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Narayamabushi kō The ballad of Narayama
Title
Narayamabushi kō [videorecording] = The ballad of Narayama / a Janus Films presentation ; a Toei-Imamura production ; [presented by] Toei Company, Ltd. ; written and directed by Shohei Imamura ; screenplay by Shohei Imamura.
ISBN
078000522X
Edition
[Letterboxed, widescreen version].
Published
[S.l.] : Distributed by Public Media Incorporated, [1998?]
Physical Description
1 videocassette (129 min.) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in.
Notes
Based on the story by Shichiro Fukazawa.
Originally produced as motion picture, 1983.
Photographer, Masao Tochizawa ; music, Shinichiro Ikebe ; English subtitles by Tadashi Shishido.
In Japanese with English subtitles.
Grand prix, Cannes Film Festival, 1983.
Summary
A century ago in a remote Japanese mountain village, the elderly were customarily abandoned on a mountain top to meet the gods of Narayama. This is the story of a loving son in a impoverished region who must follow the cruel custom of abandoning his mother to the mountain gods as she turns 70. Based on one of Japan's most moving legends, Orin, a matriarch whose time approaches, must make plans to assure the survival of her family.
Variant and related titles
Ballad of Narayama
Title on cassette and container: Shohei Imamura's The ballad of Narayama
Format
Images / Video & Film
Language
Japanese
Added to Catalog
June 01, 2002
Series
Credits
Photographer, Masao Tochizawa ; music, Shinichiro Ikebe ; English subtitles by Tadashi Shishido.
Cast
Ken Ogata, Sumiko Sakamoto, Tonpei Hidari, Takejo Aki.
System details note
VHS. New audio/video film-to-tape transfer with new translation.
Videorecording number
BAL 080 Public Media Home Vision
Subjects
Also listed under
Tōei Kabushiki Kaisha.
Public Media Home Vision. Incorporated (Wilmette, Ill.)
Home Vision (Firm)
Janus Films.
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