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.
Released: Jan 15, 1999
Runtime: 119 minutes
Genre: Drama
Stars: Rentaro Mikuni, Shinobu Ôtake, Naoko Ohtani, Akira Emoto, Yoshiko Miyazaki, Chōei Takahashi
Crew: Kaneto Shindō (Writer), Kaneto Shindō (Director), Yukio Watanabe (Editor), Yoshiyuki Miyake (Director of Photography), Hikaru Hayashi (Original Music Composer), Jirô Shindô (Producer)