The Ballad Of Narayama
This haunting, kabuki-inflected version of a Japanese folk legend is set in a remote mountain village, where food is scarce and tradition dictates that citizens who have reached their seventieth year must be carried to the summit of Mount Narayama and left there to die. The sacrificial elder at the...
| Corporate Authors: | Image Entertainment (Firm) |
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| Other Authors: | Kinoshita, Keisuke, 1912-1998., Fukasawa, Shichirō, 1914-1987., Tanaka, Kinuyo, 1909-1977., Takahashi, Teiji, 1926-1959., Mochizuki, Yuko, 1917-1977. |
| Format: | Videos DVD |
| Language: | Japanese English |
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[United States] :
Distributed by Image Entertainment,
[2013]
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| Series: |
Criterion collection
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| Summary: |
This haunting, kabuki-inflected version of a Japanese folk legend is set in a remote mountain village, where food is scarce and tradition dictates that citizens who have reached their seventieth year must be carried to the summit of Mount Narayama and left there to die. The sacrificial elder at the center of the tale is Orin, a dignified and dutiful woman who spends her dwindling days securing the happiness of her loyal widowed son with a respectable new wife. |
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| Item Description: |
Title from web page. Based on the novel, Narayamabushi kō, by Shichirō Fukazawa. Originally released as a motion picture in 1958. Special features: trailer and teaser ; booklet featuring an essay by critic Philip Kemp. |
| Physical Description: |
1 videodisc (98 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 insert. |
| Format: |
DVD, widescreen (2.35:1) presentation; PCM mono. |
| Audience: |
Not rated. |