The Great Tale of the Great Tatami Progenitor
A young man from Kyushu,Adachi Futoshi had come to Tokyo to make a life. Adachi moved into a small room in a local boarding house, but he was unprepared for what life will throw at him. The room next to him boards a local gangster whose gang is a menace to the neighborhood, a bit further down lives a boy who dresses like a woman. And the old people managing the boarding house are quite peculiar too. Based on the manga by Leiji Matsumoto.
- Year: 1980
- Country: Japan
- Genre: Drama, Comedy
- Studio: Nikkatsu Corporation
- Keyword: based on manga
- Director: Leiji Matsumoto, Chūsei Sone
- Cast: Izumi Hara, Yutaka Hayashi, Guts Ishimatsu, Kiyoshi Maekawa, Chieko Matsumoto, Tsutomu Sekine