The read
Critics rate it 16 points higher than audiences do. Scores higher than 95% of the 1,407 1980s drama movies in this catalog.
Synopsis
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.
Ratings
IMDb7.8/10
Rotten Tomatoes94%
Critics rate it 16 points higher than audiences do.
210 audience votes
Key crew
- Shōhei ImamuraDirector
- Shōhei ImamuraScreenplay
- Shinichiro IkebeOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Ken OgataTatsuhei
- Sumiko SakamotoOrin
- Tonpei HidariRisuke
- Aki TakejoTamayan
- Shoichi OzawaKatsuzô
- Fujio TokitaJinsaku
- Sanshō ShinsuiZeniya Tadayan
- Seiji KurasakiKesakichi
- Junko TakadaMatsuyan
- Mitsuko BaishoOei
- Taiji TonoyamaTeruyan
- Ben HiuraYakimatsu
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