Movies and TvShows featuring "ubasute" theme.

When her twin sister goes missing in the Aokigahara Forest, a woman ventures into the mysterious and dangerous woods to search for her. As she navigates through the eerie forest, she encounters supernatural forces and horrifying revelations about her sister's fate.

The Ballad of Narayama follows an old woman in a village facing the harsh realities of poverty and survival. In this ancient Japan, people believe in the afterlife and gods, but their beliefs cannot alleviate the misery and hardship they endure. The woman must make a tough decision, facing starvation and dying traditions that seem to be inevitable. As she navigates through a mountain hike, hunger, and tough choices, she reflects on her life and the fate of her village.

In a remote mountain village, an elderly woman prepares for her inevitable journey to the afterlife, as the deep-rooted traditions and the hardships of poverty and aging shape the lives of the villagers.

Fifty elderly women are abandoned to die on a snow covered mountain, but instead wor together to build their own village named "Dendera." Some of the women wants to live their remaining days in peace, but others seek revenge against the villagers and their own families who left them to die.

Prior to the adoption of Confucianism, it was the tradition to abandon one's parents on a mountainside if they were over 70 years of age. In the ancient kingdom of Goryeo, now modern Korea, a nobleman defies this tradition when he refuses to leave his mother to starve to death.

Based on a Japanese legend, this animated short tells the story of a farmer who attempts to hide his mother from the wrath of a Lord who forces all people 60 and older from his village.