Record of a Tenement Gentleman directed by Yasujirō Ozu
Not seen this film before directed by the master Ozu . On the surface a story about a lost boy who gets taken in by a crabby widow who gradually softens towards the lad. Under the surface, and don’t forget this film was made only 2 years after the end of the WW2, it’s an essay on the privations of post war Japan with its food shortages and its broken cities, not to mention the closing scenes of dozens of scruffy probably orphan lads. A seemingly gentle film, but typically unsentimental but with subtle undertones .
Not seen this film before directed by the master Ozu . On the surface a story about a lost boy who gets taken in by a crabby widow who gradually softens towards the lad. Under the surface, and don’t forget this film was made only 2 years after the end of the WW2, it’s an essay on the privations of post war Japan with its food shortages and its broken cities, not to mention the closing scenes of dozens of scruffy probably orphan lads. A seemingly gentle film, but typically unsentimental but with subtle undertones .