In India, old folk were put to sea with a small amount of food to wait for Nirvana. The Japanese film The Ballad of Narayama showed how--to ease food shortages--elderly Japanese would be left to die in the mountains.
印度的老人帶著少量的食物沈浮於海，等待「涅盤」；日本電影《楢山節考》中，日薄西山的老人被家人背負上山等死，用以解決糧食不夠的困境。