The Whole Family Works
1939 · 65 MIN · IMDB 6.5 · 170 VOTES · DIR. Mikio Naruse
Overview
Father of nine children cannot find a job. Despite their aspirations, the children are encouraged by both parents to hold down menial jobs and contribute to the family expenses.
Dialogue Timeline — 497 lines
A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE
00:00:18 Toho
00:03:33 - Mom! - Can I get up now?
00:05:41 Mom, Jiro says he's going to Middle School.
00:08:36 I see.
00:12:24 still they don't bring in that much money.
00:14:31 It's good stewed like this, though.
00:17:14 Don't you have some money?
00:18:40 But Kiichi is the oldest. We have to think about
00:20:42 - I'm home. - Welcome back.
00:22:41 My boss at work stayed with a lawyer, when he was younger.
00:26:25 You think about it, but it doesn't help.
00:30:00 No, it's not like he's found a girl or anything like that.
00:31:40 You have to watch out for that!
00:34:20 - Eisaku, give me 10 sen. - Why?
00:35:59 I don't feel right taking it. I guess I could sing you a song.
00:41:23 It looks like Eisaku went out and used up all the money last night.
00:42:58 That's too bad.
00:45:30 It doesn't look that way!
00:49:13 Yes.
00:51:48 What are you going to do? Are you going to take the day off?
00:54:17 What's going on?
00:56:07 You should think it over together.
01:00:18 I've put up with a lot of poverty.
01:03:44 I bet he won't leave. Don't you think so?
Cast & Characters
Musei Tokugawa
Ishimura
Noriko Honma
Ishimura's wife
Akira Ubukata
Kiichi, first son
Kaoru Itô
Genji, second son
Seikichi Minami
Noboru, third son
Takeshi Hirata
Eisaku, fourth son
Seiichiro Bando
Kokichi, fifth son
Kiyoko Wakaba
Hide, first daughter
Den Ôhinata
Ogawa - the teacher
Sumie Tsubaki
Mitsuko
Dialogue Record
Lines indexed497
Dialogue density7.6 lines / min
First line00:00:18
Final line01:03:44
Production Record
DirectorMikio Naruse
LanguageJapanese
IMDb votes170