Wait and See
1998 · 100 MIN · IMDB 6.4 · 166 VOTES · DIR. Shinji Sōmai
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
Kôichi Satô
Hiroshi Nirasaki
Yuki Saitô
Mizuho, Hiroshi's Wife
Tsutomu Yamazaki
Sasaichi, Hiroshi's Father
Shiho Fujimura
Mizuho's Mother
Sumiko Fuji
Kimiyi, Hiroshi's Mother
Chisako Hara
Mizuho's aunt
Michiko Kawai
Nurse
Hôka Kinoshita
Drunk Man
Kyoko Mitsubayashi
Yaeko Togashi, Sasaichi's wife
Tomokazu Miura
Hiroshi's brother
Dialogue Record
Lines indexed754
Dialogue density7.5 lines / min
First line00:03:41
Final line01:35:45
Production Record
DirectorShinji Sōmai
LanguageJapanese
IMDb votes166