Nippon no obaachan (1962)
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.
Cast
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
Kan Yanagiya
Taiji Tonoyama
Kichijirō Ueda
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