Nippon no obaachan

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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.

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Creators

Tadashi Imai

director

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Yōko Mizuki

writer

Cast

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Chōchō Miyako actor Tanie Kitabayashi actor

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Chōko Iida actor Kumeko Urabe actor

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Izumi Hara actor Sachiko Murase actor

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Teruko Kishi actor

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Chieko Higashiyama actor

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Takahiro Tamura actor Junzaburō Ban actor Tatsuo Saitō actor

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Masao Oda actor

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Bokuzen Hidari actor

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Zekō Nakamura actor

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Kinichi Shimizu actor

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Shōjirō Ogasawara actor

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Reizaburō Yamamoto actor

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Kan Yanagiya actor

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Taiji Tonoyama actor

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Kichijirō Ueda actor