The Ballad of Narayama Poster
Ken OgataTatsuhei
Aki TakejoTamayan
Shoichi OzawaKatsuzô
Fujio TokitaJinsaku
Sanshō ShinsuiZeniya Tadayan
Seiji KurasakiKesakichi
Junko TakadaMatsuyan
Casey TakamineArayashiki
Shōhei ImamuraDirector
Shōhei ImamuraScreenplay
Masao TochizawaDirector of Photography
Shigeru KomatsubaraDirector of Photography
Hiroshi KanazawaDirector of Photography
Shinichirô IkebeOriginal Music Composer
Jirô TomodaProducer

The Ballad of Narayama 楢山節考

Shōhei Imamura · 1983 · 130 minutes · Japan
The Ballad of Narayama Poster

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.

Ken OgataTatsuhei
Aki TakejoTamayan
Shoichi OzawaKatsuzô
Fujio TokitaJinsaku
Sanshō ShinsuiZeniya Tadayan
Seiji KurasakiKesakichi
Junko TakadaMatsuyan
Casey TakamineArayashiki
Shōhei ImamuraDirector
Shōhei ImamuraScreenplay
Masao TochizawaDirector of Photography
Shigeru KomatsubaraDirector of Photography
Hiroshi KanazawaDirector of Photography
Shinichirô IkebeOriginal Music Composer
Jirô TomodaProducer
Awards
1 win & 0 nominations

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