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Narayama-bushi kô (1983)
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29 April 1983 (Japan)
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Only time could change the cruelty of tradition ... only their Love could survive it ... more
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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...
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Old Age
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Harsh yet beautiful
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Ken Ogata | ... | Tatsuhei |
| Sumiko Sakamoto | ... | Orin |
| Tonpei Hidari | ... | Risuke |
| Aki Takejo | ... | Tamayan (as Aki Takejô) |
| Shoichi Ozawa | ... | Katsuzô (as Shôichi Ozawa) |
| Fujio Tokita | ... | Jinsaku |
| Sanshô Shinsui | ... | Zeniya no Tadayan |
| Seiji Kurasaki | ... | Kesakichi |
| Junko Takada | ... | Matsuyan |
| Mitsuko Baisho | ... | Oei (as Mitsuko Baishô) |
| Taiji Tonoyama | ... | Teruyan |
| Casey Takamine | ... | Arayashiki (as Kêshi Takamine) |
| Nenji Kobayashi | ... | Tsune |
| Nijiko Kiyokawa | ... | Okane |
| Akio Yokoyama | ... | Amaya |
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Ballad of Narayama (International: English title)
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130 min
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Remake of Narayama bushiko (1958)
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Soundtrack:
Oya wo nemurasu komori uta
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This is actually an extraordinarily beautiful film, if one has even the remotest understanding of Japanese culture around that time period. The harshness of life in Japan made the sort of society in which people went to "be with their loved-ones" and "be with the God of the Mountain" at age 70 completely necessary. The focus of the film is the struggle for survival, and more than that, prospering, in the harsh environment of c. XIX Tohoku. The exploration of this topic takes the viewer into a study of survival through strict rules, and prospering through sexual relationships. The scenes of sexual intercourse serve to portray that even in sexual situations, the Japanese as a people have never viewed nature and animals as separate from ourselves.