The Ballad of Narayama
Only Time Could Change the Cruelty of Tradition… Only Their Love Could Survive It…
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4/29/1983Runtime
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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. 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.
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A haunting meditation on sacrifice and duty set against the stark beauty of rural tradition. The film transforms a practice of ritualistic death into a tender story about family bonds, acceptance, and the quiet dignity of those facing their mortality.
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