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.
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.
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