Record of a Tenement Gentleman

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.

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Yasujirō Ozu directed Record of a Tenement Gentleman in 1947. See Yasujirō Ozu's full filmography, where to start with Yasujirō Ozu, or where to go after you've seen everything by Yasujirō Ozu.

Record of a Tenement Gentleman was released in 1947 (JA original-language production), with a runtime of 72 minutes.