Film

Record of a Tenement Gentleman

1947 · 1h 12m · Drama · Comedy

IMDb

7.7

Rotten Tomatoes

100%

A hard-hearted old woman in a bombed-out Tokyo neighborhood reluctantly takes in an abandoned boy, leading to a heartwarming bond between them.

Chōko Iida

Tane

Hōhi Aoki

Kohei

Mitsuko Yoshikawa

Kikuko

Chishū Ryū

Tashiro

Eitarō Ozawa

Father

Reikichi Kawamura

Tamekichi

Hideko Mimura

Okiku

Takeshi Sakamoto

Kawayoshi

Eiko Takamatsu

Tome

Taiji Tonoyama

Photographer

Seiji Nishimura

Kashiwaya

Yoshino Tani

Wife

• Yasujirō OzuDirector · Screenplay
• Tadao IkedaScreenplay
• Mitsuzô KuboProducer
• Yûharu AtsutaDirector of Photography
• Ichirō SaitōOriginal Music Composer
• Yoshi SugiharaEditor

Release date

May 20, 1947

Status

Released

Original language

Japanese

Runtime

1h 12m

Rated

M/12

Genres

Drama, Comedy

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