Shigematsu Shizuma, who lives with his family in a village near Fukuyama, was in Hiroshima with his wife and niece just after the devastating atomic bombing, a tragedy that cruelly took the lives of thousands of people and forever marked the harsh existence of the survivors.
Dir. Shōhei Imamura · With Yoshiko Tanaka, Kazuo Kitamura, Etsuko Ichihara
In a small village in a valley everyone who reaches the age of 70 must leave the village and go to a certain mountain top to die. If anyone should refuse they would disgrace their family. Old Orin is 69. This winter it is her turn to go to the mountain. But first she must make sure that her eldest son Tatsuhei finds a wife.
Dir. Shōhei Imamura · With Ken Ogata, Sumiko Sakamoto, Tonpei Hidari
