It is based on the story of The Ballad of Narayama updated to the present day, with the substitution of putting a parent into an old people's home for the abandonment of the original. The film won the Golden St. George and the FIPRESCI Prize at the 21st Moscow International Film Festival.
Genre: Drama
Stars: Rentaro Mikuni, Shinobu Ôtake, Naoko Ohtani, Akira Emoto, Yoshiko Miyazaki, Chōei Takahashi
Crew: Kaneto Shindō (Director), Kaneto Shindō (Writer), Yoshiyuki Miyake (Director of Photography), Yukio Watanabe (Editor), Hikaru Hayashi (Original Music Composer), Jirô Shindô (Producer)
Country: Japan
Language: 日本語
Studio: Kindai Eiga Kyokai
Runtime: 119 minutes
Quality: HD
Released: Jan 15, 1999
IMDb: 4.7
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