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1. The Forest (I) (2016)
PG-13 | 93 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
A young woman's desperate search for her twin sister brings her to a ghost-filled stretch of wilderness known as the 'Suicide Forest.'
Director: Jason Zada | Stars: Natalie Dormer, Eoin Macken, Stephanie Vogt, Osamu Tanpopo
Votes: 45,746 | Gross: $26.58M
2. The Ballad of Narayama (1983)
Not Rated | 130 min | Drama
In a poor 19th century rural Japanese village, everyone who reaches the age of 70 has to climb a nearby mountain to die. An elderly woman is reaching close to her cut-off age during her last days with her family.
Director: Shôhei Imamura | Stars: Ken Ogata, Sumiko Sakamoto, Tonpei Hidari, Aki Takejô
Votes: 9,156
3. The Ballad of Narayama (1958)
Not Rated | 98 min | Drama
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.
Director: Keisuke Kinoshita | Stars: Kinuyo Tanaka, Teiji Takahashi, Yûko Mochizuki, Danko Ichikawa
Votes: 3,794
4. Goryeojang (1963)
90 min | Drama
Prior to the adoption of Confucianism, it was the tradition to abandon one's parents on a mountainside if they were over 70 years of age. In the ancient kingdom of Goryeo, now modern Korea,... See full summary »
Director: Kim Ki-young | Stars: Kim Jin-kyu, Jeung-nyeo Ju, Ye-chun Lee
Votes: 154
5. Dendera (2011)
118 min | Drama
Fifty elderly women are abandoned to die on a snow covered mountain, but instead work together to build their own village named "Dendera."
Director: Daisuke Tengan | Stars: Ruriko Asaoka, Mitsuko Baishô, Yôko Yamamoto, Mitsuko Kusabue
Votes: 37
6. Kyoiku senga: Ubasute yama (1925)
18 min | Animation, Short, Drama
Director: Sanae Yamamoto
Votes: 42