The Ballad of Narayama

The Ballad of Narayama (1983)

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

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.

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  • Release Date: 1983-04-29
  • Runtime: 2h 10min
  • Director: Shōhei Imamura

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    • Trailer

    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

    • Akio Yokoyama

      Amaya

    • Kaoru Shimamori

      Tomekichi

    • Yukie Shimura

      Amaya's Wife

    • Masami Okamoto

      Amaya's Son

    • Kansai Eto

      Kinyan

    • Satoko Iwasaki

      Sugiyan

    • Hideo Hasegawa

    • Kenji Murase

    • Sayaka Nakamaru

    • Azumi Niwa

    • Kosei Sato

    • Norihei Miki

      Shioya

    • Ryūtarō Tatsumi

      Matayan

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