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The Ballad of Narayama

It's in the style of Kabuki, and it tells the story of a remote mountain village in Japan where there isn't enough food, so relatives carry their 70-year-old relatives up Narayama mountain to die. In the next few years, Granny Orin will be 70 years old. She's ready to accept what comes her way. He can't bear to lose his mother, even though she arranges for him to marry a woman his own age. Her grandson, Kesa, whose girlfriend is pregnant, is selfishly happy that Orin will die so that he can be with his girlfriend again. In the area, a family of thieves is dealt with very harshly, and an old man, over 70, who was kicked out by his son has to look for food. Will Orin's loving and accepting nature help her family grow up to be better people, or will it just hurt them?

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Drama