Diary of a Mad Old Man

6.7

Japan

Drama Comedy

98 min

1962

So Yamamura Reiko Fujiwara Tomo'o Nagai Reiko Hibiki Mayumi Kurata Yatsuko Tan'ami Chieko Murata Chieko Higashiyama Keizō Kawasaki Ayako Wakao Ikuko Mōri

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.