The Ballad of Narayama (1983)
Overview
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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Additional Info
| Budget | $0.00 |
|---|---|
| Revenue | $0.00 |
| Original Language | ja |
| Popularity | 3.53 |
Directed By
Shōhei Imamura
Crew
Shōhei Imamura
Shōhei Imamura
Shichirō Fukazawa
Tomoe Ookawa
Kenichi Benitani
Seiko Igawa
Zenichirô Ishikawa
Senki Nakamura
Mitsuto Washizawa
Yoshio Kojima
Tatsuo Tsukamoto
Toshio Nakano
Takeshi Matsuo
Shunsaku Ikehata
Kunio Takeshige
Yōichi Mitsuoka
Nobuaki Murooka
Gorô Kusakabe
Takashi Tsukinoki
Shigeru Komatsubara
Kyoto Isho
Masao Tochizawa
Tadataka Yoshino
Hisao Inagaki
Jirô Tomoda
Hiroshi Kanazawa
Shinichirô Ikebe
Hajime Okayasu
Fusako Matsumoto
Toshihiko Kojima
Yoshiko Onodera
Masahito Watanabe
TOP CAST
Ken Ogata
Tatsuhei
Sumiko Sakamoto
Orin
Tonpei Hidari
Risuke
Aki Takejo
Tamayan
Shoichi Ozawa
Katsuzô
Fujio Tokita
Jinsaku
Sanshō Shinsui
Zeniya Tadayan
Seiji Kurasaki
Kesakichi
Junko Takada
Matsuyan
Taiji Tonoyama
Teruyan
Casey Takamine
Arayashiki
Nenji Kobayashi
Tsune
Nijiko Kiyokawa
Okane
Akio Yokoyama
Amaya
Mitsuko Baisho
Oei
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