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Nagaya shinshiroku
Record of a Tenement Gentleman
, 1947Japan / Drama
Synopsis
An errant salaryman's son gets lost until a man from the Tokyo tenements brings him to vendor Tane, who's reluctant to let the kid board.
Cast
Chōko Iida
Otane
Eitaro Ozawa
Father
Mitsuko Yoshikawa
Kikuko
Chishū Ryū
Tashiro
Takeshi Sakamoto
Kihachi Kawayoshi
Taiji Tonoyama
Photographer
Hôhi Aoki
Kohei the boy
Reikichi Kawamura
Tamekichi
Hideko Mimura
Okiku
Eiko Takamatsu
Tome Kawayoshi
Film details
Country
Japan
Runtime
1 hour 12 minutes
Production year
1947
World premiere
20 May 1947
Release date
| 1 July 1992 | France | ||
| 20 May 1947 | Japan | ||
| 30 November 2023 | Portugal | M/12 |
Production
Shochiku
Also known as
Nagaya shinshiroku, Record of a Tenement Gentleman, Historia de un vecindario, Memorias de un inquilino, Chi è di un inquilino, Discurso de um Proprietário, Erzählungen eines Nachbarn, Història de l'home de la pensió, História de um Proprietário Rural, Note di un inquilino galantuomo, Récit d'un propriétaire, Zapiski właściciela czynszowej kamienicy, Жизнеописание 'некоего господина' из барака, Рассказ домовладельца, 長屋紳士録, Diary of a Tenement Gentleman, Zapiski wlasciciela czynszowej kamienicy, 셋방살이의 기록
Quotes
Kikuko
I feel sorry for the boy.
Otane
I know. But maybe a kid like him will grow up to become something. It's said that as kids, many great men were slightly clumsy and careless, rather than extremely bright.
Kikuko
You do hear that.
Otane
And he was kindhearted, collecting cigarette butts and nails for his heartless father. He was a rather fine boy.
Kikuko
It's too bad he's gone. You miss him, don't you? You've grown to care for him a lot, haven't you? You already have affection for him, don't you?
Otane
Do I, now?
Kikuko
Of course you do!
Otane
If you say so.
Kikuko
What do you mean, "If you say so"?
Otane
I wasn't aware that I cared for the kid.
Kikuko
That's how these things go, but you do. You already have affection for him. You know, a dog starts wagging its tail without being aware of it. It's like that. We can't see them, but you and the boy have been wagging your tails. The boy's tail is thin and short. And yours is thick and long, like the tail of a tosa dog. Though you're a bit of a bulldog, too.
Otane
Stop joking or I'll hit you.
Showtimes
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