Film

Diary of a Mad Old Man

1962 · 1h 38m · Drama · Comedy

IMDb

7.0

Utsugi, a seventy-seven-year-old man of refined tastes who is recovering from a stroke, 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.

So Yamamura

Tokusuke Rôjin

Ayako Wakao

Satsuko

Keizō Kawasaki

Jyokichi

Chieko Higashiyama

Hama, Tokusuke's wife

Chieko Murata

Tamako

Yatsuko Tan'ami

Mutsuko

Mayumi Kurata

Reiko Hibiki

Mariko Ogasawara

Tsutomu Nakata

Tomo'o Nagai

Reiko Fujiwara

Ikuko Mōri

Ryuichi Ishii

Osamu Maruyama

Rin Sugimori

• Keigo KimuraDirector · Screenplay
• Junichirō TanizakiNovel
• Masaichi NagataProducer
• Nobuo MunekawaDirector of Photography
• Hirooki OgawaOriginal Music Composer

Release date

October 20, 1962

Status

Released

Original language

Japanese

Runtime

1h 38m

Genres

Drama, Comedy