Record of a Tenement Gentleman
1947 · Movie · 72 min · ★ 7.2 · 95% critics
In a struggling postwar Tokyo neighborhood, a lost young boy is left in the care of an older street vendor who wants nothing to do with him. As the neighbors argue over responsibility, an unexpected bond slowly forms amid hardship, humor, and everyday acts of kindness.
Also known as Diary of a Tenement Gentleman
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Details
- Original title
- 長屋紳士録
- Years
- 1947
- Release date
- 1947-05-20
- Language
- Japanese
- Runtime
- 72 min
- Critic score
- 95/100
- TMDB rating
- 7.2/10 (61 votes)
About
You may like this if you enjoy gentle, humane dramas about everyday life and slowly growing affection, especially if you liked Good Morning or Early Summer; Not for you if you want fast pacing or high drama.
Pros: tender central bond; warm humane spirit; quiet humor | Cons: very leisurely pace; slightly preachy ending; thin side characters
Themes
- fortune teller
- widow
- working class
- tokyo, japan
- post war japan
- lost child
- simple pleasures
- abandoned child
Cast & crew
Chōko Iida
as Tane
- HA
Hōhi Aoki
as Kohei
Mitsuko Yoshikawa
as Kikuko
Chishū Ryū
as Tashiro
Eitarō Ozawa
as Father
Reikichi Kawamura
as Tamekichi
Hideko Mimura
as Okiku
Takeshi Sakamoto
as Kawayoshi
- ET
Eiko Takamatsu
as Tome
Taiji Tonoyama
as Photographer
Directed by Yasujirō Ozu