Nippon no obaachan (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.
Director:
Tadashi Imai
Writer:
Yōko Mizuki
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Chōchō Miyako as Sato |
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Tanie Kitabayashi as Kumi |
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Chōko Iida as Hana |
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Kumeko Urabe as Waka |
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Izumi Hara as Hatsu |
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Sachiko Murase as |
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Teruko Kishi as |
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Chieko Higashiyama as |
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Takahiro Tamura as |
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Junzaburō Ban as |
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Tatsuo Saitō as |
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Masao Oda as |
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Bokuzen Hidari as |
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Zeko Nakamura as |
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Kinichi Shimizu as |
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Shojiro Ogasawara as |
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Reizaburo Yamamoto as |
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Kan Yanagiya as |
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Taiji Tonoyama as |
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Kichijirō Ueda as |
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Ichirō Sugai as |
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Yukiyo Toake as |
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Mari Saotome as |
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Chieko Seki as |
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Etsuko Ichihara as |
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Sadako Sawamura as |
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Norihei Miki as |
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Fumio Watanabe as |
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Kiyoshi Atsumi as |
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Shoichi Ozawa as |
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Isao Kimura as |
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Atsushi Watanabe as |
| Directing | Tadashi Imai | Director |
| Camera | Shunichirō Nakao | Director of Photography |
| Production | Kiichi Ichikawa | Executive Producer |
| Writing | Yōko Mizuki | Original Story |
| Writing | Yōko Mizuki | Screenplay |