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.
May 5, 1947 in Amakusa-gun, Kumamoto, Japan
25 January 1943, Tokyo, Japan
May 30, 1937 in Tokyo, Japan
October 17, 1915 in Ginza, Tokyo, Japan
April 6, 1929 in Tokyo, Japan
November 25, 1936 in Osaka, Japan
31 January 1937, Nagano, Japan
7 February 1943, Katsuragi, Wakayama, Japan
13 November 1942, Fukuoka, Japan
