Nippon no obaachan

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日本語 / 94 min / 1962

The Genres

Comedy

The Synopsis

Two obaachans become fast friends listening to music in front of a record store. They both boast about their loving sons but in reality, one had just escaped a retirement home and the other was looking for an escape from her son and daughter-in-law. With nowhere to go, the two wander around, befriending a cosmetics salesman and a kind waitress who give them beer. This biting social satire starring two memorable grandmothers, scripted by Yôko Mizuki, picked up on Japan’s aging population problem far ahead of its time.

The Cast

Chōchō Miyako
Tanie Kitabayashi
Chōko Iida
Kumeko Urabe
Izumi Hara
Sachiko Murase