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The Ballad of Narayama

Overview

In Kabuki style, the film tells the story of a remote mountain village where the scarcity of food leads to a voluntary but socially-enforced policy in which relatives carry 70-year-old family members up Narayama mountain to die. Granny Orin is approaching 70, content to embrace her fate. Her widowed son Tatsuhei cannot bear losing his mother, even as she arranges his marriage to a widow his age. Her grandson Kesa, who's girlfriend is pregnant, is selfishly happy to see Orin die. Around them, a family of thieves are dealt with severely, and an old man, past 70, whose son has cast him out, scrounges for food. Will Orin's loving and accepting spirit teach and ennoble her family?

RATING

7.40

DIRECTOR

Keisuke Kinoshita

COUNTRIE

Japan

RELEASE DATE

1958

TIME

1h 38m

GENRE

Drama

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Kinuyo Tanaka‌

Kinuyo Tanaka

Orin

高橋貞二‌

高橋貞二

Tatsuhei

望月優子‌

望月優子

Tamayan

宮口精二‌

宮口精二

Matayan

伊藤雄之助‌

伊藤雄之助

Matayan's son

三津田健‌

三津田健

Teruyan

Danko Ichikawa‌

Danko Ichikawa

Kesakichi

Keiko Ogasawara‌

Keiko Ogasawara

Matsu-yan

東野英治郎‌

東野英治郎

Messenger

西村晃‌

西村晃

One of the villagers who Teaches Narayama's Manners (uncredited)

Katsuyuki Hattori‌

Katsuyuki Hattori

Tatsuhei's son (uncredited)

小林十九二‌

小林十九二

One of the villagers who teaches Narayama's manners (uncredited)

織田政雄‌

織田政雄

One of the villagers who teaches Narayama's manners (uncredited)

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