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Record of a Tenement Gentleman

1947 · 1h 12m · N/A Comedy, Drama
Directed by Yasujirō Ozu

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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.

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[The film] may be slow-moving by Hollywood standards, but Record of a Tenement Gentleman rewards patience with rich sentiment that's never mawkish.

Tim Purtell, Entertainment Weekly
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This is Ozu in optimistic mood, which is not to say that loss and resignation don't figure in large part (no film-maker ever had a surer grasp of the melancholy of everyday things), just that here the generosity of spirit seems irresistible.

Tom Charity, Time Out
Fresh

Curtain after curtain is lifted as this formidable film exposes a Japan unknown to most.

Joan Mellen, New York Times
Fresh

A warm comedy of life in postwar Japan, warm in the way only Yasujiro Ozu's cold and formal style can be.

Dave Kehr, Chicago Reader

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