Narayama bushi-kō : The ballad of Narayama /

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...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Authors:	Janus Films, Tōei Kabushiki Kaisha, Home Vision (Firm), Public Media Incorporated (Wilmette, Ill.)
Other Authors:	Imamura, Shōhei, 1926-2006, Ogata, Ken, 1937-2008, Sakamoto, Sumiko, Hidari, Tonpei, Fukasawa, Shichirō, 1914-1987
Format:	Video VHS
Language:	Japanese
Language Notes:	In Japanese with English subtitles.
Published:	[Chicago, Ill.] : Home Vision : [between 1990 and 1999?]
Edition:	Letterboxed widescreen version.
Series:	Japanese classic collection.
Subjects:	Rites and ceremonies > Japan > Drama. Japan > Social life and customs > Drama. Older people > Japan > Drama. Gishiki. Rōnen. Foreign films. Motion pictures, Japanese. Feature films.

Narayamabushi kō /

by Fukasawa, Shichirō, 1914-1987, Kemp, Philip
Published 2013

Video Blu-ray Disc

Narayamabushi kō /

by Fukasawa, Shichirō, 1914-1987, Kemp, Philip
Published 2013

Video DVD

The ballad of Narayama /

Published 2008

Video DVD

Narayama bushi-kō /

Published 1996

Video VHS