The Record of a Tenement Gentleman

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. 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... More

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. 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.

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