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Shochiku
Directed by: Keisuke Kinoshita
Featuring: Kinuyo Tanaka, Teiji Takahashi, Yuko Mochizuki, Danshi Ickikawa, Seiji Miyaguchi, Yanosuke Ito, Keiko Ogasawara, Ken Mitsuda
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 center of the tale is Orin (Kinuyo Tanaka), a dignified and dutiful woman who spends her dwindling days securing the happiness of her loyal widowed son with a respectable new wife. Filmed almost entirely on cunningly designed studio sets, in brilliant color and widescreen, The Ballad of Narayama is a stylish and vividly formal work from Japan’s cinematic golden age, directed by the dynamic Keisuke Kinoshita.
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Format:
Blu-ray
Disc:
BD-50 (1 Disc)
Total: 1 Disc
Regions:
A (Blu-ray)
Aspect Ratio:
2.35:1
Audio Options:
Japanese PCM Mono 1.0
Subtitles:
English
Supplements
Types of Supplements Included: Theatrical Trailer, Booklet
- Trailer and teaser
- A booklet featuring a new essay by critic Philip Kemp
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