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The Ballad of Narayama

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1983
2h 10m
Japanese
Drama
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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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7.7
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Cast

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Ken Ogata
Tatsuhei
Sumiko Sakamoto
Tonpei Hidari
Aki Takejo
Tamayan
Shoichi Ozawa
Fujio Tokita
Sansh Shinsui
Zeniya Tadayan
Seiji Kurasaki
Junko Takada
Matsuyan
Taiji Tonoyama
Casey Takamine
Arayashiki
Nenji Kobayashi
Nijiko Kiyokawa
Akio Yokoyama
Mitsuko Baisho
Directed By: Shōhei Imamura
Written By: Shōhei Imamura (Screenplay), Shichirō Fukazawa (Novel)

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marcoric says...
4 weeks ago
The story is very depressing. Through the legend the director wanted to explain to us the rules of hierarchical relationships between citizens in a farming village. An old woman and her son are the main characters of the movie. The son hides a secret that is revealed during the movie to his mother, and that secret explains the meaning of his behaviors . Visually the film is great. I very advice to see it.
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badelf
6 days ago
The short review is "life's a bitch, then you die" LOL, that doesn't do this absolutely brilliant film any justice, though.

Imamura has crafted a rather sardonic, brutally honest mirror of humans. Like humans, it is both hard to watch, and simultaneously invokes emapthy. Few directors every achie More
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