Morning's Tree-Lined Street

1936 · 60 MIN · IMDB 6.9 · 112 VOTES · DIR. Mikio Naruse

Morning's Tree-Lined Street poster

Overview

As suggested by the title, this film takes up the theme of the city, beginning with a series of traveling shots from Chiyo's point of view on a bus leaving the countryside and entering the metropolitan cityscape. After some fruitless job hunting in downtown Tokyo, Chiyo accepts a job as a bar hostess in Shiba ward. Well away from glamorous Asakusa and Ginza, this is a neighborhood bar where the women are dirt poor, each having only one kimono to their name....

Drama1930s

Dialogue Timeline — 469 lines

A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE

00:00:19 MORNING'S TREE-LINED STREET
00:07:15 What's her first name?
00:08:41 Is it that difficult to find work here?
00:10:24 'Cause he hasn't shown up at all these days.
00:13:38 -But I don't want to bother you at work. -Don't worry. We are not busy at all now.
00:15:31 -Have some tea with us. -Thank you.
00:17:11 It's your turn! You've got two of them!
00:19:11 -Maybe we have more clients now. -I'll be fine by myself.
00:23:14 -She just gets drunk easily. -She's so reckless.
00:25:56 Oh, thank you.
00:28:58 "A business man and a hostess commit double suicide."
00:30:29 And if he looks reliable and you trust him, then he'll cheat on you at some point. That's how men are.
00:32:44 But there aren't many jobs these days.
00:34:12 You still have the other one.
00:36:45 It's not a good place to go very often anyway.
00:38:45 But...you know you still have to be careful.
00:40:24 I feel a bit hot. But feels good.
00:42:33 Why?
00:44:14 Room fees are 3, 4 or 5 yens depending on the services.
00:46:07 I'm so happy...
00:52:00 Chiyo
00:54:34 I don't want to die! I don't want to die!
00:56:12 but hadn't told us because that would make him feel sad.
00:58:56 -It's a beautiful day today, isn't it? -I'll cheer myself up and look for a job!

Cast & Characters

Sachiko Chiba Chiyo Heihachirô Ôkawa Ogawa Ranko Akagi Shigeyo (Hisako) Nijiko Kiyokawa Fusako Satoko Date Mitsuko Hatsuko Natsume Fujiko Tamae Kiyokawa Madame at café Kô Mihashi Chiyo's father Masao Mishima Madame's husband Toshio Miki Drunkard

Dialogue Record

Lines indexed469
Dialogue density7.8 lines / min
First line00:00:19
Final line00:58:56

Production Record

DirectorMikio Naruse
LanguageJapanese
IMDb votes112