I Was Born, But...
1932 · 91 MIN · IMDB 7.8 · 6,463 VOTES · DIR. Yasujirō Ozu
Overview
Two young brothers become the leaders of a gang of kids in their neighborhood. Ozu's charming film is a social satire that draws from the antics of childhood as well as the tragedy of maturity.
Dialogue Timeline — 203 lines
A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE
00:00:20 A SHOCHIKU FILM
00:00:55 Directed by YASUJIRO OZU
00:01:39 SEIJI NISHIMURA ZENTARO IIJIMA
00:05:44 Not today, thank you. We still have some we brought with us.
00:11:16 Azabu.
00:14:54 Aren't they coming to school?
00:22:53 Very quiet. Good for the children too.
00:28:57 I got an E.
00:32:16 Your younger son's teacher was worried too.
00:34:59 They can't if you just ignore them.
00:40:16 It’s a sparrow's egg.
00:43:44 Would you care for any beer today?
00:48:14 Tell him off too.
00:51:57 My dad's the most important.
00:54:40 Try giving him this.
00:58:45 You boys are here too?
01:04:25 It wasn't fair of you to take those.
01:08:40 Why don't you become a big executive?
01:10:36 Because he has money.
01:11:30 A yellowbelly.
01:16:29 Couldn't you have explained it to them a little more gently?
01:19:43 Will they lead the same sorry lives we have?
01:25:18 What are you going to be when you grow up?
01:30:31 THE END
Cast & Characters
Tatsuo Saitô
Yoshi (Chichi)
Tomio Aoki
Keiji
Mitsuko Yoshikawa
Haha (Yoshi's Wife)
Hideo Sugawara
Ryoichi
Takeshi Sakamoto
Juuyaku (Iwasaki, Executive)
Teruyo Hayami
Fujin (Iwasaki's wife)
Seiichi Katô
Kodomo (Taro)
Shôichi Kofujita
Kozou (Delivery boy)
Seiji Nishimura
Sensei (Teacher)
Zentarô Iijima
Asobi nakama (Friend)
Dialogue Record
Lines indexed203
Dialogue density2.2 lines / min
First line00:00:20
Final line01:30:31
Production Record
DirectorYasujirō Ozu
LanguageJapanese
IMDb votes6,463