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Season 5 Episode 15: Mt. Osore: Between Life and Death

When people die, they go "to the mountain". So holds the folklore in the Tohoku (northeastern) region of Japan, referring to Mt.Osore, in Aomori Prefecture. During the national holidays in May, pilgrims travel to this holy place from all over the country. Some, like a couple who lost a child, go there ritually. Others try to communicate with deceased loved ones via a necromancer. Still others are tourists, there to collect a certificate. The bleak landscape matches the emotional desolation of many of the visitors. We spend 3 days with folks on the borderline between life and death.

Genre:

Documentary

Seasons:

17

Episodes:

490

Quality:

HD

Status:

Returning Series

First Air:

2006

IMDb:

8.7