The Ballad of Narayama (1958)
With my mother on my back, now is the time to say goodbye to this world.
In a remote village where food is scarce, elders who reach the age of 70 are carried by their children to the top of a nearby mountain to die in solitude. Orin, a vibrant 69-year-old grandmother, has accepted her fate — but struggles to prepare the rest of her family for the ritual.
- Release Date: 1958-06-01
- Runtime: 1h 38min
- Production Company: Shochiku
- Production Country: Japan
- Director: Keisuke Kinoshita
- Writer: Keisuke Kinoshita
