The Ballad of Narayama

7.6 1958 98 min
Drama

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 —…

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Director
Keisuke Kinoshita
Writer
Keisuke Kinoshita

Cast

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

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