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The Record of a Tenement Gentleman Directed by Yasujiro Ozu Written by Tadao Ikeda
Yasujiro OzuStarring Chouko Iida
Hohi AokiCinematography Yuuharu Atsuta Distributed by Shochiku Release date(s) May 20, 1947 Running time 72 min. Country Japan Language Japanese The Record of a Tenement Gentleman (長屋紳士録 Nagaya shinshiroku, A Who's Who of the Tenement) is a Japanese film written and directed by Yasujiro Ozu in 1947. The film was Ozu's first after World War II and his longest production drought of five years.
Plot
A man finds a lost boy (Hohi Aoki) in a war-torn village and brings him to his tenement. He tries to find someone to take care for him but no-one accepts the responsibility. The child eventually ends up with a sour widow Tané (Chouko Iida), despite her refusal. Their relationship doesn't develop well as Tané has no interest in being a mother again. After the boy disappears Tané realizes that she likes having him around after all.
External links
- The Record of a Tenement Gentleman at the Internet Movie Database
- The Record of a Tenement Gentleman at Senses of Cinema
Films directed by Yasujirō Ozu Days of Youth (1929) · Walk Cheerfully (1930) · I Flunked, But... (1930) · That Night's Wife (1930) · The Lady and The Beard (1931) · Tokyo Chorus (1931) · I Was Born, But... (1932) · Where Now Are The Dreams Of Youth? (1932) · Woman of Tokyo (1933) · Dragnet Girl (1933) · Passing Fancy (1933) · A Mother Should be Loved (1934) · A Story of Floating Weeds (1934) · An Inn in Tokyo (1935) · The Only Son (1936) · What Did the Lady Forget? (1937) · Brothers and Sisters of the Toda Family (1941) · There Was a Father (1942) · The Record of a Tenement Gentleman (1947) · A Hen in the Wind (1948) · Late Spring (1949) · The Munakata Sisters (1950) · Early Summer (1951) · The Flavor of Green Tea over Rice (1952) · Tokyo Story (1953) · Early Spring (1956) · Tokyo Twilight (1957) · Equinox Flower (1958) · Good Morning (1959) · Floating Weeds (1959) · Late Autumn (1960) · The End of Summer (1961) · An Autumn Afternoon (1962)
Categories:- Japanese films
- Japanese-language films
- 1947 films
- 1940s drama films
- Films directed by Yasujiro Ozu
- Shochiku films
- 1940s drama film stubs
- Japanese film stubs
- 1940s film stubs
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