The Ballad of Narayama (18)

This event has already taken place and ended on 15 Oct 2009

In an isolated mountain region, austere village laws to ensure survival dictate that, despite her good health, matriarch Orin must shortly ascend the sacred summit of Narayama where her soul must be laid to rest like all who turn 70. But before she goes, she has much family business to attend to. One of the greatest Japanese films: a haunting, poignant meditation on human nature, existence and death that won Imamura his first Palme d'Or.  

Dir. Shohei Imamura Japan 1983 2h 10m Subtitled

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Pigs, Eels & Insects: Reassessing The Legacy of Shohei Imamura

Arnolfini presents a season of films by Shohei Imamura, the only Japanese director to twice win the Palme d'Or. Known for his interest in the pimps, serial killers and prostitutes of Japanese society and for his irrepressible heroines, Imamura was a multi-faceted director, equally capable of the bawdy, irreverent stuff of his bold 60s new wave titles and later more austere and delicate films. Always with a glint in his eye, his anthropological brand of cinema continued to push the boundaries of both form and content over more than 40 years. 

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For Japenese film lovers you can also catch Ghost in the Shell 2.0 at Watershed during October.