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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.Read moreLess
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.
The story
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.
Cast & crew
Chōchō MiyakoSato
Tanie Kitabayashi
Chōko IidaHana
Kumeko UrabeWaka
Izumi HaraHatsu
Sachiko MuraseCast
Teruko KishiCast
Chieko Higashiyama
Takahiro TamuraCast
Junzaburō BanCast
Tatsuo SaitōCast
Masao OdaCastExplore the crew
- Director
- Tadashi Imai
- Director of Photography
- Shunichirō Nakao
- Screenplay
- Yōko Mizuki
- Editor
- Akikazu Kono