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By Gina B (157) on 18 Jan 2010

Saw it several years ago, but it is still very memorable…

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By Shanul H (50) on 04 Oct 2009

That movie equivalent to one vodka bottle. Solo. At hole... Like the spot of light…

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By Carl S (304) on 15 Sep 2009

I have never seen a movie quite like this for its intense mix of raw, naked human emotionality and its simultaneous tender loving care…

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By Paris T (23) on 08 Sep 2009

I forgot this one?!!?? How terrible my memory is…

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By Fruit . (25) on 18 Jun 2009

Earthy and utterly convincing depiction of rural life in Japan in the 1800's, with its unflinching scenes of carnality and barbarity as well…

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By Ed Q (179) on 09 Jun 2009

Despite interesting landscape photography, Ballad of Narayama is decidedly theatrical, and blatant in its approach to storytelling…

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By R.a. L (186) on 10 Apr 2009

I love the controversies stirred up by this movie. One's value is questioned in the delimnma between death and life, cruelty and humanity…

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By Jeff B (2,998) on 08 Apr 2009

Palme D'Or winner directed by Shohei Imamura (who won again for The Eel), it folllows a small village in Japan some 100 years ago as an elder…

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By Lynda M (383) on 07 Apr 2009

Imamura's best film, and indeed is hard to forget. Serious, light, humourous and touching, yet it blens beautifully…

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By Hari S (25) on 17 Mar 2009

A brilliant, unforgettable film that bares the human psyche â?? the rawness, and the minutiae are all on display…

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By Jurate P (24) on 08 Mar 2009

Quite hard to watch, too naturalistic and dark, but anyway worth to put in the recommended list…

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By Ryan H (2,006) on 01 Mar 2009

Quite exceptional. This was my first Imamura and I am really excited about checking out the rest of his oeuvre…

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By Patrick R (412) on 21 Feb 2009

Shakespearean. Not a false note, not a slack moment…

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By Tim M (3,013) on 01 Feb 2009

Mixes a grave and serious custom with moments of hilarity…

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By Private U (13,627) on 28 Jan 2009

Excellent movie, watched last year in the festival.. very plain displaying of real village life ;)…

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By Stella D (433) on 24 Nov 2008

I felt sorry for these people…

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By Adryan G (33) on 12 Oct 2008

There's something magical about the way Imamura portrays rural life in Japan in this film…

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By Tim Brayton (2,283) for Antagony & Ecstasy (1,911) on 28 Sep 2008

A masterpiece of the human condition...[but] below the very peak of Imamura's filmmaking powers…

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By Andrew O (949) on 28 Sep 2008

Something very primitive and wonderful about this film. And the last sequence, with mother and son... calm acceptance…

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By Harry T (192) on 21 Aug 2008

That one won the 1983 Palme d'Or du Festival de Cannes. Not sure I'll remember it…

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