7.8
The Ballad of Narayama
DramaNot Rated
"With my mother on my back, now is the time to say goodbye to this world."
Duration
1h 38mRelease
1 Jun 1958Country
Japan
Language
JapaneseOverview
In a remote village where food is scarce, elders who reach the age of 70 are carried by their children to the top of a nearby mountain to die in solitude. Orin, a vibrant 69-year-old grandmother, has accepted her fate — but struggles to prepare the rest of her family for the ritual.
Plot
A kabuki theatre-inflected story about a poor village whose people have to be carried to a nearby mountain to die once they get old.
Cast
Kinuyo TanakaTeiji TakahashiYûko Mochizuki
Ratings
Internet Movie Database: 7.8/10Rotten Tomatoes: 86%
Details
Director
Keisuke Kinoshita
Writers
Shichirô FukazawaKeisuke Kinoshita
Awards
6 wins & 1 nomination totalTrailer
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