Morning's Tree-Lined Street
1936 · 60 MIN · IMDB 6.9 · 112 VOTES · DIR. Mikio Naruse
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....
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?
00:10:19 -Hey, how do you write "to meet" in kanji? -Writing a letter to him again?
00:13:34 You must be bored, Chiyo. You can hang around downstairs if you want.
00:15:26 This kind of work is not for her.
00:17:00 It's still early though.
00:19:00 I don't feel like changing my job anymore, and I can't go back home either. I'm stuck.
00:23:09 How is she?
00:25:22 Or if you go now you can still probably catch him.
00:28:46 Sounds good, I'll write it down.
00:30:14 I'm only a country girl so these stories are beyond me... I feel scared.
00:32:18 Well...
00:33:52 Are you sure? It looks strange to me...
00:36:25 Well, as I said, it depends on the person.
00:38:27 I mean did he propose to you?
00:40:04 Why?
00:42:20 What's wrong with you?
00:43:40 Since when has he been coming here?
00:45:36 ...and for our baby.
00:50:17 What's the matter with you. You look pale.
00:53:27 -Please! Die with me! -I don't want to die!
00:55:36 You shouldn't drink too much.
00:57:45 I don't really want to leave Tokyo, but since it's a promotion...
Cast & Characters
Dialogue Record
Lines indexed469
Dialogue density7.8 lines / min
First line00:00:19
Final line00:57:45
Production Record
DirectorMikio Naruse
LanguageJapanese
IMDb votes112