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Nippon no obaachan

7.019621h 34mMovieComedy

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…

DirectorTadashi Imai
WriterYōko Mizuki
ProducerKiichi Ichikawa

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Cast · Directed by Tadashi Imai

CMChōchō Miyako
Chōchō Miyako
Sato
TKTanie Kitabayashi
Tanie Kitabayashi
Kumi
CIChōko Iida
Chōko Iida
Hana
KUKumeko Urabe
Kumeko Urabe
Waka
IHIzumi Hara
Izumi Hara
Hatsu
SMSachiko Murase
Sachiko Murase
TKTeruko Kishi
Teruko Kishi
CHChieko Higashiyama
Chieko Higashiyama
TTTakahiro Tamura
Takahiro Tamura
JBJunzaburō Ban
Junzaburō Ban
TSTatsuo Saitō
Tatsuo Saitō
MOMasao Oda
Masao Oda

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Nippon no obaachan hasn't started streaming in United Kingdom yet. Based on the typical 6–8 week theatrical-to-streaming window, we estimate it will arrive around February 21, 1962. This is a prediction, not a confirmed date.