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.
as Yasukichi
as Tokuko
as Yasukichi's lover
as Doctor
as Tomoko
as Director of a hospital
as Old woman at village
as Village chief
as Village chief's lover
as Villager
