The great Shohei Imamura presents a worthy remake of Keisuke Kinoshita's 1958 masterpiece. Tastes vary, and some prefer the original, but I find the performances in the later film just as good and the cinematography better than the original. Ken Ogata plays a devoted son whose mother has come nearly to the age of 70, when the elderly are left to die on Mount Nara. Still vital, the elderly lady insists that her son follow the village rule--but first she must prepare him to go on and have a happy marriage: she must first find him a wife, and there is little time. |
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