Tokyo March
1929 · 24 MIN · IMDB 6.6 · 348 VOTES · DIR. Kenji Mizoguchi
Overview
A classic melodramatic love tragedy addressing social inequality in Taishō-era Japan, The nostalgic scenes of 1920s Tokyo provides a valuable visual experience set against the background of the title song, "Tokyo March." (Sadly, less than a half hour of the footage has been recovered and restored.)
Dialogue Timeline — 63 lines
A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE
00:00:15 Production Direction
00:00:54 Cast
00:02:34 An orphan, Michiyo lives with her uncle and aunt
00:03:23 "I couldn't do that to the daughter of my dead sister, but the situation is desperate... I need to think about it."
00:03:54 "Michiyo, listen to me. When I was a geisha, I knew your father and I loved him, but he left me before you were born."
00:05:31 Yoshiki, the son of the rich business man Fujimoto.
00:06:37 Some time later, at the "Garden of Flowers", the geisha house where Mr. Fujimoto is a regular customer...
00:07:43 At the bank where Yoshiki and his friend Yukichi Sakuma work...
00:08:44 "Of all the geishas, which one do you prefer?"
00:10:20 "Yoshiki, I adore that new geisha!"
00:11:50 "I don't want your gifts! Let me go!"
00:13:01 "Madam, give this cheque to Orie and return this ring...."
00:14:14 At the next room, Sakuma is also waiting for Orie.
00:15:21 "Mr. Yoshiki gave me this."
00:17:19 "An heir of the Fujimoto family cannot marry a geisha, my son."
00:18:49 "You know Yoshiki? He's my son."
00:19:30 "If that ring you're wearing was given to you by your mother... well, Orie... you are my daughter!"
00:21:08 "Yoshiki, Orie is your sister!!"
00:21:47 Insurmountable obstacles separate us. Yoshiki.
00:22:41 "Yoshiki is my brother!"
00:24:29 "I will travel far away to forget."
Cast & Characters
Shizue Natsukawa
Michiyo
Shizue Natsukawa
Orie
Reiji Ichiki
Yoshiki Fujimoto
Eiji Takagi
Yoshiki's Father
Isamu Kosugi
Yûkichi Sakuma
Takako Irie
Sayuri Fujimoto
Taeko Sakuma
Natsuko Fujimoto
Hisako Takihana
Sumie
Hisako Takihana
Ruriko
Shunji Kanda
Pianist Yamano
Shôzô Nanbu
Playwright Ken Shimazu
Kan'ichi Tani
Western Painter Nobuo Matsunami
Dialogue Record
Lines indexed63
Dialogue density2.6 lines / min
First line00:00:15
Final line00:24:29
Production Record
DirectorKenji Mizoguchi
LanguageJapanese
IMDb votes348