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The Ballad of Narayama

Name: The Ballad of Narayama
Director: Shōhei Imamura
Genre: Drama
Released: 1983
Rating: 7.5
Cast: Ken Ogata, Sumiko Sakamoto, Tonpei Hidari, Aki Takejo, Shoichi Ozawa

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.

1983 · Directed by Shōhei Imamura · 130 min · Drama · 14 frames

Tagline

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

Crew

Screenplay: Shōhei Imamura
Cinematography: Masao Tochizawa
Edited by: Toshihiko Kojima, Fusako Matsumoto, Hajime Okayasu, Yoshiko Onodera
Music: Shinichiro Ikebe
Production design: Gorô Kusakabe
Produced by: Jirô Tomoda

Cast

Ken Ogata as Tatsuhei
Sumiko Sakamoto as Orin
Tonpei Hidari as Risuke
Aki Takejo as Tamayan
Shoichi Ozawa as Katsuzô
Fujio Tokita as Jinsaku
Sanshō Shinsui as Zeniya Tadayan
Seiji Kurasaki as Kesakichi
Junko Takada as Matsuyan
Mitsuko Baisho as Oei

Production

Country: Japan
Language: Japanese
Studios: Toei Company

More by Shōhei Imamura

Black Rain — 1989
The Eel — 1997
Vengeance Is Mine — 1979

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