Outreach
Video Lending Library
Japan
- Program Title: Ballad of Narayama, The [Narayama bushi koh]
- EASC Code: JB-01
- Series Title:
- Region/Country: Japan
- Language: Japanese
- Subtitles: English
- Subject: Movie & TV Drama
- Program Type: Feature
- Media Type: VHS
- Director: Shohei Imamura
- Producer: Toei
- Release Date: 1983
- Running Time: 129 min.
- Color or BW: Color
- Program Abstract: "A Century ago, inhabitants from a remote mountain village lived in constant fear of starvation. Their lives were cruel, horrible, and, at best, hopeless. To survive, a number of ruthless laws were passed. One of the most brutal - taking the elderly to the distant peak of Narayama to die."
- Data Entry Date: 5/11/1999
