Taimagura Baachan (2005)

Name: Taimagura Baachan
Genre: Documentary
Released: 2016-11-17T19:45:21+01:00

Documentary | 110 minutes

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Genre: Documentary

Duration: 110 minuten

Alternative title: Grandma Taimagura

Country: Japan

Directed by: Yoshihiko Sumikawa

Releasedate: 23 October 2004

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Taimagura Baachan plot

They are very elderly, but the Japanese couple Masayo and Kumezo Mukaido still work just as hard as when they were young. Their mountain village of Taimagura, in northern Japan, is covered with snow for part of the year, which does not make life any easier. For the cheerful grandmother and her husband, the weather conditions are no obstacle to continuing their work. They grind soybeans by foot to make miso, chop wood and process the harvested potatoes. Black-and-white archive images of the mountain village and reflections on life by grandfather and grandmother alternate the 16mm recordings of the heavy agricultural labour. Then the inevitable happens: he dies. Grandma Masayo is now on her own...