The Stairway to the Distant Past
1995 · 101 MIN · IMDB 6.8 · 236 VOTES · DIR. Kaizo Hayashi
Overview
Broke, with his vintage Nash convertible repossessed, private eye Mike Hama is reduced to combing the mean streets of the Yokohama waterfront on a borrowed bicycle. But when Lily, a beautiful stripper from out of Hama's past, returns to town, the fuse is lit on a criminal powder keg set to blow the lid off the Yokohama underworld.
Dialogue Timeline — 742 lines
A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE
00:00:01 Produced by FOR LIFE RECORDS, FILM DETECTIVE OFFICE
00:03:29 and I'm worried sick.
00:06:12 - I told you to stop! - You've got to keep your promise.
00:09:29 Damn good drinker!
00:11:30 See you again, Kyoko. Come to our house next time.
00:14:19 Don't get any ideas.
00:18:43 I'd like apple juice.
00:21:08 She thinks you're dead.
00:23:56 Is that the law of the riverfront?
00:28:57 She was very pretty.
00:30:49 I'll get your ass yet.
00:32:55 I'm just asking you to do a job.
00:38:22 You're good at dancing too.
00:49:14 You haven't changed a bit.
00:52:23 and three with the loan sharks.
00:54:52 Bye.
00:59:48 Does this White Man really exist?
01:02:46 Be careful.
01:05:40 Are you gonna say that years of wandering made you homesick?
01:08:58 You know everything there is to know about this town.
01:18:56 For the dirty money?
01:22:46 Shoot.
01:29:39 Next stop is another hell.
01:34:35 No problem.
Cast & Characters
Dialogue Record
Lines indexed742
Dialogue density7.3 lines / min
First line00:00:01
Final line01:34:35
Production Record
DirectorKaizo Hayashi
LanguageJapanese
IMDb votes236