How to Become Myself

2007 · 97 MIN · IMDB 6.3 · 332 VOTES · DIR. Jun Ichikawa

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Overview

Juri, an elementary school girl, loses sight of her true self while acting out a false self to play along with her friends. Kanako, a classmate who used to be the popular girl but has been bullied lately, tells Juri that the girl she is now is not her true self, and Juri sympathizes.

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Dialogue Timeline — 844 lines

A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE

00:00:26 Hurry, hurry!
00:02:52 I woke up because I was thirsty.
00:05:33 "try to work hard", "let's work hard".
00:09:46 They're sad about leaving each other, even though they never got along.
00:12:59 "You're a good liar, so at least do the right thing."
00:17:55 [Sorry, I missed the train. I hope you'll wait for me!]
00:20:15 Do you know Hanada?
00:22:58 How was it?
00:25:38 Watch how you talk, Juri!
00:31:33 Stop it already.
00:38:37 Oh, really? Then, let's go karaoke together next time.
00:41:06 Okay.
00:44:08 Then I saw a girl I'd never seen before in the bus
00:47:53 You've done enough.
00:52:27 Thanks for the email, Kotori.
00:57:46 That's a nice friend.
01:01:25 How about it, Ooshima?
01:07:54 Kubota?!
01:11:14 Thanks.
01:16:07 There's something I would like to ask you...
01:22:26 I was afraid of doing different things and becoming isolated.
01:25:47 From the very start.
01:28:59 I'm home.
01:36:43 International Title: How to Become Myself

Cast & Characters

Riko Narumi Juri Oshima Atsuko Maeda Hinako Hanada Mariko Ishihara Satsuki Oshima Yoshizumi Ishihara Masashi Sugitani Sôsuke Takaoka Hiroyuki Tamura Yoshimasa Kondô Kenichi Furugaki Kaoru Okunuki Hinako's mother Tomorô Taguchi Koji Ueshima Ayaka Ikezawa

Dialogue Record

Lines indexed844
Dialogue density8.7 lines / min
First line00:00:26
Final line01:36:43

Production Record

DirectorJun Ichikawa
LanguageJapanese
IMDb votes332