Warabi no kou

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Movie: Warabi no kou
Romaji: Warabi no kou
Japanese: 蕨野行（わらびのこう）
Director: Hideo Onchi
Writer: Kiyoko Murata (novel), Hisashi Watanabe
Producer: Mitsuru Ito
Cinematographer: Masaharu Ueda
Release Date: October 4, 2003
Runtime: 124 min.
Distributor: Toho
Language: Japanese
Country: Japan

Plot

"Warabi no kou" takes place in a mountain village where poverty is a constant and starvation is one bad harvest away. To ease pressure on food supplies, villagers who turn 60 are sent to a village in the middle of nowhere called "Warabino." Only those who survive the fall can return -- and few do ...

Cast

Etsuko Ichihara - Ren
Mina Shimizu - Nui
Renji Ishibashi - Umakichi
Tetsuya Segawa - Jingoro
Ippei Souda - Ryukichi
Hitomi Nakahara - Tose
Reisen Lee - Matsu
Chisako Hara - Chiya
Tokie Hidari - Shika

Comments

The StarWolf Feb 25 2012 7:42 am A powerful film, it's hard to watch because you'll find yourself caring for the exiled elders, wanting them to somehow survive in spite of all odds, but all the while knowing they probably won't. Well worth seeing.

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