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

A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE

00:00:05 NEW FROM THE WORLD OF FILMS

00:06:44 And now we should put him up, too?

00:10:59 Drink!

00:15:15 - Half a sack of rice. - Too much!

00:18:29 will be punished.

00:21:30 Tell this to the authorities.

00:26:40 Thiefs!

00:29:23 Will the believe it?

00:34:16 - Why did you say that? - Serves you right!

00:37:11 You idiots!

00:39:58 Stop teasing her!

00:47:09 - Mikiko, what kind of girl are you? - She ain't no girl no more.

00:53:37 He'll stop talking.

01:03:58 What do you think, Chief?

01:06:26 The authorities are responsible!

01:09:55 He's responsible!

01:12:28 - He could easily distribute them among us. - Stop this!

01:15:45 Chief, an amateur like you won't make it!

01:18:56 No, I'm not lying.

01:25:09 I had no choice.

01:27:21 They always told us, that we must fight to the last man.

01:31:07 Once more!

01:34:11 we only request this help, if the worst happens.

01:37:13 Who killed him?

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 line01:37:13

Production Record

DirectorNagisa Ōshima

LanguageJapanese

IMDb votes326