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1. www.rogerebert.com › reviews › great-movie-theThe elderly are left on the mountain to die - Roger Ebert

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   Mar 7, 2013 · “The Ballad of Narayama” is a Japanese film of great beauty and elegant artifice, telling a story of startling cruelty. What a space it opens up between its origins in the kabuki style and its subject of starvation in a mountain village!

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3. www.jcablog.com › post › ballad-of-narayama-reviewThe Ballad of Narayama | Review | Japanese Cinema Archives - JCA

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   Jul 31, 2020 · The Ballad of Narayama was directed by Shôhei Imamura in 1983. It won the Palme d'Or at Cannes Film Festival and was labeled a central piece of Japanese film history. The movie is based on the novel Narayama Bushikô (1956) by the Japanese author Shichirô Fukazawa.

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   Oct 9, 2020 · Directed by Keisuke Kinoshita and released in 1958, The Ballad of Narayama combines stark colors and the simplicity of the legend with the verve of kabuki theater, apparent in the ubiquitous sound-stage shooting, the music, and the singsong narration delivered in voice-over.

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6. www.rottentomatoes.com › m › narayama_bushikoThe Ballad of Narayama - Rotten Tomatoes

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   A 69-year-old Japanese widow (Kinuyo Tanaka) settles her life and then, by custom, climbs a mountain to die. Rent The Ballad of Narayama on Prime Video, Apple TV, or buy it on Prime Video,...

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7. www.criterion.com › films › 28240The Ballad of Narayama (1958) - The Criterion Collection

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   The Ballad of Narayama. 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.

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8. 2020.nipponconnection.com › en › filmNippon Connection - Ballad Of Narayama

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   Once the son plans to remarry, she starts her preparations for a climb to the Narayama mountain, where, following the tradition, old people are brought to die. A deeply melancholic masterpiece of Japanese film that incorporates elements of traditional kabuki theater.

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   Is the Ballad of Narayama based on a true story?

   • It won the Palme d'Or at Cannes Film Festival and was labeled a central piece of Japanese film history. The movie is based on the novel Narayama Bushikô (1956) by the Japanese author Shichirô Fukazawa. Not only did The Ballad of Narayama do well overseas, it was well received in Japan and won three Japanese Academy Awards.

   The Ballad of Narayama | Review | Japanese Cinema Archives

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   Who directed The Ballad of Narayama?

   • Shôhei Imamura directed The Ballad of Narayama in 1983. It won the Palme d'Or at Cannes Film Festival, and became an instant film classic.

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   Is the Ballad of Narayama a kabuki movie?

   • Directed by Keisuke Kinoshita and released in 1958, The Ballad of Narayama combines stark colors and the simplicity of the legend with the verve of kabuki theater, apparent in the ubiquitous sound-stage shooting, the music, and the singsong narration delivered in voice-over.

   The Ballad of Narayama (1958) - William Hepner

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   Is the Ballad of Narayama a samurai movie?

   • As a finely stylized Japanese film of the Jidaigeki genre, a period piece like so many of its samurai brethren, The Ballad of Narayama stands out nonetheless as an early amalgam of the theater and the cinema.

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   Where was The Ballad of Narayama filmed?

   • The Ballad of Narayama was filmed in Niigata Prefecture and Nagano Prefecture. The film is set in a small rural village in 19th century Japan. According to tradition, once a person reaches the age of 70, he or she must travel to a remote mountain to die of starvation, a practice known as ubasute.

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   Is the Ballad of Narayama a sad story?

   • The Ballad of Narayama is a sad, funny, and brutal look into the normal life of a small village in Japan. Being afraid of death is normal. Accepting it and embracing it when you get old is also normal. But it's also sad and uncomfortable regarding death. The Ballad of Narayama treats death with respect and care.

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10. www.criterionforum.org › Review › the-ballad-ofThe Ballad of Narayama Review - Criterion Forum

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    Jan 19, 2021 · Synopsis. With its documentary naturalism, earthy sense of humor, and a keen ethnographical eye for the absurdities of human behavior, The Ballad of Narayama represents the epitome of director Shohei Imamura's (Zegen, Black Rain) vigorous explorations of the Japanese spirit, and won the director his first of his two Palme d'Or awards when it ...