Overview:
In a small village in a valley everyone who reaches the age of 70 must leave the village and go to a certain mountain top to die. If anyone should refuse they would disgrace their family. Old Orin is 69. This winter it is her turn to go to the mountain. But first she must make sure that her eldest son Tatsuhei finds a wife.| Original Title: | 楢山節考 |
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| Status: | Released (1983-04-29) |
| Awards: | 9 wins & 9 nominations |
| Screen: | Shôhei Imamura, Shichirô Fukazawa |
| Productions: | Toei Company |
| Production Countries: | Japan |
| Spoken Languages: | 日本語 |
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Casts
- 95345: Ken Ogata - Tatsuhei
- 142451: Sumiko Sakamoto - Orin
- 142452: Tonpei Hidari - Risuke
- 142453: Aki Takejo - Tamayan
- 142454: Shoichi Ozawa - Katsuzô
- 142455: Fujio Tokita - Jinsaku
- 142456: Sanshō Shinsui - Zeniya Tadayan
Crews
- 20025: Shōhei Imamura - Screenplay - Writing
- 20025: Shōhei Imamura - Director - Directing
- 142461: Shichirō Fukazawa - Novel - Writing
- 4471546: Tomoe Ookawa - Hairstylist - Costume & Make-Up
- 123872: Kenichi Benitani - Sound - Sound
- 4471542: Seiko Igawa - Makeup Artist - Costume & Make-Up
- 4471543: Zenichirô Ishikawa - Hairstylist - Costume & Make-Up
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Reviews
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The short review is "life's a bitch, then you die" LOL, that doesn't do this absolutely brilliant film any justice, though. Imamura has crafted a rather sardonic, brutally honest mirror of humans. Like humans, it is both hard to watch, and simultaneously invokes emapthy. Few direc ....
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