The Catch

Name: The Catch
Director: Nagisa Ōshima
Released: 1961
Duration: 105 min
Rating: 6.8
Cast: Rentarô Mikuni, Akiko Koyama, Yôko Mihara, Masako Nakamura, Teruko Kishi

1961 · 105 MIN · IMDB 6.8 · 326 VOTES · DIR. Nagisa Ōshima

Overview

Towards the end of the Second World War, a downed U.S. pilot is captured and imprisoned by rural Japanese villagers, who await official instructions as to how to proceed with their “catch.”

Dialogue Timeline — 979 lines

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00:00:05 NEW FROM THE WORLD OF FILMS

00:06:48 Giving him a little water every day is enough.

00:12:13 Stupid woman! Only the village chief and the prefectural authorities

00:15:28 Uncle, please buy them!

00:18:57 So, we must keep him?

00:21:56 Very soon, the MP will beat him...

00:27:14 I guess, their mother sends them out to steal.

00:31:04 Stop it!

00:35:32 Too bad, Yoichi.

00:37:49 Right! Right!

00:40:45 because you couldn't find a better job!

00:51:51 Idiot!

00:56:21 You all looked away.

01:05:15 The nigger is responsible, too, that Jiro fled.

01:08:35 And how shall we make it next year? Tell us!

01:11:19 Denmatsu, why are you so pert.

01:14:35 Take it!

01:17:47 Goddamn, I'm telling the truth!

01:22:21 No, don' tworry about it! Carry on!

01:26:43 But the Emperor has acknowledged the Potsdam Treaty.

01:30:28 I already have forgotten it.

01:33:34 we'll let Jiro hide again.

01:36:55 I won't hide!

01:41:35 Yoiji, come here. Dance with us.

Cast & Characters

Rentarô Mikuni Kazumasa Takano Akiko Koyama Hiroko Ishii Yôko Mihara Sachiko Tsukada Masako Nakamura Kazumasa's daughter-in-law Teruko Kishi Masu Tsukada Sadako Sawamura Katsu, Kazumasa's wife Kyû Sazanka Denmatsu Tsukada Jun Hamamura Farmer works for Kazumasa Rokkô Toura Ton Shimada

Dialogue Record

Lines indexed979

Dialogue density9.3 lines / min

First line00:00:05

Final line01:41:35

Production Record

DirectorNagisa Ōshima

LanguageJapanese

IMDb votes326