The Ballad of Narayama
Narayama bushikô
Only Time Could Change the Cruelty of Tradition… Only Their Love Could Survive It…
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 he or she 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.
Direction
Screenplay
Cast
Ken Ogata
Tatsuhei
Sumiko Sakamoto
Orin
Tonpei Hidari
Risuke
Aki Takejô
Tamayan
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Shōichi Ozawa
Katsuzô
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Fujio Tokita
Jinsaku
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Sanshô Shinsui
Zeniya no Tadayan
Seiji Kurasaki
Kesakichi
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Junko Takada
Matsuyan
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Mitsuko Baishō
Oei
Shinichirô Ikebe
Composer
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Hiroshi Kanazawa
Cinematographer
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Shigeru Komatsubara
Cinematographer
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Masao Tochizawa
Cinematographer
