Overview
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.
Cast
- Rentaro Mikuni as Yasukichi
- Shinobu Otake as Tokuko
- Naoko Ohtani as Yasukichi's lover
- Akira Emoto as Doctor
- Yoshiko Miyazaki as Tomoko
- Choei Takahashi
- Akaji Maro
- Hideo Kanze as Director of a hospital
- Aya Mizuno
- Masaru Baba