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
Yasukichi
Shinobu Otake
Tokuko
Naoko Ohtani
Yasukichi's lover
Akira Emoto
Doctor
Yoshiko Miyazaki
Tomoko
Chōei Takahashi
Unknown
Akaji Maro
Unknown
Hideo Kanze
Director of a hospital
Aya Mizuno
Unknown
Masaru Baba
Unknown
Yuriko Hirooka
Unknown
Hitoshi Kusanagi
Unknown
Ai Toyama
Unknown
Nao Omori
Unknown
Rinko Kikuchi
Unknown
Naomasa Musaka
Unknown
Hisako Hara
Unknown
Moeko Ezawa
Unknown
Manabu Muraji
Unknown
Yasumi Maezawa
Unknown
Yôko Nakajima
Unknown
Bokuzo Masana
Unknown
Rei Natsume
Unknown
Hideko Yoshida
Old woman at village
Masayuki Shionoya
Unknown
Ei Hamura
Unknown
Hiromi Nakazato
Unknown
Masahiko Tsugawa
Village chief
Tokuko Watanabe
Village chief's lover
Eimei Esumi
Villager
Fujio Suga
Unknown
Shun Ueda
Unknown
Kikuma Shimoiizaka
Unknown
