About
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.
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Writer
Producer
Studio
M. I. I. Production, Shochiku
Original Title
喜劇 にっぽんのお婆あちゃん
Original Language
Japanese
Cast
Full credits →C
Chōchō Miyako
Sato
T
Tanie Kitabayashi
Kumi
C
Chōko Iida
Hana
K
Kumeko Urabe
Waka
I
Izumi Hara
Hatsu
S
Sachiko Murase
T
Teruko Kishi
C
Chieko Higashiyama
T
Takahiro Tamura
J
Junzaburō Ban
T
Tatsuo Saitō
M
Masao Oda
B
Bokuzen Hidari
Z
Zeko Nakamura
K
Kinichi Shimizu
S
Shojiro Ogasawara
R
Reizaburo Yamamoto
K
Kan Yanagiya
T
Taiji Tonoyama
K
Kichijirō Ueda
