Movielogr
Nippon no obaachan (1962)
Directed by Tadashi Imai
Overview
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.
Length 94 minutes
Actors
Chôchô Miyako | Tanie Kitabayashi | Chôko Iida | Kumeko Urabe | Sen Hara | Sachiko Murase | Teruko Kishi | Chieko Higashiyama | Takahiro Tamura | Junzaburô Ban | Tatsuo Saitô | Masao Oda | Bokuzen Hidari | Zeko Nakamura | Kinichi Shimizu | Shojiro Ogasawara | Reisaburô Yamamoto | Kan Yanagiya | Taiji Tonoyama | Kichijirô Ueda | Ichirô Sugai | Yukiyo Toake | Mari Saotome | Chieko Seki | Etsuko Ichihara | Sadako Sawamura | Norihei Miki | Fumio Watanabe | Kiyoshi Atsumi | Shoichi Ozawa | Isao Kimura | Atsushi Watanabe