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The Ballad of Narayama
In a poor 19th century rural Japanese village, everyone who reaches the age of 70 has to climb a nearby mountain to die. An old woman is getting close to the cut-off age, and we follow her last days with her family.
April 20, 1905 in Hyogo, Japan
22 November 1946, Ibaraki, Japan
April 6, 1929 in Tokyo, Japan
25 January 1943, Tokyo, Japan
November 6, 1966 in Minato, Tokyo, Japan
May 5, 1947 in Amakusa-gun, Kumamoto, Japan
October 17, 1915 in Ginza, Tokyo, Japan
November 25, 1936 in Osaka, Japan
11 April 1924, Chuo-ku, Tokyo, Japan
7 February 1943, Katsuragi, Wakayama, Japan
September 26, 1930 in Toyama, Japan

