The Ballad of Narayama

Both are adaptations of Shichir? Fukazawa's book of the same name. Their aesthetics and cinematography are very different, which can lead to interesting comparisons and reflections because they approach the same material with very particular perspectives.

Similar adaptation

Prior to the adoption of Confucianism, it was the tradition to abandon one's parents on a mountainside if they were over 70 years of age. In the ancient kingdom of Goryeo, now modern Korea, a nobleman defies this tradition when he refuses to leave his mother to starve to death.