# Record of a Tenement Gentleman (1947)

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**Original title**: *長屋紳士録*
**Runtime**: 72 min
**Genres**: Drama, Comedy
**Directed by**: Yasujirō Ozu
**Written by**: Yasujirō Ozu, Tadao Ikeda
**Starring**: Chōko Iida, Hōhi Aoki, Mitsuko Yoshikawa, Chishū Ryū, Eitarō Ozawa, Reikichi Kawamura

## Synopsis (in-house rewrite)

The film follows a lost salaryman’s son as he drifts into Tokyo’s tenement world. An unlikely caretaker steps in to guide him, forcing a reluctant vendor to host the boy temporarily. What begins as a comedy drifts into gentle observation of transient connections.

**Mood tags**: foreign-gem, bittersweet, cozy, tender

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