In postwar Japan, an abandoned boy nobody wants to take care of grows a relationship with a cynical middle-aged woman.

Bittersweet, comedic, and fable-like, Record of a Tenement Gentleman is the first postwar picture and the final collaboration with screenwriter Ikeda Tadao, of the Japanese master Yasujirô Ozu.

EAFFI Discoveries is a strand of regular film screenings throughout the year of the East Asia Film Festival Ireland.