In a small village in a valley everyone who reaches the age of 70 must leave the village and go to a certain mountain top to die. If anyone should refuse they would disgrace their family. Old Orin is 69. This winter it is her turn to go to the mountain. But first she must make sure that her eldest son Tatsuhei finds a wife.
Directed by Shōhei Imamura
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Ken Ogata
Tatsuhei
Tonpei Hidari
Risuke
Aki Takejo
Tamayan
Shoichi Ozawa
Katsuzô
Fujio Tokita
Jinsaku
Sanshō Shinsui
Zeniya Tadayan
Seiji Kurasaki
Kesakichi
Junko Takada
Matsuyan
Mitsuko Baisho
Oei
Taiji Tonoyama
Teruyan
Ben Hiura
Yakimatsu
Casey Takamine
Arayashiki
Crew
Shōhei Imamura
Director
Shōhei Imamura
Screenplay
Shinichiro Ikebe
Original Music Composer
Hajime Okayasu
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26 reviews
Starmie
8.0★ · 05/04/26
I personally would not be so chill about being buried alive but that’s just me
I personally would not be so chill about being buried alive but that’s just me
