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Released , 'The Ballad of Narayama' stars Kinuyo Tanaka, Teiji Takahashi, YÅ«ko Mochizuki, Seiji Miyaguchi The movie has a runtime of about 1 hr 38 min, and received a user score of 75 (out of 100) on TMDb, which assembled reviews from 72 respected users.

Curious to know what the movie's about? Here's the plot: "In Kabuki style the film tells the story of a remote mountain village where the scarcity of food leads to a voluntary but sociallyenforced policy in which relatives carry 70yearold family members up Narayama mountain to die Granny Orin is approaching 70 content to embrace her fate Her widowed son Tatsuhei cannot bear losing his mother even as she arranges his marriage to a widow his age Her grandson Kesa whos girlfriend is pregnant is selfishly happy to see Orin die Around them a family of thieves are dealt with severely and an old man past 70 whose son has cast him out scrounges for food Will Orins loving and accepting spirit teach and ennoble her family"

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