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The Ballad of Narayama

Keisuke Kinoshita

1958 • 1h 38m

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 ...

The Ballad of Narayama
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Cast
Kinuyo Tanaka
Kinuyo TanakaOrin
Teiji Takahashi
Teiji TakahashiTatsuhei
Yūko Mochizuki
Yūko MochizukiTamayan
Seiji Miyaguchi
Seiji MiyaguchiMatayan
Yūnosuke Itō
Yūnosuke ItōMatayan's son
Ken MitsudaTeruyan
Danko Ichikawa
Danko IchikawaKesakichi
Keiko OgasawaraMatsu-yan
Eijirō Tōno
Eijirō TōnoMessenger
Kō Nishimura
Kō NishimuraOne of the villagers who Teaches Narayama's Manners (uncredited)
Katsuyuki HattoriTatsuhei's son (uncredited)
Tokuji Kobayashi
Tokuji KobayashiOne of the villagers who teaches Narayama's manners (uncredited)
Masao Oda
Masao OdaOne of the villagers who teaches Narayama's manners (uncredited)
Crew
Keisuke Kinoshita
Keisuke KinoshitaDirector
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