The Gentle 12

Name: The Gentle 12
Director: Shun Nakahara
Released: 1991
Duration: 118 min
Rating: 7.1
Cast: Kazuyuki Aijima, Michiko Hayashi, Zen Kajihara, Yoshihiro Katô, Katsumi Muramatsu

1991 · 118 MIN · IMDB 7.1 · 305 VOTES · DIR. Shun Nakahara

Overview

The film opens as a jury is about to acquit a defendant -- a bar hostess who pushed her ex-husband path of an oncoming truck, supposedly in self-defense. Just as everyone seems to be in agreement over the woman's innocence, one juror voices second thoughts.

Dialogue Timeline — 1,733 lines

A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE

00:00:07 When you reach a verdict, tell me.

00:05:40 "Instructions...

00:10:46 - Please! - No, it's a rule.

00:15:39 Look that way.

00:20:44 He was persistent.

00:25:07 Think of possibility.

00:30:06 Was it self-defence?

00:35:07 - No! - Let's discuss.

00:40:01 A hard question...

00:45:17 A 21-year-old ex-athlete

00:49:57 Just as she planned.

00:54:33 she bought some pop from a vending machine.

00:59:00 Right?

01:03:48 - Chestnuts... - Chestnuts?

01:08:16 So I'm suffering, too. You're not special.

01:13:57 No objections?

01:18:23 Compromise.

01:23:50 They're trying hard. Help them.

01:28:45 Suppose the pizza was too much for the boy...

01:33:24 The defendant shouted: "Sinjae!" ("Drop dead!")

01:37:32 but because of the brakes.

01:42:09 - He wasn't drunk. - Could she push him, then?

01:47:06 - "Regular" size? - This is the smallest? - Yep.

02:00:05 The rest? How many?

Cast & Characters

Kazuyuki Aijima Jury No2 Michiko Hayashi Jury No10 Zen Kajihara Jury No7 Yoshihiro Katô Jury No12 Katsumi Muramatsu Jury No9 Mariko Nakamura Jury No5 Kôichi Nihei Jury No4 Sansei Shiomi Jury No1 Etsushi Toyokawa Jury No11 Kôichi Ueda Jury No3

Dialogue Record

Lines indexed1,733

Dialogue density14.7 lines / min

First line00:00:07

Final line02:00:05

Production Record

DirectorShun Nakahara

LanguageJapanese

IMDb votes305