The Stairway to the Distant Past

1995 · 101 MIN · IMDB 6.8 · 236 VOTES · DIR. Kaizo Hayashi

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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
00:03:32 I see. Don't worry.
00:06:20 I've been so busy lately. I'll pay you tomorrow.
00:09:49 Little Marie, don't you run away now.
00:12:05 VOTE FOR MASARU KANNO
00:15:05 They're all so stuck-up. I don't get along with them.
00:19:07 Who did you see? I already found Marie.
00:21:49 Anyway, just don't try to see her.
00:25:56 Don't kill me. I'm going to be a father.
00:29:34 I know where it is.
00:31:40 If you want to stay in Yokohama, you'll do as I say.
00:35:44 You'll be sleepy tomorrow.
00:41:00 Thanks to you, I'm saved.
00:50:23 Yes, really dangerous.
00:53:30 We're going to help you come up in the world.
00:58:57 But in the boat, there was something worse.
01:01:50 He can't getaway with killing a woman!
01:04:47 I thought so.
01:07:38 Stop it! No way!
01:18:21 Why didn't you escape?
01:21:21 If I die, you get out of here free.
01:26:09 Answer me!
01:33:04 No, really. I have work.
01:39:57 Directed by KAIZO HAYASHI

Cast & Characters

Dialogue Record

Lines indexed742
Dialogue density7.3 lines / min
First line00:00:01
Final line01:39:57

Production Record

DirectorKaizo Hayashi
LanguageJapanese
IMDb votes236