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This reminds me a Japanese movie I saw long time ago: The Ballad of Narayama (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0084390/ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0084390/) which
by hujun 9y ago
This reminds me a Japanese movie I saw long time ago: The Ballad of Narayama (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0084390/ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0084390/)
which is about a village where old people have to climb a mountain and left there to die once they reached certain age; this is to save limited resource to younger
a sad story, hope it won't become somehow true in future
- justherefortart 9y agoReminds me of Logan's Run.
- eeereerews 9y agoThis is called ubasute (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ubasute https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ubasute) and is a common theme in Japanese folklore.
- teddyh 9y agoSee also https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%84ttestupa https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%84ttestupa for a similar but mythical nordic equivalent.