The Ballad of Narayama
Original title: 楢山節考
“Only Time Could Change the Cruelty of Tradition… Only Their Love Could Survive It…”
7.5(212)19832h 10mJA
Directed by Shōhei Imamura
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.
