Ballad of Narayama/bd

Criterion Collection

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Ballad of Narayama/bd

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 (UGETSU'S 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 (TWENTY-FOUR EYES).

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Media	Movies Blu-ray (Blu-ray Disc)
Number of discs	1
Released	February 5, 2013
EAN/UPC	0715515102513
Label	CRITERION COLLECTION CCIN2228BR
Genre	Drama
Dimensions	132 × 175 × 14 mm · 121 g
Region code	Region A (Americas, East and Southeast Asia)
Language	Original language
Subtitles	English