Nippon no obaachan

Nippon no obaachan — Plot

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.

• Release date
• January 3, 1962
• Runtime
• 94 min
• Genres
• Comedy
• Director
• Tadashi Imai

Nippon no obaachan — Cast

Chōchō Miyako Sato Tanie Kitabayashi Kumi Chōko Iida Hana Kumeko Urabe Waka Izumi Hara Hatsu Sachiko Murase Teruko Kishi Chieko Higashiyama