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Nippon no obaachan (1962)

Name: Nippon no obaachan
Genre: Comedy
Released: 1962
Duration: 94 min

Directed by Tadashi Imai

Comedy · 1h 34m

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.