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The Ballad of Narayama
In a poor 19th century rural Japanese village, everyone who reaches the age of 70 has to climb a nearby mountain to die. An old woman is getting close to the cut-off age, and we follow her last days with her family.















September 26, 1930 in Toyama, Japan

31 January 1937, Nagano, Japan

4 April 1947, Yonezawa, Yamagata, Japan

25 January 1943, Tokyo, Japan



October 17, 1915 in Ginza, Tokyo, Japan

7 February 1943, Katsuragi, Wakayama, Japan



24 November 1912, Matsudo, Chiba, Japan