Let's Go, Grandma!

19751h 26mNo ratings yet

Overview

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

Status: Released
Release date: July 12, 1975
Original language: Japanese
Spoken languages: Japanese
Countries: Japan
Production: Shochiku
Cast: Fudeko Tanaka,Akiko Nomura,Chōichirō Kawarasaki,Keiko Yumi,Yūko Katagiri,Hyo Kitazawa,Masuyo Iwamoto,Kinuyo Tanaka,Masao Komatsu,Akiyoshi Kitauraand 4 more
Director: Shigeyuki Yamane
Writer: Shigeyuki Yamane
Producer: Kunio Sawamura
Cinematography: Hiroshi Takemura
Budget: Not recorded
Revenue: Not recorded
Homepage: Official site
IMDb: tt0203762