Yearning
1964 · 98 MIN · IMDB 8.0 · 2,233 VOTES · DIR. Mikio Naruse
Overview
War widow Reiko rebuilds and runs the grocery shop in the house of her husband's family. Many years later, their business is threatened by a newly built supermarket and Reiko's in-laws plan to convert their small shop into a supermarket, to her detriment.
Dialogue Timeline — 996 lines
A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE
00:00:15 YEARNING [MIDARERU]
00:04:34 Oh, the grocer.
00:08:31 It's the second time, Koji.
00:11:16 Welcome home.
00:13:52 Her husband's friend is a department head of a firm.
00:18:12 We'll pay for this.
00:21:57 Then, it's been 18 years.
00:24:54 Besides, I'm not the type...
00:27:56 to find a way to keep this shop.
00:31:22 She bites at everybody around.
00:35:02 I've something to tell her.
00:37:49 But our old customers come to us.
00:40:42 That doesn't justify your son's idleness.
00:43:56 My wife?
00:46:47 Coward?
00:49:34 And my debauched life started. They called me a hoodlum.
00:54:21 But you said no.
01:02:08 And you're such a fool.
01:06:52 Delivering.
01:09:52 But recently I've come to think
01:12:17 I bought my ticket.
01:19:06 Change.
01:28:10 You used to do this to me long ago.
01:32:22 25.
Cast & Characters
Hideko Takamine
Reiko Morita
Yûzô Kayama
Koji Morita
Mitsuko Kusabue
Hisako Morizono
Yumi Shirakawa
Takako Morita
Mie Hama
Ruriko, Koji's girlfriend
Aiko Mimasu
Shizu Morita
Yû Fujiki
Mr. Nomizo, employee at rival supermarket of Morita's
Kazuo Kitamura
Mr. Morizono, Hisako's husband
Hisao Toake
Mr. Okamoro, drugstore owner
Kumeko Urabe
Bar madam at Ginzan hotspring
Dialogue Record
Lines indexed996
Dialogue density10.2 lines / min
First line00:00:15
Final line01:32:22
Production Record
DirectorMikio Naruse
LanguageJapanese
IMDb votes2,233