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2011

Dendera

DENDERA

デンデラ

(c)2011 "DENDERA" Film Partners

(c)2011 "DENDERA" Film Partners

(c)2011 "DENDERA" Film Partners

(c)2011 "DENDERA" Film Partners

Release Date
June, 25th, 2011
Running Time
119 min
Genre
Drama , Thriller , Feature
Color
Color
Screening Format
35mm
Screen Size
American Vista (1:1.85)
Sound Processing
-,Dolby SRD
Subtitle
English

[ Directed by ]

[ Produced by ]

[ Cast ]

[ Staff ]

[ Production Company ]

"DENDERA" Film Partners

[ Distributor (Japan) ]

TOEI

[ Production Studio ]

THE FOOL

[ Story ]

An unorthodox action film from director Tengan Daisuke that takes its inspiration from the same "ubasuteyama" legend featured in his father Imamura Shohei's The Ballad of Narayama, which won the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival. Based on the novel of the same title by Sato Yuya, it follows the fate of an elderly woman who is forced to leave her village in order to reduce its population. In accordance with custom, seventy-year-old Kayu (Asaoka Ruriko) is taken to a holy site to await death. She closes her eyes and prays to be taken to heaven, but is amazed to realize she has been surrounded by other elderly women who had previously been abandoned in the mountain and were thought to have died.

[ Official Site ]

http://shochikufilms.com/product/dendera

[ Film Festivals, Awards ]

London Film Festival 2011 World Cinema
Vancouver International Film Festival 2011 Dragons and Tigers film

[ Contact (International) ]

SHOCHIKU CO., LTD.
International Sales & Licensing

Togeki Bldg., 4-1-1 Tsukiji, Chuo-ku, Tokyo 104-8422
tel: +81-3-5550-1623
fax: +81-3-5550-1654
E-mail: ibd@shochiku.co.jp
http://www.shochikufilms.com

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