Lala Pipo: A Lot of People
2009 · 120 MIN · IMDB 5.7 · 290 VOTES · DIR. Masayuki Miyano
Overview
Adapted from a sex-stuffed cult novel, LALAPIPO (a play on the phrase “A Lot of People”) follows divergent seedy strands of sexual and narrative spaghetti through the sticky Tokyo night. There’s a chubby freelance writer who’s so obsessed with masturbating to the sound of his upstairs neighbors going at it that he forgets to deal with his own love life and when he finally does have sex he is immediately filled with self-loathing. The upstairs neighbor’s story then splits off like an amoeba: she’s an office lady seduced by a “talent scout” who is falling down the sex industry ladder, moving from hostess, to massage girl, to private karaoke attendant. The talent scout’s story then splits off and runs in its own direction, revealing the sorry state of this young pimp’s soul. From there, the movie takes more and more time to consider the lives of more and more characters until the entire Japanese sex industry is filled with the wailing of lost souls.
Dialogue Timeline — 462 lines
A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE
00:30:09 How long has it been since I arrived on this planet called Earth?
00:32:20 It tries to destroy my brain with daily invasions of offensive noise.
00:34:15 The other guys were happy.
00:40:08 Kumi...
00:41:59 Station! This is an emergency!
00:44:18 Hostess and sex clubs are no big cash cows, but the porn flicks...
00:46:15 I was lucky, but my take is only 5%.
00:48:09 - Really? - Yes.
00:50:57 What'd just you say?
00:52:52 He'll send it there if he doesn't get a million yen.
00:55:26 Yes. That's fine... Good-bye.
00:59:00 See ya.
01:00:42 What's wrong?
01:03:06 What about the department store?
01:06:43 Sex with anybody...
01:09:40 I was worn out after three years of cleaning her mess
01:12:32 If you run, I'll tell the police.
01:15:59 See ya.
01:18:14 You fat bitch!
01:20:19 In this world, there are those who've never accomplished anything
01:22:00 You embrace us all and you...
01:24:09 - Yes. - Yes. - Yes.
01:29:23 Miss, can I talk to you real fast?
03:05:00 an hour. Do you know why?