The Negotiator
2003 · 107 MIN · IMDB 6.9 · 499 VOTES · DIR. Takashi Miike
Overview
After a convenience store robbery, three unidentified men hold a group of people hostage in a hospital. Inspector Ishida and Captain Tohno handle the negotiations while one of their colleagues, Lt. Ando, tries to find out why the men decided to take the hospital hostage. Through flashbacks, relevant information is revealed to the audience. When the negotiations are finished, most things seem to be fine until they lose track of the criminals. Then, the story unveils from a different perspective, its roots in feelings of love and vengeance.
Dialogue Timeline — 1,041 lines
A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE
00:00:13 It was July 7th The Day of Star Festival
00:04:37 - The money, all of it! - Okay, Here, okay.
00:09:44 I'm not sure what but there are intruders...
00:13:00 Foreign?
00:15:22 Huh? Yeah, suppose so.
00:18:18 Yes.
00:21:13 No, it is my wife.
00:25:48 Ishida here.
00:28:58 That's hard to imagine.
00:31:34 But in this situation, if we want to put the safety of the hostage first...
00:34:54 Ishida here.
00:40:07 ...for which the police has determined the same offenders are responsible...
00:42:55 They're more practical trying to get as much as they can.
00:45:52 We don't know whether that was their original intention...
00:49:28 And you, stand in front of a security camera for five seconds.
00:54:25 Have you got the money and cars ready?
01:00:43 This is Toyoda.
01:05:44 Thank you.
01:10:58 But if the offenders had had something to do with that call...
01:15:54 But...
01:21:16 We carried out this whole thing with readiness to die.
01:27:56 ...it wouldn't make sense if his wife who was at the hospital at the time also wasn't.
01:33:32 It's her...
10:00:02 million per person are too far apart.
Cast & Characters
Dialogue Record
Lines indexed1,041
Dialogue density9.7 lines / min
First line00:00:13
Final line10:00:02
Production Record
DirectorTakashi Miike
LanguageJapanese
IMDb votes499