The Ballad of Narayama

Name: The Ballad of Narayama
Genre: Drama
Released: 1958-01-01
Duration: 1 h 48 min
Cast: Yūnosuke Itō, Teiji Takahashi, Kinuyo Tanaka, Yūko Mochizuki, Ken Mitsuda

楢山節考 · 1958 | 108 min | Drama

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Synopsis

The Ballad of Narayama is a 1958 Japanese historical drama film directed by Keisuke Kinoshita. It is based on the 1956 novella of the same name by Shichirō Fukazawa. The film explores the legendary practice of ubasute, in which elderly people were carried to a mountain and abandoned to die.

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