Abandoning a baby in a paddy field, pushing a father on a cliff, and sending a mother in Narayama, poverty and low status lead to life like an ant; a widow is as good as a husband, a bitch is entered, buried alive to steal the family, ignorance is like a maggot. The most primitive sex worship, the most cruel human and animal desires, the most sad life and death customs. Shohei Imamura is heart-wrenching. This is a brand-new perspective to experience people's animal instincts. It is rare to see such purely descriptive films, especially in this society that seeks the most popular tastes... :
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