Film

Obatarian

1990 · 1h 10m · Animation · Comedy

The pejorative word obatalian is a pun between the Japanese word obaasan (old lady) and the English word battalion. Obatalian are known to always enter a train running as fast as they can, bumping others people in order to catch a free seat before the others. They haggle things that aren't normally haggled like grocery store produce. They are fearless and pitiless, just like a battalion of barbarians. This anime is follows 6 stories of one such Obatalian and her wake of destruction.

Kazuyo Aoki

Hiroe (voice)

Ryo Horikawa

Kunihiko (voice)

Saburo Kamei

Enma Daio (voice)

Tomie Kataoka

Kinuyo (voice)

• Tetsuro AminoDirector
• Shōji TonoikeScreenplay
• Shunichi YukimuroScreenplay
• Toshiki InoueScreenplay
• Masuo UedaProducer
• Morihiro KatoProducer
• Shuichi ItoDirector of Photography
• Kohei TanakaOriginal Music Composer

Release date

April 3, 1990

Status

Released

Original language

Japanese

Runtime

1h 10m

Genres

Animation, Comedy