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Record of a Tenement Gentleman
Record of a Tenement Gentleman

Record of a Tenement Gentleman

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DramaComedy

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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.

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Budget

$--

Revenue

$--

Status

Released

Original Language

Japanese

Runtime

72 mins

Rating

7.25/10

Release Date

20 May 1947

Country

Japan

Cast

Chōko Iida

Chōko Iida

Otane

Hōhi Aoki

Hōhi Aoki

Kohei

Mitsuko Yoshikawa

Mitsuko Yoshikawa

Kikuko

Chishū Ryū

Chishū Ryū

Tashiro

Eitarō Ozawa

Eitarō Ozawa

Father

Reikichi Kawamura

Reikichi Kawamura

Tamekichi

Hideko Mimura

Hideko Mimura

Okiku

Takeshi Sakamoto

Takeshi Sakamoto

Kawayoshi

Eiko Takamatsu

Eiko Takamatsu

Tome

Taiji Tonoyama

Taiji Tonoyama

Photographer

Seiji Nishimura

Seiji Nishimura

Kashiwaya

Yoshino Tani

Yoshino Tani

Wife

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