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Posted: September 14th, 2007.
Ballad of Narayama
Alongside contemporaries Akira Kurosawa and Yasujiro Ozu, director Keisuke Kinoshita is regarded as one of thegreats in Japanese cinema. Combining Tabuchi theatre and masterful cinematic techniques, Ballad of Narayama isa beautiful and meditative tale of love and humanity that explores traditional Japanese cultural values.
In a small village in a valley everyone who reaches the age of 70 must leave the village and go to a certainmountain top to die. If anyone should refuse he/she would disgrace their family. Old Orin is 69. This winterit is her turn to go to the mountain. But first she must make sure that her eldest son Tatsuhei finds a wife.
The film is presented in anamorphic 2.35:1 widescreen in Japanese language with English subtitles andDVD extras include film notes and the original trailer.
Ballad of Narayama is out on DVD now for £19.99.
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News page content input by Dominic Robinson, 2007.
Reviewer of movies, videogames and music since 1994. Aortic valve operation survivor from the same year. Running DVDfever.co.uk since 2000. Nobel Peace Prize winner 2021.