In Search of Mother

Name: In Search of Mother
Director: Tai Katō
Released: 1962
Duration: 83 min
Rating: 7.1
Cast: Kinnosuke Nakamura, Hiroki Matsukata, Michiyo Kogure, Keiko Okawa, Hitomi Nakahara

1962 · 83 MIN · IMDB 7.1 · 97 VOTES · DIR. Tai Katō

Overview

Period piece about a young man who, because of his hard life alone in the world, has become a yakuza. When he hears that his mother may be living in Edo (Tokyo), he travels there, intent on finding her and leaving the swordsman's life behind. But a team of rival gangsters is hot on his heels.

Dialogue Timeline — 820 lines

A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE

00:00:05 TOEI COMPANY LTD.

00:02:57 They're here.

00:06:31 Take care.

00:10:09 My mother isn't home now.

00:12:13 Brother!

00:16:49 Are you his younger sister?

00:19:32 Hanji, stay in hiding for a while.

00:22:00 Miss!

00:25:10 Don't worry about me.

00:32:15 That was fun.

00:34:27 I see...

00:39:34 That's impossible.

00:42:40 and his name is Banba-no-Chutaro.

00:44:57 Madam, hello.

00:47:33 Wait!

00:50:55 That's Banba-no-Chutaro!

00:53:58 You're a nice man.

00:56:55 Why don't you go see her?

01:01:53 He sure is. He was humble at first.

01:05:02 I had a son named Chutaro, but he passed away.

01:07:32 Leave!

01:11:00 could create such a big gap in our hearts.

01:14:53 There was a resemblance...

01:19:41 Maybe we should check the next village, too.

Cast & Characters

Kinnosuke Nakamura Banba no Chutaro Hiroki Matsukata Kanamachi no Hanjiro Michiyo Kogure Ohama Keiko Okawa Otose Hitomi Nakahara Onui Shizue Natsukawa Omura Michisaburô Segawa Sukegoro Shin Tokudaiji Kihachi Kusuo Abe Shichigoro Kensaku Hara Kingoro

Dialogue Record

Lines indexed820

Dialogue density9.9 lines / min

First line00:00:05

Final line01:19:41

Production Record

DirectorTai Katō

LanguageJapanese

IMDb votes97