The Ballad of Narayama (1983)
2h 10min
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Only Time Could Change the Cruelty of Tradition… Only Their Love Could Survive It…
Themes:Loss Of InnocenceFamily BondsSurvivalThe Human ConditionComing Of AgeCycle Of ViolenceFate Vs. Free WillSacrificeMan Vs. NatureDiscover Similar ThemesMood:DarkSentimentalNostalgicDramaticBittersweetTragicEmotionalDiscover Similar Mood
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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Unspoken LoveRedefining LegacyMoral DilemmasPersonal SacrificeGenerational DifferencesIntergenerational RelationshipsFamily HonorCultural ClashesArranged MarriageCultural TraditionsDeath RitualsElderly Care








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Directed by: Shōhei Imamura, Shunsaku Ikehata, Kunio Takeshige
Produced by: Jirô Tomoda
Composed by: Shinichirô Ikebe
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