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  • Ballad Of Narayama (1958)
    Review preview for Ballad Of Narayama

    Unquestionably one of the most beautiful films I have seen, every shot is designed, composed, lit and photographed to perfection.

    Keith Hennessey Brown · 4.5 out of 5
    A grandmother prepares for her last journey - to be taken to the mountains to die - but her son struggles to accept her fate.
  • Ikiru (1952)
    Review preview for Ikiru

    In the end what makes this a classic is the direction – stately and assured, with a keen eye for a telling image.

    Jeff Robson · 5 out of 5
    A civil servant, told he has incurable cancer, resolves to change his mundane life before he dies. Out on re-release.

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