Nippon no obaachan
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.
- Year: 1962
- Country: Japan
- Genre: Comedy
- Studio: M. I. I. Production
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- Director: Tadashi Imai
- Cast: Chōchō Miyako, Tanie Kitabayashi, Chōko Iida, Kumeko Urabe, Izumi Hara, Sachiko Murase