The Ballad of Narayama
Only Time Could Change the Cruelty of Tradition… Only Their Love Could Survive It…
Only Time Could Change the Cruelty of Tradition… Only Their Love Coul...
Drama
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1983
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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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Runtime:
130 min
Release date:
29 Apr 1983
Country:
JP
Languages:
Japanese
Budget:
$0
Revenue:
$0
Awards:
9 wins & 9 nominations total
Top Critics Reviews
fresh:
Imamura's rough sexual humor is still in evidence, but now it has taken on a dark tone: to make love is to flirt with death.
– Dave Kehr,
Chicago Reader,
8 Feb 2010