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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