The Ballad of Narayama

“Only Time Could Change the Cruelty of Tradition… Only Their Love Could Survive It…”

Orin (Sumiko Sakamoto) is 69, and in her valley that means one more winter before she must be carried up the mountain to die. She wants one thing settled first: a wife for her eldest son, Tatsuhei (Ken Ogata). Shōhei Imamura sets her deadline against a village where families who refuse the custom bring disgrace on themselves, and every season that passes brings her closer to the climb.