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 |
| Directing | Shōhei Imamura | Director |
| Writing | Shichirō Fukazawa | Novel |
| Writing | Shōhei Imamura | Screenplay |
| Sound | Kenichi Benitani | Sound |
| Sound | Tatsuo Tsukamoto | Assistant Sound Editor |
| Art | Senki Nakamura | Set Decoration |
| Costume & Make-Up | Seiko Igawa | Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Zenichirô Ishikawa | Hairstylist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Tomoe Ookawa | Hairstylist |
| Directing | Kunio Takeshige | Assistant Director |
| Art | Gorô Kusakabe | Production Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Yōichi Mitsuoka | Key Hair Stylist |
| Sound | Toshio Nakano | Assistant Sound Editor |
| Directing | Nobuaki Murooka | Assistant Director |
| Directing | Takashi Tsukinoki | Assistant Director |
| Directing | Shunsaku Ikehata | Assistant Director |
| Art | Mitsuto Washizawa | Set Decoration |
| Crew | Yoshio Kojima | Special Effects |
| Costume & Make-Up | Takeshi Matsuo | Key Hair Stylist |
| Production | Jirô Tomoda | Producer |
| Art | Hisao Inagaki | Art Direction |
| Art | Tadataka Yoshino | Art Direction |
| Sound | Shinichiro Ikebe | Original Music Composer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Kyoto Isho | Costume Design |
| Camera | Masao Tochizawa | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Hajime Okayasu | Editor |
| Editing | Toshihiko Kojima | Editor |
| Editing | Fusako Matsumoto | Editor |
| Editing | Yoshiko Onodera | Editor |
| Editing | Masahito Watanabe | Editor |
| Camera | Shigeru Komatsubara | Assistant Camera |
| Camera | Yutaka Kanazawa | Assistant Camera |
