The Ballad of Narayama (1983)

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf film
gptkbp:availableIn DVD.
Blu-ray.
Streaming platforms.
gptkbp:basedOn novel_by_Shichirō_Fukazawa
gptkbp:boxOffice Moderate success.
gptkbp:cinematographyBy Atsushi Okui
gptkbp:country gptkb:Japan
gptkbp:criticalReception Highly acclaimed.
gptkbp:culturalImpact Referenced in literature.
Examined in cultural studies.
Influenced filmmakers.
Discussed in film courses.
Significant_in_Japanese_film_history.
gptkbp:culturalSignificance Explores themes of tradition and mortality.
gptkbp:directedBy Shōhei Imamura
gptkbp:distributor gptkb:Toho
gptkbp:editedBy gptkb:Yoshitake_Suzuki
gptkbp:features gptkb:Tatsuya_Nakadai
Sumiko Sakamoto
Nobuko Otowa
gptkbp:genre drama
gptkbp:hasAwards Palme d'Or
gptkbp:hasFocusOn Kikuko
Kiku
Tatsu
Kikuko's_son
Oba-san
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label The Ballad of Narayama (1983)
gptkbp:influenced Subsequent_Japanese_cinema.
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:Japanese_folklore
gptkbp:influenceOn Film studies.
Global cinema.
Cultural discussions on aging.
Japanese_art.
gptkbp:inspiration Cultural_practices_in_rural_Japan.
gptkbp:language Japanese
gptkbp:musicBy gptkb:Tōru_Takemitsu
gptkbp:notableFeature The village gathering.
The family farewell.
The mountain journey.
The ritual.
gptkbp:notableFor Cinematography and direction.
gptkbp:plot A story about an elderly woman who must go to the mountain to die as per tradition.
gptkbp:premieredOn gptkb:Cannes_Film_Festival
gptkbp:producedBy Shōhei Imamura
gptkbp:releaseYear 1983
gptkbp:remake The_Ballad_of_Narayama_(1958)
gptkbp:runtime 128 minutes
gptkbp:screenplayBy Shōhei Imamura
gptkbp:setIn gptkb:Japan
gptkbp:theme Tradition vs modernity.
Life and death.
Family and sacrifice.