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.
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Ken Ogata | ... | Tatsuhei |
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Sumiko Sakamoto | ... | Orin |
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Tonpei Hidari | ... | Risuke |
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Aki Takejô | ... | Tamayan |
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Shôichi Ozawa | ... | Katsuzô |
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Fujio Tokita | ... | Jinsaku |
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Sanshô Shinsui | ... | Zeniya no Tadayan |
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Seiji Kurasaki | ... | Kesakichi |
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Junko Takada | ... | Matsuyan |
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Mitsuko Baishô | ... | Oei |
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Casey Takamine | ... | Arayashiki (as Kêshi Takamine) |
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Nenji Kobayashi | ... | Tsune |
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Nijiko Kiyokawa | ... | Okane |
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Akio Yokoyama | ... | Amaya |
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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 he or she 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. Written by Mattias Thuresson
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if you haven't watch Kinoshita's version (in 1958), go and see > it. It's really a jewel, more poetical and original, even more strange, than this one. You won't be disappointed.