Survivor Ballads: Three Films by Shohei Imamura (Blu-ray)

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Throughout the 1980s, Shohei Imamura (The Pornographers, Profound Desires of the Gods), a leading figure of the Japanese New Wave era of the 1960s, cemented his international reputation as one of the most important directors of his generation with a series of films that all competed at Cannes to great critical acclaim. This exclusive box set from Arrow Academy presents restored versions of three late career classics from the legendary filmmaker.Based on an ancient folktale, The Ballad of Narayama (1983) was the first of two works from the director to win the prestigious Cannes Palme dOr. Imamuras magnum opus depicts the members of an extended farming family eking out their existence in the mountainous north of Japan against the backdrop of the changing seasons before village lore decrees they make the sacrifice of abandoning their aged mother on the top of a nearby mountain when she reaches her seventieth year. Making its HD debut, Zegen (1987) takes a satirical look at Japans prewar c

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Format Blu-ray
Release Date Dec 8, 2020
Genre Action
Actors Ken Ogata, Sumiko Sakamoto, Mitsuko Baisho, Kazuo Kitamura, Etsuko Ichihara, Yoshiko Tanaka
Director Shohei Imamura
Runtime 378
Language Japanese
Sub Titles English
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