The Ballad of Narayama
Only Time Could Change the Cruelty of Tradition… Only Their Love Could Survive It…
75% Match
1983
2h 10m
Drama
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.
Director
Shōhei Imamura
Writers
Shōhei Imamura
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Cast
Ken Ogata
Tatsuhei
Sumiko Sakamoto
Orin
Tonpei Hidari
Risuke
Aki Takejo
Tamayan
Shoichi Ozawa
Katsuzô
Fujio Tokita
Jinsaku
Sanshō Shinsui
Zeniya Tadayan
Seiji Kurasaki
Kesakichi
Junko Takada
Matsuyan
Mitsuko Baisho
Oei
Taiji Tonoyama
Teruyan
Ben Hiura
Yakimatsu
Casey Takamine
Arayashiki
Nenji Kobayashi
Tsune
Nijiko Kiyokawa
Okane
