| Description |
1 videodisc (130 min.) : sound, color, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. |
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digital optical mono rda |
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video file region A rda |
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Blu-ray video |
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Motion picture |
| Note |
Adapted from Shichirô Fukazawa's novela Narayama Bushiko. |
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Originally released as a motion pictures 1983. |
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Originally packaged as part of Survivor Ballads : three films by Shohei Imamura. |
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PCM 1.0 mono, wide screen 1.85:1. |
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Features: audio commentaries by Japanese cinema expert Jasper Sharp; in-depth appreciations of by Japanese cinema expert Tony Rayns. |
| Cast |
Ken Ogata, Sumiko Sakamoto, Tonpei Hidari. |
| Summary |
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. |
| Audience |
MPAA rating: Not rated. |
| System Details |
Blu-ray ; region A, aspect ratio: 1.85:1, Dolby mono audio. |
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These are Blu-ray discs made for Blu-ray disc players and will not play on standard DVD players. |
| Language |
In Japanese with optional English subtitles. |
| Subject |
Families -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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Older people -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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Death -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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| Genre |
Foreign films, Japanese.
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Japanese language materials.
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Feature films.
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Fiction films.
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| Added Author |
Imamura, Shōhei, 1926-2006, screenwriter, director.
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Ogata, Ken, 1937-2008, actor.
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Sakamoto, Sumiko, actor.
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Hidari, Tonpei, actor.
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Motion picture adaptation of (work): Fukasawa, Shichirō, 1914-1987.
Narayama Bushiko.
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| Added Title |
Narayama bushikô |
| Standard No. |
760137409380 |
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00760137409380 gtin-14 |
| Music No. |
AA059 Arrow Academy |
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