Nippon no obaachan
Movie| Title | 喜劇 にっぽんのお婆あちゃん |
| User score | 0 |
| Release date | Jan 3, 1962 |
| Genre | Comedy |
| Director | Tadashi Imai |
| Production country | Japan |
| Production companies | M. I. I. Production |
| Run time | 94 min. |
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.
