Ono, Yûnosuke Itô

1958 · 95 MIN · IMDB 7.2 · 1,325 VOTES · DIR. Yasuzō Masumura

Overview

Nishi is an advertising executive for a caramel company that is planning to launch a new product, in fierce competition with two other companies.

Dialogue Timeline — 1,225 lines

A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE

00:00:27 GIANTS & TOYS

00:05:30 Why haven't they fired our manager?

00:08:48 -I do mainly skip-work. -Skip-work?

00:12:13 -Publicity Dept? -Yes, I'm new.

00:15:14 -Satellites! -New worlds!

00:18:23 -Who's that? -Some nut.

00:21:23 You'd know, you're his bum-boy.

00:25:13 Give it some fighting spirit.

00:28:26 Grand scale!

00:32:05 Grotesque bullfrog tadpoles. They eat dried bonito.

00:35:41 She's a precious flower who beautifies the whole town.

00:38:43 Just between you and me. She'll be our...

00:42:45 We'll hire you as our public face.

00:46:43 A sight to behold!

00:53:02 No. You're a star.

00:58:07 Not me, the chief.

01:01:33 That's strange. I can't believe it.

01:04:40 There were two rival samurai who helped each other

01:11:02 They have! And what are we doing?

01:14:07 Come on, call a taxi.

01:17:54 I don't love her.

01:24:06 And you'll end up a nobody.

01:28:14 You'll be very rich...

01:33:20 A bright smile.

Cast & Characters

Hiroshi Kawaguchi Yôsuke Nishi Hitomi Nozoe Kyôko Shima Hideo Takamatsu Ryûji Goda Michiko Ono Masami Kurahashi Yûnosuke Itô Junji Harukawa Kyû Sazanka Ryûzô Higashi Kôichi Fujiyama Tadao Yokoyama Yoshihiro Hamaguchi Driver C Kinzô Shin Kôhei Yashiro Hikaru Hoshi Kurosawa

Dialogue Record

Lines indexed1,225

Dialogue density12.9 lines / min

First line00:00:27

Final line01:33:20

Production Record

DirectorYasuzō Masumura

LanguageJapanese

IMDb votes1,325