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The Ballad of Narayama(1983)

Original title: 楢山節考

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

  • April 29, 1983
  • 2 h 10 min
  • Drama
7.5TMDB · 210 votes
7.8IMDb
94%Rotten Tomatoes

Directed by: Shōhei Imamura

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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Cast

  • Ken Ogata

    Ken Ogata

    Tatsuhei

  • Sumiko Sakamoto

    Sumiko Sakamoto

    Orin

  • Tonpei Hidari

    Tonpei Hidari

    Risuke

  • Aki Takejo

    Aki Takejo

    Tamayan

  • Shoichi Ozawa

    Shoichi Ozawa

    Katsuzô

  • Fujio Tokita

    Fujio Tokita

    Jinsaku

  • Sanshō Shinsui

    Sanshō Shinsui

    Zeniya Tadayan

  • Seiji Kurasaki

    Seiji Kurasaki

    Kesakichi

  • Junko Takada

    Junko Takada

    Matsuyan

  • Mitsuko Baisho

    Mitsuko Baisho

    Oei

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