Summer Clouds

1958 · 128 MIN · IMDB 7.4 · 396 VOTES · DIR. Mikio Naruse

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Overview

A war widow with a young boy manages a farm with her bossy mother-in-law. When a reporter comes to interview her, the two begin an affair. He turns out to be married and won't leave his wife. Her older brother tries to marry off his children and hang on to/ extend his farm through an advantageous marriage in the face of threatened land confiscation and the desire of his children to get comfortable urban jobs instead of the backbreaking work in the paddy fields under parental control.

Dialogue Timeline — 1,744 lines

A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE

00:00:24 IWASHIGUMO (SUMMER CLOUDS)
00:05:15 I am totally for this reform.
00:10:06 He's a good boy.
00:15:06 To give part of the land to the stepbrother that will be born.
00:21:19 She must be around 50.
00:28:26 It's good like that.
00:34:29 We are the quietest of the village.
00:39:09 Dai!
00:45:09 And to me, never a kind word in 15 years.
00:49:30 Like he takes care of his children.
00:52:43 Come back when another film comes out.
00:57:49 But you don't have any debt with the association.
01:02:58 Since when?
01:08:07 Men are bigheaded!
01:13:39 They will listen to me.
01:17:18 You'll need to work a lot.
01:22:21 The morning after
01:28:35 You shall take advantage of the opportunity.
01:34:08 She is so stupid!
01:38:52 The first radish I cut
01:44:30 But believe me.
01:49:05 You are not giving her two husbands, I hope!
01:56:32 Where did she enrol?
02:03:55 THE END

Cast & Characters

Dialogue Record

Lines indexed1,744
Dialogue density13.6 lines / min
First line00:00:24
Final line02:03:55

Production Record

DirectorMikio Naruse
LanguageJapanese
IMDb votes396