Nippon no obaachan

(1962)

★ 7 IMDb · 1 votes

Genres: Comedy

Year: 1962

Runtime: 94 мин

Country: Japan

Director: 今井正

Cast: ミヤコ蝶々, Таниэ Китабаяши, 飯田蝶子, 浦辺粂子, 原泉, 村瀬幸子, Тэруко Киси, Тиэко Хигасияма, 田村高廣, 伴淳三郎

Plot

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.