Wait and See

1998 · 100 MIN · IMDB 6.4 · 166 VOTES · DIR. Shinji Sōmai

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Overview

A salaryman faces a major life change as his firm undergoes financial difficulties. To add to his troubles, a man claiming to be his long-estranged father shows up at his house requesting shelter. One of the best of Somai's seriocomic studies of the messiness of family life.

Dialogue Timeline — 754 lines

A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE

00:03:41 He wasn't greedy It's like he knew when to give up
00:06:25 A little souvenir for you
00:11:16 My sales are way down I need your business
00:14:24 What about your clients?
00:17:33 Let's have a heart to heart
00:20:06 Never thought I'd be sitting here drinking with my boy
00:25:07 Bantams, aren't they?
00:27:46 A woman chaser and a big spender
00:30:33 What did he want?
00:34:58 However late, you must talk this out
00:40:13 I thought you had the day off?
00:43:50 Don't you get tired of it?
00:47:15 Taful
00:51:50 Your face looks so funny!
00:56:07 Goddamn it!
00:59:29 Like father, like son See how their posture's the same?
01:04:26 And who are you?
01:07:31 Let me know when he dies I'll burn incense for him
01:11:29 Long time no see, Sasaichi
01:14:32 I really have no choice
01:19:31 I brought some radish relish You like it, don't you?
01:23:25 I was but a lad of fourteen years
01:29:50 What for?
01:35:45 It was such a short time...

Cast & Characters

Dialogue Record

Lines indexed754
Dialogue density7.5 lines / min
First line00:03:41
Final line01:35:45

Production Record

DirectorShinji Sōmai
LanguageJapanese
IMDb votes166