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Narayama bushikō
Title
Narayama bushikō [videorecording / [ written for the screen and directed by Keisuke Kinoshita].
Published
[Japan] : Shochiku Company Ltd., [2004?]
Physical Description
1 videodisc (98 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4.
Notes
"DA-0555-1."
Original film: Japan, 1958. Remade with same titles in 1983 by Imamura Shohei.
Director, Keisuke Kinoshita.
In Japanese.
Summary
Recounts the ancient custom of younger inhabitants in a remote Japanese mountain village who are obliged to shepherd those over 70 to the top of Mount Narayama to await their death. One woman must first sort out the lives of her three children before she fulfills her duty to the village.
Variant and related titles
Known in English as: Ballad of Narayama
Bushi-ko
Narayama bushiko (1958).
Format
Images / Video & Film
Language
Japanese
Added to Catalog
September 20, 2010
Credits
Director, Keisuke Kinoshita.
Performers
Kinayo Tanaka, Teiji Takahashi, Yuko Mochizuki, Danko Ichikawa, Emro tTno, Ken Mitsuda.
System details note
DVD ; NTSC ; region 2.
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