The Ballad of Narayama poster

In a remote Japanese coastal village nestled between towering mountains and the vast sea, a community struggles to preserve its traditions while grappling with the pressures of a rapidly changing world. When an ambitious outsider arrives with plans to modernize the area, the villagers face a profound conflict between clinging to their heritage and embracing an uncertain future.

The poster reflects these themes through a distorted take on traditional Japanese imagery, symbolizing the tension between preserving cultural heritage and adapting to transformation. The distortion mirrors the disruption of familiar traditions in the face of modern forces. A large red gestural figure symbolises the outsider’s huge disruptive influence with the villagers as they navigate an uncertain future.