The Ballad of Narayama

★7.5·00·1983·2h 10m
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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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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Only Time Could Change the Cruelty of Tradition… Only Their Love Could Survive It…

★7.5· 1983· 2h 10m· 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.

Release date29 Apr 1983
DirectorShōhei Imamura
LanguageJA
StatusReleased

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