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.
- Release Date: 1962-01-03
- Runtime: 1h 34min
- Production Company: M. I. I. Production
- Production Country: Japan
- Director: Tadashi Imai
- Writer: Yōko Mizuki
