佐賀のがばいばあちゃん

A film adaptation of the great hit memoir of Shimada Yoshichi Saga no Gabai Bachan which sold a total of 67 million copies for the entire series He directed and wrote the script for this film This tearjerking and sidesplitting work depicts the days of a boy and his gabai amazing grandmother who overcomes poverty with her bright nature and witty words In 1958 first grader Akihiro Morita Haruto is sent to live with his grandmother Kayama Yoshiko in Saga Prefecture as his family struggles financially He is initially bewildered by the unfamiliar countryside life but grows into an energetic boy with the help of his lively grandmother