32 years ago:
Rhapsody in August (JP)
Original title: 八月の狂詩曲
The story centers on an elderly hibakusha, whose husband was one of 80,000 human beings killed in the 1945 atomic bombing of Nagasaki, caring for her four grandchildren over the summer. She learns of a long-lost brother, Suzujiro, living in Hawaii who wants her to visit him before he dies.
1991-05-25
https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/20645
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55 years ago:
The Snow Woman (JP)
Original title: 怪談雪女郎
A master sculptor and his apprentice are trapped in a bad snow storm after finding a special tree for carving a statue for the local temple. Finding refuge in an abandoned hut they celebrate their luck in finding the tree but soon they are visited by the Snow Witch who freezes the sculptor to death ...
1968-04-20
https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/57875
#TheSnowWoman #ShihoFujimura #AkiraIshihama #SachikoMurase #Horror #ClassicMovies

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January 21st- Main character is a grandmother

Rhapsody in August (1991)
Directed by Akira Kurosawa

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