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Film / 1983
The Ballad of Narayama
Directed by
Shōhei Imamura
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.
The story
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.
Cast
Ken OgataTatsuhei
Sumiko SakamotoOrin
Tonpei HidariRisuke
Aki TakejoTamayan
Shoichi OzawaKatsuzô
Fujio TokitaJinsaku
Sanshō ShinsuiZeniya Tadayan
Seiji KurasakiKesakichi
Junko TakadaMatsuyan
Mitsuko BaishoOei
Taiji TonoyamaTeruyan
Ben HiuraYakimatsu
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Casey TakamineArayashiki
Nenji KobayashiTsune
Nijiko KiyokawaOkane
Akio YokoyamaAmaya
Kaoru ShimamoriTomekichi
Yukie ShimuraAmaya's Wife
Masami OkamotoAmaya's Son
Kansai EtoKinyan
Satoko IwasakiSugiyan
Hideo Hasegawa
Kenji Murase
Sayaka Nakamaru
Azumi Niwa
Kosei Sato
Norihei MikiShioya
Ryūtarō TatsumiMatayan
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