Memories of Matsuko - Tetsuya Nakashima (2006)
From the director of "Kamikaze Girls" comes this tale of one woman's descent from school teacher to prostitute. The grimness of the story is lightened with music, dance numbers, and fanciful fairy tale elements.
The Ballad of Narayama - Keisuke Kinoshita (1958)
The director of "Twenty-Four Eyes" and "Carmen Comes Home", Keisuke Kinoshita, gives his interpretation of the story of a village who due to a lack of food force it's citizens to take anyone over 70 years of age up to a mountaintop to die. Winner of the 1959 Kinema Junpo Award for best film.
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