Summaries

Let's Go, Grandma! plays like an exuberant, goofy update to Yasujiro Ozu's Tokyo Story. Kinuyo Tanaka plays the titular Grandma, who, after selling her Hokkaido property, is apparently flush with cash but newly homeless. Her grown children take turns hosting her, making extravagant performances of filial devotion with an eye to potential profit. Making use of a catalog of wacky visual effects, bracketed by gratuitous ham-fisted fight scenes, and costarring pop singer Hideki Saijo, the film is balanced by Tanaka's nuanced performance, which delivers a denunciation of hypocrisy and greed.

Details

Genres
  • Comedy
  • Drama
Release date Jul 11, 1975
Countries of origin Japan
Language Japanese
Production companies Shochiku

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Tech specs

Runtime 1h 26m
Color Color
Sound mix Mono
Aspect ratio 2.35 : 1

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