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The Village

6.9/10

October 25, 1975

127 minutes

Yoji Yamada

Drama

Overview

This appears to be a labor of love. Its about a village which is given the opportunity to put on a musical. They would have to pay the overhead and, being that they are farmers and always busy and not rich, question the wisdom and feasibility of such an idea. A spokesperson for the acting troupe Ms. Kono lays out the whole thing and they must decide. You get little slices of rural life in Japan far, at least in sentiment, from Tokyo. The best thing about this film is that it has heart. The acting is good, but it is really about the simple storyline of outing on a show. Films rarely get made with such simplistic plots these days. Enjoy this little slice of what city people call “the simple life”.

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Movie Details

Release Date

October 25, 1975

Runtime

127 minutes

Director

Yoji Yamada

Rating

6.9/10

Production Companies

Shochiku

Cast

Chieko Baisho

Hideko Kono

Akira Terao

Takashi Saito

The Village

Overview