The Ballad of Narayama
The Films of Keisuke Kinoshita
November 7 - 15, 2012
Fusing the ancient art of kabuki with modern cinema, Kinoshita creates an unforgettable account of a village in which the old are sent to a mountaintop to die.
One of Kinoshita’s boldest films, The Ballad of Narayama features the combination of traditional kabuki theater with modern film technique. In a remote mountain village, the custom is to leave those who reach the age of 70 on the slopes of the mountain, so that precious resources can be directed to the young. As Orin (Kinuyo Tanaka) is approaching her destiny, her loving and dutiful son refuses to participate in the ritual, forcing Orin, who believes it must be done for the good of the community, decides to take matters into her own hands. The movements are all stylized, the sets and lighting highly theatrical, to create the effect that the action is transpiring in some realm between actual history and myth. Named Best Japanese Film of 1958 by Kinema Junpo magazine.
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