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.
Rentaro Mikuni
Shinobu Ôtake
Naoko Ohtani
Akira Emoto
Yoshiko Miyazaki
Chōei Takahashi
Akaji Maro
Hideo Kanze
Aya Mizuno
Masaru Baba
Yuriko Hirooka
Hitoshi Kusanagi
Ai Toyama
Nao Ômori
Rinko Kikuchi
Naomasa Musaka
Hisako Hara
Moeko Ezawa
Manabu Muraji
Yasumi Maezawa
Yôko Nakajima
Bokuzo Masana
Rei Natsume
Hideko Yoshida
Masayuki Shionoya
Ei Hamura
Hiromi Nakazato
Masahiko Tsugawa
Tokuko Watanabe
Eimei Esumi
Fujio Suga
Shun Ueda
Kikuma Shimoiizaka