The Ballad of Narayama 1982  N/R, 130 min.
Genre: Foreign / Comedy / Drama
Director: Shohei Imamura
Cast: Ken Ogata, Sumiko Sakamoto, Aki Takejo, Tonpei Hidari, Shoichi Ozawa, Seiji Kurasaki, Kaoru Shimamori, Ryutaro Tatsumi, Nijiko Kiyokawa, Junko Takada, Mitsuko Baisho, Sansho Shinsui
Based on a Japanese legend of a famine-ridden village, a person is taken to the top of Mt. Narayama and left to die upon reaching the age of 70. This beautiful remake of the 1958 film is realistic as a 69-year-old woman is determined to climb the mountain despite her son's objections. Grand Prize winner at the Cannes Film Festival.
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