The Ballad of Narayama (1983)
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.
Director:
Shōhei Imamura
Writer:
Shōhei Imamura
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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 |
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Kaoru Shimamori as Tomekichi |
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Yukie Shimura as Amaya's Wife |
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Masami Okamoto as Amaya's Son |
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Kansai Eto as Kinyan |
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Satoko Iwasaki as Sugiyan |
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Hideo Hasegawa as |
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Kenji Murase as |
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Sayaka Nakamaru as |
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Azumi Niwa as |
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Kosei Sato as |
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Norihei Miki as Shioya |
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Ryūtarō Tatsumi as Matayan |
| Writing | Shōhei Imamura | Screenplay |
| Directing | Shōhei Imamura | Director |
| Writing | Shichirō Fukazawa | Novel |
| Costume & Make-Up | Tomoe Ookawa | Hairstylist |
| Sound | Kenichi Benitani | Sound |
| Costume & Make-Up | Seiko Igawa | Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Zenichirô Ishikawa | Hairstylist |
| Art | Senki Nakamura | Set Decoration |
| Art | Mitsuto Washizawa | Set Decoration |
| Crew | Yoshio Kojima | Special Effects |
| Sound | Tatsuo Tsukamoto | Assistant Sound Editor |
| Sound | Toshio Nakano | Assistant Sound Editor |
| Costume & Make-Up | Takeshi Matsuo | Key Hair Stylist |
| Directing | Shunsaku Ikehata | Assistant Director |
| Directing | Kunio Takeshige | Assistant Director |
| Costume & Make-Up | Yōichi Mitsuoka | Key Hair Stylist |
| Directing | Nobuaki Murooka | Assistant Director |
| Art | Gorô Kusakabe | Production Design |
| Directing | Takashi Tsukinoki | Assistant Director |
| Costume & Make-Up | Kyoto Isho | Costume Design |
| Camera | Masao Tochizawa | Director of Photography |
| Art | Tadataka Yoshino | Art Direction |
| Art | Hisao Inagaki | Art Direction |
| Production | Jirô Tomoda | Producer |
| Sound | Shinichiro Ikebe | Original Music Composer |
| Editing | Hajime Okayasu | Editor |
| Editing | Fusako Matsumoto | Editor |
| Editing | Toshihiko Kojima | Editor |
| Editing | Yoshiko Onodera | Editor |
| Editing | Masahito Watanabe | Editor |
| Camera | Shigeru Komatsubara | Assistant Camera |
| Camera | Yutaka Kanazawa | Assistant Camera |
