Diary of a Mad Old Man
- Original title
- Fûten Rôjin nikki (Diary of a Mad Old Man)
- Year
- 1962
- Running time
- 98 min.
- Country
- Japan
- Director
- Screenwriter
- Keigo Kimura. Novel: Junichirô Tanizaki
- Cast
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- Sô Yamamura
- Ayako Wakao
- Keizo Kawasaki
- Chieko Higashiyama
- Chieko Murata
- Yatsuko Tan'ami
- Masahiko Shimazu
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- Music
- Cinematography
- Producer
- Genre
- Drama. Comedy
- Synopsis
- Diary of a Mad Old Man is the journal of Utsugi, a seventy-seven-year-old man of refined tastes who is recovering from a stroke. He discovers that, while his body is decaying, his libido still rages on -- unwittingly sparked by the gentle, kindly attentions of his daughter-in-law Satsuko, a chic, flashy dancer with a shady past. Pitiful and ridiculous as he is, Utsugi is without a trace of self-pity, and his diary shines with self-effacing good humor. At once hilarious and of a sadness, Diary of a Mad Old Man is a brilliant depiction of the relationship between eros and the will to live -- a film of the tragicomedy of human existence.
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