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- Movie: Ballad of Narayama
- Romaji: Narayama bushiko
- Japanese: 楢山節考
- Director: Shohei Imamura
- Writer: Shohei Imamura, Shichiro Fukazawa (novel)
- Producer: Goro Kusakabe, Jiro Tomoda
- Cinematographer: Masao Tochizawa
- Release Date: April 29, 1983
- Runtime: 130 min.
- Studio: Toei
- Distributor: Toei
- Language: Japanese
- Country: Japan
Plot
In a small village everyone who reaches the age of 70 must leave the village and go to a certain mountaintop to die. If anyone should refuse he/she would disgrace his/her 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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