A century ago in a remote Japanese mountain village, the elderly were customarily abandoned on a mountain top to meet the gods of Narayama. This is the story of a loving son in a impoverished region who must follow the cruel custom of abandoning his mother to the mountain gods as she turns 70. Based...
Bibliographic Details
| Corporate Authors: |
Janus Films,
Tōei Kabushiki Kaisha,
Home Vision (Firm),
Public Media Incorporated (Wilmette, Ill.) |
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| Other Authors: |
Imamura, Shōhei, 1926-2006,
Ogata, Ken, 1937-2008,
Sakamoto, Sumiko,
Hidari, Tonpei,
Fukasawa, Shichirō, 1914-1987 |
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| Format: | Video
VHS
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| Language: | Japanese |
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| Language Notes: | In Japanese with English subtitles. |
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| Published: |
[Chicago, Ill.] :
Home Vision :
[between 1990 and 1999?]
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| Edition: | Letterboxed widescreen version. |
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| Series: | Japanese classic collection.
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