Chieko Baisho
Michi Tsunotani
With a nod to the fabled Japanese practice of oyasute, which itself was rooted in Buddhist teachings, the film conjures a mythical modern Japan where an aging society has devised a plan to re-balance itself economically by informing its citizens older than seventy-five of the option of euthanasia. A 78-year-old woman faces the question of whether she should carry on or seemingly serve her society through self-sacrifice.
Michi Tsunotani
Hiromu Okabe
Maria
Haruko Narimiya
Yukio Okabe
Ineko Maki
Kamatari Fujimaru
Hisae Hayashida
Sanae Mimura
Maria's Friend
Man who murders and commits Suicide
Akiyama
Ōshima
Nurse
Man Waiting
Women
Director
