Stars: Ken Ogata, Nijiko Kiyokawa, Taiji Tonoyama, Ben Hiura, Aki Takejô
A remote village on a hill below Narayama mountain. Late winter, 19th century. The people of the village are suffering from famine, and according to tradition, the eldest son of the family must lead his parents to the top of Narayama mountain at the age of seventy to die of hunger there. But Orin (Sakamoto) is still in good health at the age of sixty-nine.
Stars: Shun Sugata, Ciarán Hinds, Yoshihiro Takayama, Yôsuke Kubozuka, Tadanobu Asano
In the 17th century, two Portuguese Jesuit priests travel to Japan to find their master, who is rumored to have apostatized while promoting Catholic Christianity.
Stars: Akaji Maro, Genki Yoshimura, Kazuo 'Gaira' Komizu, Shigeru Muroi, Kansai Eto
Rock bands and punk bands clash violently with each other and the police force in Tokyo.
