It is based on the story of The Ballad of Narayama updated to the present day, with the substitution of putting a parent into an old people's home for the abandonment of the original. The film won the Golden St. George and the FIPRESCI Prize at the 21st Moscow International Film Festival.
Yasukichi
Tokuko
Yasukichi's lover
Doctor
Tomoko
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Director of a hospital
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January 15, 1999
Yasukichi
Tokuko
Yasukichi's lover
Doctor
Tomoko
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Director of a hospital
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