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The Ballad of Narayama

楢山節考
by Shōhei Imamura2h101983Japan
The Ballad of Narayama

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

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