Masaru Baba
Senarist · Tokyo Prefecture, Japan
Screenwriter. Born 1926.
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Film7.1DramA retired actress whose husband has recently died visits her summer home. There she has encounters with old friends and acquaintances who bring various stories and news of death and the past
Film6.4DramIt is based on the story of The Ballad of Narayama updated to the present day, with the substitution of putting a parent into an old people's home for the abandonment of the original. The film won the Golden St. George and the FIPRESCI Prize at the 21st Moscow International Film Festival.