The Makioka Sisters

Name: The Makioka Sisters
Director: Kon Ichikawa
Released: 1983
Duration: 140 min
Rating: 7.2
Cast: Yoshiko Sakuma, Sayuri Yoshinaga, Yûko Kotegawa, Jûzô Itami, Takenori Emoto

1983 · 140 MIN · IMDB 7.2 · 1,816 VOTES · DIR. Kon Ichikawa

Overview

This sensuously beautiful film chronicles the activities of four sisters who gather in Kyoto every year to view the cherry blossoms. It paints a vivid portrait of the pre-war lifestyle of the wealthy Makioka family from Osaka, and draws a parallel between their activities and the seasonal variations in Japan.

Dialogue Timeline — 1,848 lines

A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE

00:00:22 CELEBRATING 50 YEARS OF TOHO FILMS

00:05:43 That girl is so fragile.

00:13:26 YUKO KOTEGAWA as Taeko

00:20:15 - Etsuko, wash your hands. - All right.

00:25:46 Tell the children to be quiet upstairs.

00:31:37 Yes.

00:36:44 Tatsuo was helping her earlier.

00:42:47 And?

00:47:28 Besides, an article like that can't hurt me.

00:51:58 Is this how you've felt all along?

00:57:22 You took a picture of Oharu too?

01:02:41 anything you want to know.

01:07:43 I didn't learn to sing

01:13:47 We waited so long before refusing

01:18:49 Oh, not until next year!

01:24:12 That's not true.

01:30:13 Stop protesting, Mr. Hashidera.

01:35:20 Just when things are finally going well for Yukiko...

01:41:16 she was turning Yukiko down flat-out.

01:45:34 Ohisa, send Otokichi in.

01:54:24 There was a big leather suitcase.

01:59:27 I can't do that.

02:04:57 He's a complex man.

02:09:54 ''It's not your sister I'm marrying.''

Cast & Characters

Yoshiko Sakuma Sachiko Makioka Sayuri Yoshinaga Yukiko Makioka Yûko Kotegawa Taeko Makioka Jûzô Itami Tatsuo Makioka, Tsuruko's husband Takenori Emoto Higashidani Ittoku Kishibe Itakura Yonedanji Katsura Okuhata Michino Yokoyama Itani Miki Sanjô Ohisa Taiko Shinbashi Mrs. Jinba

Dialogue Record

Lines indexed1,848

Dialogue density13.2 lines / min

First line00:00:22

Final line02:09:54

Production Record

DirectorKon Ichikawa

LanguageJapanese

IMDb votes1,816