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Record of a Tenement Gentleman(1947)
Status: Released
Date: 1947-05-20
72%
61 Votes
Time: 1h 12m
Overview:
A hard-hearted old woman in a bombed-out Tokyo neighborhood reluctantly takes in an abandoned boy, leading to a heartwarming bond between them.
Languages: Japanese.
Countries:
Japan
ProductionCompanies: 
Movie: Record of a Tenement Gentleman
Top 10 Billed Cast
飯田蝶子
Tane
吉川満子
Kikuko
笠智衆
Tashiro
小沢栄太郎
Father
河村黎吉
Tamekichi
三村秀子
Okiku
坂本武
Kawayoshi
殿山泰司
Photographer
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