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Ballad of Narayama

 

Japan 1983, 130 minutes
Dir. Shohei Imamura
In Japanese with English subtitles
Rating: [R18]
Genres: Foreign Cinema, Drama

Feat. Ken Ogata, Sumiko Sakamoto, Tonpei Hidari

 

Aroview: Austere beauty characterises this second retelling of a Japanese legend, originally filmed in stylised, Kabuki-inspired vignettes.

Ken Ogata plays the son of a elderly matriarch sentenced to perish on a mountaintop, their suffering conveyed through the classically humanist qualities of dignity and quiet resilience. Winner of the top prize at Cannes '83.

Cannes - Palm D’Or

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