The Ballad of Narayama
(1958)
June 1, 1958• 1h 38m
76%
TMDB ScoreOverview
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.
Keisuke Kinoshita
Director
Top Billed Cast
KT
Kinuyo Tanaka
Orin
TT
Teiji Takahashi
Tatsuhei
YM
Yūko Mochizuki
Tamayan
SM
Seiji Miyaguchi
Matayan
YI
Yūnosuke Itō
Matayan's son
KM
Ken Mitsuda
Teruyan
DI
Danko Ichikawa
Kesakichi
KO
Keiko Ogasawara
Matsu-yan
ET
Eijirō Tōno
Messenger
KN
Kō Nishimura
One of the villagers who Teaches Narayama's Manners (uncredited)
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