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Film / 1958
The Ballad of Narayama
Directed by
Keisuke Kinoshita
In a remote village where food is scarce, elders who reach the age of 70 are carried by their children to the top of a nearby mountain to die in solitude. Orin, a vibrant 69-year-old grandmother, has accepted her fate — but struggles to prepare the rest of her family for the ritual.
The story
In a remote village where food is scarce, elders who reach the age of 70 are carried by their children to the top of a nearby mountain to die in solitude. Orin, a vibrant 69-year-old grandmother, has accepted her fate — but struggles to prepare the rest of her family for the ritual.
Cast
Kinuyo TanakaOrin
Teiji TakahashiTatsuhei
Yūko MochizukiTamayan
Seiji MiyaguchiMatayan
Yūnosuke ItōMatayan's son
Ken MitsudaTeruyan
Danko IchikawaKesakichi
Keiko OgasawaraMatsu-yan
Eijirō TōnoMessenger
Kō NishimuraOne of the villagers who Teaches Narayama's Manners (uncredited)
Katsuyuki HattoriTatsuhei's son (uncredited)
Tokuji KobayashiOne of the villagers who teaches Narayama's manners (uncredited)
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