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practice. The movie “Ballad of Narayama” looks into the Japanese mythical practice of Ubasute, which involves taking an elderly parent to a mountain and abandoning them to die.

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The movie “Ballad of Narayama” looks into the Japanese mythical practice of Ubasute, which involves taking an elderly parent to a mountain and abandoning them to die.

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