It is based on the story of The Ballad of Narayama updated to the present day, with the substitution of putting a parent into an old people's home for the abandonment of the original. The film won the Golden St. George and the FIPRESCI Prize at the 21st Moscow International Film Festival.
Yasukichi
Tokuko
Yasukichi's lover
Doctor
Tomoko
Director of a hospital
Old woman at village
Village chief
Village chief's lover
Villager