Record of a Tenement Gentleman
Genres
Overview
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.
Details
Budget
$0
Revenue
$0
Runtime
72 min
Release Date
1947-05-20
Status
Released
Original Language
Japanese
Vote Count
49
Vote Average
7.204
Chōko Iida
Otane
Hōhi Aoki
Kohei
Mitsuko Yoshikawa
Kikuko
Chishū Ryū
Tashiro
Eitarō Ozawa
Father
Reikichi Kawamura
Tamekichi
Hideko Mimura
Okiku
Takeshi Sakamoto
Kawayoshi
Eiko Takamatsu
Tome
Taiji Tonoyama
Photographer
Seiji Nishimura
Kashiwaya
Yoshino Tani
Wife
4.0
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