Nippon no obaachan

Nippon no obaachan

94 mins | Comedy | Jan. 3, 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.

Nippon no obaachan

94 mins | Comedy | Jan. 3, 1962

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.
Producers M. I. I. Production
Original title 喜劇 にっぽんのお婆あちゃん
Directors Tadashi Imai
Writers Yoko Mizuki

Cast

Chôchô Miyako

as Sato

Chōko Iida

as Hana

Kumeko Urabe

as Waka

Izumi Hara

as Hatsu