The Ballad of Narayama
In a poor 19th century rural Japanese village, everyone who reaches the age of 70 has to climb a nearby mountain to die. An old woman is getting close to the cut-off age, and we follow her last days with her family.
November 6, 1966 in Minato, Tokyo, Japan
November 25, 1936 in Osaka, Japan
31 January 1937, Nagano, Japan
22 November 1946, Ibaraki, Japan
May 5, 1947 in Amakusa-gun, Kumamoto, Japan
April 20, 1905 in Hyogo, Japan
25 January 1943, Tokyo, Japan
July 20, 1937 in Tokyo, Japan
May 30, 1937 in Tokyo, Japan
24 November 1912, Matsudo, Chiba, Japan
13 November 1942, Fukuoka, Japan
April 6, 1929 in Tokyo, Japan
11 April 1924, Chuo-ku, Tokyo, Japan
October 17, 1915 in Ginza, Tokyo, Japan
September 26, 1930 in Toyama, Japan
4 April 1947, Yonezawa, Yamagata, Japan
7 February 1943, Katsuragi, Wakayama, Japan
