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The Ballad of Narayama

The Ballad of Narayama1958

★7.598 minDrama

In a remote village where food is scarce, elders who reach the age of 70 are carried by their children to the top of a nearby mountain to die in solitude. Orin, a vibrant 69-year-old grandmother, has accepted her fate — but struggles to prepare the rest of her family for the ritual.

Director

Keisuke Kinoshita

Writer

Keisuke Kinoshita

Score

Kineya Rokuzaemon XIV Matsunosuke Nozawa

Stars

Kinuyo Tanaka Teiji Takahashi Yūko Mochizuki

Cast13

Kinuyo Tanaka
as Orin
Teiji Takahashi
as Tatsuhei
Yūko Mochizuki
as Tamayan
Seiji Miyaguchi
as Matayan
Yūnosuke Itō
as Matayan's son
K
Ken Mitsuda
as Teruyan
Danko Ichikawa
as Kesakichi
K
Keiko Ogasawara
as Matsu-yan
Eijirō Tōno
as Messenger
Kō Nishimura
as One of the villagers who Teaches Narayama's Manners (uncredited)
K
Katsuyuki Hattori
as Tatsuhei's son (uncredited)
Tokuji Kobayashi
as One of the villagers who teaches Narayama's manners (uncredited)
Masao Oda
as One of the villagers who teaches Narayama's manners (uncredited)

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