Nippon no obaachan (1962)

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.

Cast (32)CrewGenresDetailsReleasesMediaAwards

Chōchō Miyako

Sato

Tanie Kitabayashi

Kumi

Chōko Iida

Hana

Kumeko Urabe

Waka

Izumi Hara

Hatsu

Sachiko Murase

Teruko Kishi

Chieko Higashiyama

Takahiro Tamura

Junzaburō Ban

Tatsuo Saitō

Masao Oda

Bokuzen Hidari

Zeko Nakamura

K

Kinichi Shimizu

S

Shojiro Ogasawara

R

Reizaburo Yamamoto

Kan Yanagiya

Taiji Tonoyama

Kichijirō Ueda

Ichirō Sugai

Yukiyo Toake

M

Mari Saotome

Chieko Seki

Etsuko Ichihara

Sadako Sawamura

Norihei Miki

Fumio Watanabe

Kiyoshi Atsumi

Shoichi Ozawa

Isao Kimura

Atsushi Watanabe

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