Overview
It is based on the story of The Ballad of Narayama updated to the present day, with the substitution of putting a parent into an old people's home for the abandonment of the original. The film won the Golden St. George and the FIPRESCI Prize at the 21st Moscow International Film Festival.
Cast
Rentaro Mikuni
Yasukichi
Shinobu Otake
Tokuko
Naoko Ohtani
Yasukichi's lover
Akira Emoto
Doctor
Yoshiko Miyazaki
Tomoko
Hideo Kanze
Director of a hospital
Hideko Yoshida
Old woman at village
Masahiko Tsugawa
Village chief
Tokuko Watanabe
Village chief's lover
Eimei Esumi
Villager
Brother 2
Helter Skelter
To Be or Not to Be
Lord
Hannibal
Le Gendarme de Saint-Tropez
Fantozzi to the Rescue
American Pie Presents: Beta House
Underground Entertainment: The Movie
Iron Eagle
Bridegroom
The Hunt for Red October
Star Trek III: The Search for Spock
Ebirah, Horror of the Deep
Star
Charlotte's Web
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
Blind Chance
Ghost World
Wild Bill