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 he or she 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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The Ballad of Narayama

In a poor 19th century rural Japanese village, everyone who reaches the age of 70 has to climb a nearby mountain to die. An elderly woman is reaching close to her cut-off age during her last days with her family.

In a 19th century Japanese village, elders must ascend a mountain to die, focusing on an elderly woman's final days with her family.

Tonpei Hidari

Ken Ogata

Sumiko Sakamoto

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