Nippon no obaachan
7.7
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.
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Cast
38 people
Chōchō Miyako
Sato
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Tanie Kitabayashi
Kumi
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Tadashi Imai
Yōko Mizuki
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Tadashi Imai Director · Yōko Mizuki Screenplay Shunichirō Nakao Cinematographer
First release January 3, 1962 · Produced in Japan · Production Shochiku
Production
M. I. I. Production
Production
Shochiku
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Japan
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Original title
喜劇 にっぽんのお婆あちゃん
Original language
Japanese
Spoken on screen
Japanese
Release dates
Japan · January 3, 1962
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No release date listed for United States.
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