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10.0 1h 26m

Let's Go, Grandma!

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.

Top Cast

  • Kinuyo Tanaka

    Kinuyo Tanaka

    Kiku Sasaki

  • Hideki Saijo

    Hideki Saijo

  • Chōichirō Kawarasaki

    Chōichirō Kawarasaki

  • Yūko Katagiri

    Yūko Katagiri

  • Junko Natsu

    Junko Natsu

  • Kimiko Ikegami

    Kimiko Ikegami

  • Masuyo Iwamoto

    Masuyo Iwamoto

  • Akiyoshi Kitaura

    Akiyoshi Kitaura

  • Hyo Kitazawa

    Hyo Kitazawa

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.

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