Roger Ebert has this listed has one of his best films. I tried to get into it but just couldn't. The style is unusual and the visuals stunning. The problem is a soundtrack which is grating, with out of tune strings and a man bellowing throughout with a strain indicating constipation. The tradition of sending people up a mountain to die gracefully at seventy is a depressing concept. Yikes.
Review of The Ballad of Narayama
