Synopsis
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.
Ratings
IMDb6.7/10
7 audience votes
Key crew
- Kaneto ShindōDirector
- Kaneto ShindōWriter
- Hikaru HayashiOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Rentaro MikuniYasukichi
- Shinobu OtakeTokuko
- Naoko OhtaniYasukichi's lover
- Akira EmotoDoctor
- Yoshiko MiyazakiTomoko
- Choei TakahashiCast
- Akaji MaroCast
- Hideo KanzeDirector of a hospital
- Aya MizunoCast
- Masaru BabaCast
- Yuriko HirookaCast
- Hitoshi KusanagiCast