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Ballad of Narayama

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Remake:

The Ballad of Narayama

Original title

Narayama bushiko (Ballad of Narayama)

Year

1958

Running time

98 min.

Country

Japan

Director

Keisuke Kinoshita

Screenwriter

Keisuke Kinoshita. Stories: Shichirô Fukazawa

Cast

Music

Chuji Kinoshita, Matsunosuke Nozawa

Cinematography

Hiroyuki Kusuda

Producer

Shôchiku

Genre

Drama | Old Age / Elderly

Synopsis

In Kabuki style, the film tells the story of a remote mountain village where the scarcity of food leads to a voluntary but socially-enforced policy in which relatives carry 70-year-old family members up Narayama mountain to die. Granny Orin is approaching 70, content to embrace her fate. Her widowed son Tatsuhei cannot bear losing his mother, even as she arranges his marriage to a widow his age. Her grandson Kesa, who's girlfriend is pregnant, is selfishly happy to see Orin die. Around them, a family of thieves are dealt with severely, and an old man, past 70, whose son has cast him out, scrounges for food. Will Orin's loving and accepting spirit teach and ennoble her family?

Rankings Position

#80 Best Japanese Movies of all time

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Ballad of Narayama

1958

Keisuke Kinoshita

7.5

(807)