The Most Valuable Wife
1959 · 95 MIN · IMDB 8.0 · DIR. Yasuzō Masumura
Overview
Kyoko is the third daughter of the Nonomiya family, a very ordinary family. Momoko, the eldest daughter, is married to Ichiro, the president of Mihara Shoji, and Riko, the second daughter, is married to Jiro, the managing director, and they plot to marry Kyoko to Saburo, the third son of the Mihara family. Kyoko is angry at the marriage talk that is being pushed forward without her permission, and declares that she "definitely won't get married," but before she knows it, she begins to become aware of the other person...
Dialogue Timeline — 1,411 lines
A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE
00:00:00 A DAIEI PRESENTATION
00:05:08 Oh my, Mrs. Oshima! How long since we met last time? And how's Ms. Fujiko?
00:08:17 Conspiracy?
00:11:51 Bring the dessert and tea to my room.
00:15:35 What's wrong with living a poor life?
00:18:57 They're all faking it. Unlike you, a comfort person.
00:22:17 Misunderstanding?
00:25:58 A true beauty! Uno, take 10 days off at General Affairs Sec. to lend her a hand.
00:29:41 Yeah, it's a bar. See you at 8:30 p.m.
00:33:21 Yeah, my elder brother's very nice,
00:37:05 Ms. Kyoko.
00:40:30 You're a very practical person.
00:44:50 - Oh my, what a surprise. - Please.
00:49:25 I didn't expect that my brother would cheat.
00:53:37 What you're doing now is like saving bit by bit to buy stocks.
00:58:57 - Oh, really? - Yes, it's very nice.
01:03:09 Useless! I was often bullied by you back in the day. I wished I were the oldest one.
01:07:40 - Fencing. - Kendo, huh? But western.
01:12:08 Let's transfer Noguchi.
01:16:57 To be honest, you suck at high class activities such as chess and go.
01:20:55 What do you think? My plan went really well, step by step.
01:24:51 - I'm counting on you now. - Yes.
01:29:43 - You can't do that anymore. - Why?
01:34:55 THE END
Cast & Characters
Ayako Wakao
Kyoko Nonomiya
Hiroshi Kawaguchi
Saburo Mihara
Eiji Funakoshi
Ichiro Mihara
Seiji Miyaguchi
Rintaro Nonomiya
Chieko Higashiyama
Yatsuko Tan'ami
Momoko Mihara
Hisako Takihana
Sugiko Nonomiya
Atsuko Kindaichi
Fujiko Oshima
Hiromi Ichida
Mieko Kondō
Keiji Noguchi
Katsuhiko Kobayashi
Yoshirō Kitahara
Yuko Yashio
Mantarō Ushio
Shinichi Yanagisawa
Reiko Mizuki
Kazuko Miyagawa
Mariko Ogasawara
Hachiro Misumi
Tetsuya Watanabe
Eiichi Takamura
Ken Yamaguchi
Rin Sugimori
Sho Natsuki
Kisao Tobita
Shuichi Minato
Jun Osanai
Fujio Yonezawa
Shōzaburō Date
Munehiko Takada
Jun Fujimaki
Nobuhiko Inoue
Hajime Mitamura
Yūji Moriya
Osamu Ōkawa
Aiko Mishima
Mitsuko Tanaka
Mitsuko Han'ya
Wakayo Matsumura
Dialogue Record
Lines indexed1,411
Dialogue density14.9 lines / min
First line00:00:00
Final line01:34:55
Production Record
DirectorYasuzō Masumura
LanguageJapanese
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