Girls of the White Orchid
1983 · 96 MIN · IMDB 4.9 · 221 VOTES · DIR. Jonathan Kaplan
Overview
In Los Angeles, naive and lonely waitress and aspirant singer Carol finds an advertisement for a job opportunity in Tokyo. Traveling to Japan to work at the White Orchid nightclub, she discovers the scheme of prostitution in the club that belongs to Yakuza. Alone, without money and her passport, she is protected by Shiro, but pressed by the managers Madame Mori and her husband Hatanaka to be receptive to client's proposals.
Dialogue Timeline — 1,158 lines
A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE
00:02:54 - How's it going?
00:06:03 - Okay.
00:10:27 - I like it.
00:16:39 - I know my way around.
00:19:13 Nice meeting you both.
00:22:44 Domo arigato, I guess.
00:25:02 - Whooo!
00:27:36 - Don't let her get you down.
00:31:45 - If only you'd call first.
00:35:48 No room.
00:38:21 But who would know?
00:41:27 - Shiro!
00:45:17 - Well, you have to learn to speak Japanese
00:48:34 I wanna get out of here.
00:53:33 I've made three trips and 30,000 every time.
00:56:35 - What was the name of it?
00:58:55 running up your bills.
01:02:18 The Samurai Mafia, you know.
01:04:54 No!
01:09:05 - I wish I could tell you not to worry but I won't.
01:12:44 Okay, okay.
01:22:23 - I'm looking for a friend of mine, Carol Heath.
01:26:55 - Why would I?
01:36:07 - Have a good flight.
Cast & Characters
Jennifer Jason Leigh
Carol Heath
Thomas Byrd
Don Potter
Mako
Mori
Carolyn Seymour
Madame Mori
Richard Narita
Shiro
Soon-Tek Oh
Hatanaka
Ann Jillian
Marilyn
Yvonne McCord
Susanne
Philip Charles MacKenzie
Cavanaugh
Leslie Wing
Lisa
John Hancock
Sergeant Kelly
Lionel Decker
Travis
Eda Reiss Merin
Mrs. Powers
Isabell O'Connor
Esther (as Isabell Monk)
Keone Young
Akira
Rodney Kageyama
Police Supervisor
Dian Kobayashi
Policewoman
Owen Orr
Caucasian Man
James Saito
Officer #1
Jenny DuBasso
Inga
Jerry Loo
Yakuza Guard #1
Rob Narita
Yakuza Guard #2
Tom Allard
News Vendor
Art Tizon
Businessman
Jerry Tondo
Policeman (Japan)
Michael K. Woods
Air Force Buddy
Suzanne LaRusch
Hostess
Ernesto Hernández
Latino
George Karatsu
Customer
Hirotaka Ôkubo
The Major
Kenny Endoso
Hatanama Aide #2
Bill Saito
Yakusa Driver
Jim Beaver
Pedestrian
Steve Fuji
Japanese Businessman
Sean O'Kane
Police Officer
Dialogue Record
Lines indexed1,158
Dialogue density12.1 lines / min
First line00:02:54
Final line01:36:07
Production Record
DirectorJonathan Kaplan
LanguageEnglish
IMDb votes221
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