Yûko Mochizuki Movies

The Ballad of Narayama

80/100

A kabuki theatre-inflected story about a poor village whose people have to be carried to a nearby mountain to die once they get old.

A Japanese Tragedy

76/100

Alternating in time, between the end of World War II and 1953, Haruko, a widow, does what she can to keep her daughter Utako and son Seiichi safe...

Kusa wo karu musume

Farewell to Dream

72/100

The conflicting dreams of the members of a Japanese family are threatened by a continuing series of misfortunes.

The Rice People

71/100

'Nendo no omen' yori: kaachan

79/100

Yoshigoro the tinsmith looks unsuccessfully for work in postwar Tokyo. His wife Oyuki must beg his former employers for loans. Her neighbors are also faring poorly; one has a terminally ill... See full summary »

Tragödie am Mittag

Kigeki: Yôki-na mibôjin

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