Narayamabushi kō = The ballad of Narayama /

Narayamabushi kō = The ballad of Narayama /

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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...

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Main Authors: Fukasawa, Shichirō, 1914-1987 (Author), Kemp, Philip (Author)
Corporate Authors: Criterion Collection (Firm), Janus Films
Other Authors: Kinoshita, Keisuke, 1912-1998 (Screenwriter, Director), Kokaji, Masaharu (Producer), Mochizuki, Yuko, 1917-1977 (Actor), Takahashi, Teiji, 1926-1959 (Actor), Tanaka, Kinuyo, 1909-1977 (Actor)
Format: Unknown
Language:Japanese
English
Published: [Irvington, N.Y. ] : The Criterion Collection, c2013
Edition:DVD ed
Series:Criterion collection (DVD videodiscs)
Subjects:
Fukasawa, Shichirō, > 1914-1987
Motion pictures, Japanese
Rites and ceremonies > Japan > Drama
Manners and customs
Rites and ceremonies
Japan > Social life and customs > Drama
Japan
Drama
Feature films
Fiction films
Film adaptations
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Call Number: PN1995.9.F67 N373 2013

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