The Ballad of Narayama
The Ballad of Narayama

The Ballad of Narayama

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

April 29, 1983130 min7.5JA
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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Cast

Ken Ogata
Ken OgataTatsuhei
Sumiko Sakamoto
Sumiko SakamotoOrin
Tonpei Hidari
Tonpei HidariRisuke
Aki Takejo
Aki TakejoTamayan
Shoichi Ozawa
Shoichi OzawaKatsuzô
Fujio Tokita
Fujio TokitaJinsaku
Sanshō Shinsui
Sanshō ShinsuiZeniya Tadayan
Seiji Kurasaki
Seiji KurasakiKesakichi
Junko Takada
Junko TakadaMatsuyan
Taiji Tonoyama
Taiji TonoyamaTeruyan