Movie
The Ballad of Narayama
Overview
In a small village in a valley everyone who reaches the age of 70 must leave the village and go to a certain mountain top to die. If anyone should refuse they would disgrace their family. Old Orin is 69. This winter it is her turn to go to the mountain. But first she must make sure that her eldest son Tatsuhei finds a wife.
Details
- Release date
- 1983-04-29
- Runtime
- 130 min
- Genres
- Drama
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Toei Company
- Country
- Japan
- Original language
- JA
Cast
- Ken Ogata as Tatsuhei
- Sumiko Sakamoto as Orin
- Tonpei Hidari as Risuke
- Aki Takejo as Tamayan
- Shoichi Ozawa as Katsuzô
- Fujio Tokita as Jinsaku
- Sanshō Shinsui as Zeniya Tadayan
- Seiji Kurasaki as Kesakichi
- Junko Takada as Matsuyan
- Mitsuko Baisho as Oei
- Taiji Tonoyama as Teruyan
- Ben Hiura as Yakimatsu
Crew
- Shōhei Imamura - Director
- Shōhei Imamura - Screenplay
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