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The Ballad of Narayama (楢山節考, Narayama Bushikō) is a 1983 Japanese film by director Shōhei Imamura. It stars Sumiko Sakamoto as Orin, Ken Ogata, and Shoichi Ozawa. It is an adaptation of the book Narayama bushikō by Shichirō Fukazawa and slightly inspired by the 1958 film directed by Keisuke Kinoshita.
Apr 29, 1983 · The Ballad of Narayama: Directed by Shôhei Imamura. With Ken Ogata, Sumiko Sakamoto, Tonpei Hidari, Aki Takejô. In a poor 19th century rural Japanese village, everyone who reaches the age of 70 has to climb a nearby mountain to die.
May 19, 2023 · Year. 1983. From Letterboxd: 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...
A 69-year-old Japanese widow (Kinuyo Tanaka) settles her life and then, by custom, climbs a mountain to die.
Jul 31, 2020 · The Ballad of Narayama was directed by Shôhei Imamura in 1983. It won the Palme d'Or at Cannes Film Festival and was labeled a central piece of Japanese film history. The movie is based on the novel Narayama Bushikô (1956) by the Japanese author Shichirô Fukazawa.
Based on a masterpiece by Shichiro Fukazawa, and set in a poor village deep in the Shinshu mountain range, the film tells the story of a son who must carry his mother on his back after she turns 70 and abandon her near the summit of Mount Narayama on a snowy day in accordance with the local laws — a bloodcurdling tale of how people face their ...
Still strong at the age of 69, Orin (Sumiko Sakamoto) prepares herself for an inevitable yet frightening ritual. In her village, where food is scarce, life is harsh and people are desperate and ...
