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The Ballad of Narayama

04/29/1983

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2hrs 10min

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Drama

Only Time Could Change the Cruelty of Tradition… Only Their Love Could Survive It…

STORY

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.

CAST & CREW

    Cast

  • Ken Ogata
  • Sumiko Sakamoto
  • Tonpei Hidari
  • Aki Takejo
  • Shoichi Ozawa

    Directors

  • Shōhei Imamura
  • Takashi Tsukinoki

INFORMATION

    Production Companies

  • Toei Company

    Production Countries

  • Japan

LANGUAGES

  • Japanese

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

Taiji Tonoyama

Teruyan

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