Record of a Tenement Gentleman
DramaComedyfortune tellerwidowworking classtokyo, japanpost war japanlost childsimple pleasuresabandoned childshōwa era (1926-89)
A tender, gently comedic portrait of an unlikely bond between a hardened widow and an abandoned child in post-war Tokyo, grounded in working-class resilience and simple human kindness.
A hard-hearted old woman in a bombed-out Tokyo neighborhood reluctantly takes in an abandoned boy, leading to a heartwarming bond between them.
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