Song of Home
1925 · 50 MIN · IMDB 5.8 · 162 VOTES · DIR. Kenji Mizoguchi
Overview
Mizoguchi’s 30th film is the earliest surviving example of his work, and his only film of the 1920s to survive complete. Song of Home finds the director already concerning himself with the collision of traditional and modern values. The film is structured around the contrast of two country-bred boys: a coach driver who has never left his home, and a student who returns from Tokyo with city-slicker affectations and Western jazz records. Produced by the Ministry of Education, the film has a simplistic lesson-plan at its heart, but what lingers in the mind after viewing are its more ineffable qualities: The dulcet, lyric, evocation of a disappeared rural past.
Dialogue Timeline — 101 lines
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00:00:10 The Song of Home
00:02:00 Misako, a sister of Junichi. She is also a student in Tokyo.
00:03:49 Naotaro Sakuda is working as a coachman in order to support his poor family.
00:05:42 You are self employed. It is a good job.
00:10:13 --- Night--- From every home comes light of comfort and pleasure.
00:12:05 His sister Okinu is a gentle girl.
00:15:01 Father, I would like to go to Tokyo.
00:15:55 No, you cannot succeed in anything if you do not concentrate on one thing.
00:17:40 This is for you.
00:21:07 We have an alumni reunion.
00:25:02 I am a Japanese man.
00:25:36 b) This club is to train future ladies and gentlemen.
00:26:49 A member of the club is a gentleman.
00:30:24 I am going to live in Tokyo."
00:31:36 Such a reckless action must cause misbehavior. OK, we'll get her back.
00:34:05 You may go.
00:36:12 - A week later-
00:37:46 The country life is simplicity. No, not only the country life…
00:39:11 If we all long for the city and leave agriculture, what is our land coming to?
00:40:53 -The following day-
00:42:52 He is a promising young man, but his family is so poor…
00:46:43 Sir, I decided to remain in this village and become a good farmer.
00:47:46 I pay my respects to your heart.
00:50:06 By doing so, everyting in the nation can be nurtured.