The Ballad of Narayama (1983)
Only Time Could Change the Cruelty of Tradition… Only Their Love Could Survive It…
- Released
- Runtime 2h 10m
- Director Shōhei Imamura
- Genres Drama
- Rating 7.5/10 (210 votes)
Synopsis
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.
Cast
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Ken Ogata
as Tatsuhei
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Sumiko Sakamoto
as Orin
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Tonpei Hidari
as Risuke
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Aki Takejo
as Tamayan
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Shoichi Ozawa
as Katsuzô
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Fujio Tokita
as Jinsaku
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Sanshō Shinsui
as Zeniya Tadayan
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Seiji Kurasaki
as Kesakichi
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Junko Takada
as Matsuyan
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Mitsuko Baisho
as Oei
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Taiji Tonoyama
as Teruyan
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Ben Hiura
as Yakimatsu
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Casey Takamine
as Arayashiki
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Nenji Kobayashi
as Tsune
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Nijiko Kiyokawa
as Okane
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Akio Yokoyama
as Amaya
- Kaoru Shimamori as Tomekichi
- Yukie Shimura as Amaya's Wife
Crew
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Shōhei Imamura
Director
- Masao Tochizawa Director of Photography
- Toshihiko Kojima Editor
- Fusako Matsumoto Editor
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Hajime Okayasu
Editor
- Yoshiko Onodera Editor
- Masahito Watanabe Editor
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Shinichiro Ikebe
Original Music Composer
- Jirô Tomoda Producer
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Shōhei Imamura
Screenplay
