It is based on the story of The Ballad of Narayama updated to the present day, with the substitution of putting a parent into an old people's home for the abandonment of the original. The film won the Golden St. George and the FIPRESCI Prize at the 21st Moscow International Film Festival.
Kaneto Shindō
Writer, Director
Rentaro Mikuni
Yasukichi
Shinobu Otake
Tokuko
Naoko Ohtani
Yasukichi's lover
Akira Emoto
Doctor
Yoshiko Miyazaki
Tomoko
Choei Takahashi
Akaji Maro
Hideo Kanze
Director of a hospital
Aya Mizuno
Skin64%
Girl in the Box67%
楢山節考74%
What Maisie Knew71%
Salomé62%
Farming62%
Lorelei59%
Kisses71%
百万円と苦虫女71%
The Nest60%
Inside I'm Dancing74%
上意討ち 拝領妻始末82%
In the Family67%
La joven69%
Here64%
Fast Girls60%
Won't Back Down61%
El Greco59%
Hungry Hearts65%
Xiu Xiu: The Sent-Down Girl72%
