Movie Details
Original Language:Japanese
Executive Producers:Kiichi Ichikawa
Production Companies:M I I Production
Cast & Crew
T
Tadashi Imai
Director
K
Kiichi Ichikawa
Executive Producer
S
Shunichirō Nakao
Director of Photography
Nippon no obaachan
1 hr 34 minComedy
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 daughterinlaw 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 Japans aging population problem far ahead of its time
DirectorTadashi Imai
