With my mother on my back, now is the time to say goodbye to this world.
In a remote village where food is scarce, elders who reach the age of 70 are carried by their children to the top of a nearby mountain to die in solitude. Orin, a vibrant 69-year-old grandmother, has accepted her fate — but struggles to prepare the rest of her family for the ritual.
Directed by: Keisuke Kinoshita
Written by: Shichirō Fukazawa, Keisuke Kinoshita
Music by: Matsunosuke Nozawa, Kineya Rokuzaemon XIV
Starring: Kinuyo Tanaka, Teiji Takahashi, Yūko Mochizuki, Seiji Miyaguchi, Yūnosuke Itō, Ken Mitsuda, Danko Ichikawa, Keiko Ogasawara, Eijirō Tōno, Kō Nishimura
Genre: Drama
Released: 1958-06-01
Runtime: 98 minutes
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