The Ballad of Narayama

1983·Movie
2h 10min
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Only Time Could Change the Cruelty of Tradition… Only Their Love Could Survive It…

In a small village in a valley everyone who reaches the age of 70 must leave the village and go to a certain mountain top to die. If anyone should refuse they would disgrace their family. Old Orin is 69. This winter it is her turn to go to the mountain. But first she must make sure that her eldest son Tatsuhei finds a wife.

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Crew

Directed by:
Shōhei Imamura, Kunio Takeshige, Nobuaki Murooka
Produced by:
Jirô Tomoda
Composed by:
Shinichirô Ikebe

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