The Ballad of Narayama (1958) Criterion Collection 720p BluRay x264 FLAC-WiKi
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The Ballad of Narayama / Narayama bushiko (1958)
Drama
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.
Starring: Kinuyo Tanaka, Teiji Takahashi, Yûko Mochizuki, Danko Ichikawa, Keiko Ogasawara
Director: Keisuke Kinoshita
