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    The Ballad of Narayama

    1958, 1h 38min -

    This haunting, kabuki-inflected version of a Japanese folk legend is set in a remote mountain village where food is scarce and tradition dictates that citizens who have reached their seventieth year must be carried to the summit of Mount Narayama and left there to die. The sacrificial elder at the center of the tale is Orin (Kinuyo Tanaka), a dignified and dutiful woman who spends her dwindling days securing the happiness of her loyal widowed son with a respectable new wife. Filmed almost entirely on cunningly designed studio sets, in brilliant color and widescreen, THE BALLAD OF NARAYAMA is a stylish and vividly formal work from Japan’s cinematic golden age, directed by the dynamic Keisuke Kinoshita.

    "The Ballad of Narayama" — movie produced in Japan and released in 1958. It has a great rating on IMDb: 7.8 stars out of 10. It is a feature-length film with a runtime of 1h 38min. "The Ballad of Narayama" is currently available for rent and to buy on Apple TV. Click on a playlink to watch it now!

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    Roger Ebert rated 10 green-star

    ...a Japanese film of great beauty and elegant artifice, telling a story of startling cruelty.

    Reply 55 years ago 0 likes

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