1983
7.5 (174 votes)
2h 10m
Genres
Drama
Production Companies
Toei Company
The Ballad of Narayama (楢山節考)
Only Time Could Change the Cruelty of Tradition… Only Their Love Could Survive It…
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.
Key Crew
Director: Shōhei Imamura
Screenplay: Shōhei Imamura
Producer: Jirô Tomoda
Director of Photography: Hiroshi Kanazawa, Shigeru Komatsubara, Masao Tochizawa
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
Videos
THE BALLAD OF NARAYAMA (Masters of Cinema) Trailer
