Live Today, Die Tomorrow!

1970 · 120 MIN · IMDB 6.9 · 208 VOTES · DIR. Kaneto Shindō

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Overview

Michio Yamada, a recent school graduate, is sent to Tokyo to work as a fruit-packer in a department store as part of a government programme. He takes a gun from a house on an American base and uses it to kill several people. The scene changes to Yamada's childhood. Yamada is born the child of a reprobate and a weak-willed woman. As a boy Yamada, experiences poverty and the rape of his sister at first hand.

Dialogue Timeline — 984 lines

A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE

00:00:01 Kindai Eiga Kyokai Production
00:08:59 The noon recess.
00:13:08 What do you want?
00:16:54 I want to go to high school too.
00:19:34 Let him hear us.
00:23:02 It's not far from Nagoya to Osaka.
00:26:31 I'll take a bath.
00:32:14 Now?
00:35:53 Watching.
00:42:39 My late husband would be mad.
00:48:32 My mother is a fool. She should get rid of him.
00:52:52 We're starving to death. How can you raise the baby?
00:58:58 Who'd take care of the babies?
01:05:19 You want to see your husband who left home?
01:11:25 What do you think?
01:14:25 I worked at various places. I'm going home.
01:22:12 Mine is a trading company.
01:24:59 NAGOYA STATION
01:30:10 Where will you go?
01:35:01 Your salary for two weeks.
01:39:03 So if he's not infected, I'm not infected, either.
01:41:27 So soon?
01:46:01 Out!
01:54:40 He had a "Ronson" lighter and imported cigarettes.

Cast & Characters

Dialogue Record

Lines indexed984
Dialogue density8.2 lines / min
First line00:00:01
Final line01:54:40

Production Record

DirectorKaneto Shindō
LanguageJapanese
IMDb votes208