The Ballad of Narayama (1983)
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- Director
- Shōhei Imamura
- Runtime
- 130 minutes
- Original release date
- 1983-04-29 (TMDB; may differ from the UK release)
- Original title
- 楢山節考
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.
London screenings
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- · Institute of Contemporary Arts, The Mall, London, SW1Y 5AH, UK · The Ballad of Narayama · standard · subtitled · Book with the cinema